Follow a path up through the valley past the remains of a chapel, to the steep steps that descend to the foot of the Spoot Vayne. Leave the beach here, follow the small road through a ford, and cross the A4 to enter Glen Mooar – a wooded glen with a small river. Walk to the beach and follow it south to the next beach access, where the valley of Glen Mooar meets the sea. The walks starts from Glen Wyllin car park (Grid ref. SC 30957 90575) near Kirk Michael. Spooyt Vane – a wonderful gentle 8km walk in the west of the island with beach, woodland, great views, and the popular waterfall of Spooyt Vane through the beautiful Glen Mooar. Further information here Best walks to waterfalls and glens For the adventurous, local companies offer gorge scrambling to get more of an adrenaline fix from these natural wonders.
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For something completely different, The Chasms are a striking series of huge fissures cut deep into the cliffs along the island’s south-east coast near the village of Cregneash (parking) or can be reached via a coast walk along the Raad ny Foillan from nearby Port St Mary. In the same vein, just north of Douglas and the first stop on the Manx Electric Railway, Groudle Glen is charming and the miniature Groudle Glen Railway is fun to ride. A sculpture depicting a wise old man, who is known as the Wizard of Mann, as well as the miniature fairy house and access to the glen on the Manx Electric Railway, makes for a fun visit. On the east coast Ballaglass Glen, just to the north of Laxey, is a good one for children. There is only one glen in the mountainous centre of the island, Tholt-e-Will Glen, nestled between Snaefell and Sulby Reservoir its steep-sided valley follows the meanders of a mountain stream. It is popular for its amazing rugged beauty, which also makes it one of the tougher glens to explore as some of the paths are rough or involve steep climbs. One of the largest waterfalls on the island, Dhoon Glen’s ‘Big Girl’, is forty metres high and set over two levels in a secluded cove at the end of a steep valley. There are plenty of paths and footbridges around the glen, making it an easy one to explore.
It is a long, wooded valley with two waterfalls, the most dramatic is the Rhenass Waterfall, surrounded by sequoia, spruce, fir, oak, sycamore and beech trees. Glen Helen, one of the island’s best-known glens, is on the western side of the Island, north of Ballacraine on the famous TT Course. Surrounded by ferns, moss and tall, old trees creating a leafy canopy above with ruins of an ancient chapel to explore, it can be found just south of Kirk Michael. One of the island’s most popular natural wonders is Spooyt Vane, a waterfall at the end of a gently babbling stream through Glen Mooar. Located in the village of the same name about five kilometres south of Peel it can also be reached via the Raad ny Foillan. Glen Maye, noted for its picturesque waterfall and fern-filled woodland, is one of the most beautiful. These havens of natural beauty and tranquillity are characterised by tumbling waterfalls, deep river pools and lush vegetation. There are eighteen mountain and coastal glens spread around the island.
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