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PLEASE NOTE! There are some changes since the earlier published
lists.
From now and on updates will be in red
bold text and remain red until the next update created by me
with a new document in this thread.
Sources:
Andrew Reid's
Virtual Isle of Man.
Bob Holliday's book
Racing Around the Island.
Isle Of Man TT Official Site.
Members
of this forum.
Paul Bradford's book Isle of Man TT & MGP Memorial 1907-2007.
Peter Corlett about
plaques.
Ray Knight's book TT Riders Guide.
The Official Spectator Course Guide 2010.
TT
Course
Incident Management Green Book 2007.
Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh. (The
Manx Society.)
Andrew Reid's Virtual Isle of Man. 360°
Panoramic Views.
http://www.virtualiom.com/tt
Please
click
the links for panoramas. Requires either java enabled in your
browser or the quicktime plugin installed. Drag the mouse with the
mouse button pressed - rotate the panorama to look up, down, left or
right. For more information or help about the panoramas, please visit:
http://www.virtualiom.com
The
red figures shows TT Course place
names with their approximate milage from the start. Mile
marks here are measured from the start line which means that they are
not always at the same spot as the milestones are in reality! Some
milestones along the course are, for example, measured from the old
capital Castletown and their placings has nothing with the TT Course to
do.
HERE IS THE LIST OF NAMES FROM START TO FINISH!
Start
And Finish Line (Grandstand) 0/37.73 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/47/100/1
(Grandstand
on the left in Douglas, Manx: Doolish which means Black Water. Another
explanation of the name Douglas is that the first part comes from the
River Dhoo and the second part from River Glass, hence Douglas. Douglas
is as well called Dubh Lios, which means Black Lios. Not shure which is
correct. The Stanley Woods Memorial Clock is on the scoreboard. There
is a plaque to the right of the clock as a commemoration for the 10
times winner of TT-races between 1922 and 1939. On the wall to the
right of the course, at the starting line, in the corner of Greenfield
Road are two commemoration plaques. One for Joey Dunlop and one for Mike
Hailwood.)
Glencrutchery Road
(Glen means narrow valley. Glencrutchery is said to mean the ”The Road
of Harper's Glen”, but this is doubtful according to some sources.)
Noble's
Park (The park, on the
left, was given to Douglas Corporation by the trustees of the estate of
Henry Bloom Noble in April 1909.)
St Andrew's Church on
the left.
St Ninian's 0.4
(Slight left hander. St Ninian brought
Christianity to the island in the 5th century. Possible
to come and leave when race is on. Footbridge over the course. Toilets
in St Andrew's Church Hall. Drinks and food at Bray Hill Filling Station
and St Andrew's Church Hall. No parking.)
Bray
Hill 0.6 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/40/100/1
(Slight right hander at the bottom and there is a cross
road. Thorny Road to the left and Tromode Road to the right.
In
times gone by, was known as "Siberia". Some food available at the bottom of Bray Hill on left side. Portaloos at Thorny Road. No parking. Access to and from at racing.)
Ago's Leap
(Giacomo Agostini, 15 times world champion, 10 times TT winner.)
Selborne
Drive Junction 0.9
1st
course mile mark. (On the right. These marks, mentioned in this list
as
course mile marks, are measured from the starting line and they are
signs with black digits on a white bottom. According to logs from on
board computers at Ian Lougher's bikes from 2006, a 600 cc has full
throttle at 75 % of a lap. On a 1000 cc it's only 15 %.)
Alexander
Drive Junction (Woodlands) (Slight
left hander. As well mentioned as Eyreton Corner as there is definitely a
house called Eyreton on Quarterbridge Road. The Bishops House, Eyreton,
is situated on the Quarter Bridge side of the junction. At
the bottom of Alexander Drive there is a seat in memory of Walter
Lesley Handley who was the first man to win two races the same week in
1925 on a Rex-Acme.)
Quarter Bridge 1.3 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/85/100/1
(Right
hander.
Also known as ”Bridge of the Quarterlands.” Here is a pub on the left,
Quarter Bridge Arms or Hotel. The boundary between the quarterlands of
Ballabrooie or River Bridge Farm and Ballaquayle, in the Treen of
Douglas. This bridge spans the River Glass, which is here the boundary
between the parishes of Kirk Braddan and Kirk Conchan. Toilets and food in the pub (hotel) and at National Sports Centre that is close. Mc Donalds half a mile away. Parking available
but come early! Possible to come and go when race is on. Here is as
well access to the inside of the course via the TT Access Road, that is
the only way to cross the course with a vehicle during races.)
Port-e-Chee
meadow wall (Camping and football field. Home
of the Douglas Football Union.)
Jubilee Oak (In
the middle of the roundabout just before Braddan Bridge. Planted 1887
to mark the Golden Jubilee (50 year reign) of Queen Victoria.)
Braddan
Bridge 1.8 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/78/100/1
(S-bend
left-right.
There were ten Irish saints named Brenainn. The form
Braddan into which Brenainn developed in Mann, took place at an early
date. On the wall at the churchyard there is a
plaque on the wall for newcomer Serge Le Moal who was killed here in
125cc practice in 2004. After the 2nd roundabout there is a seat to
remember marshall Percy Guest who was hit by a local motorcyclist when
preparing for a practice. Possible the get to
at race. Some parking. Come early. Here is a Grandstand with a small
fee. Toilets at the Grandstand and in the Church Hall. Food and drinks
at the Grandstand and in the Church Hall.)
2nd course mile mark. On the right.
(Kirby Garden Center.)
Snugborough
2.5 (Sweeping left. English:
"snug borough," where the latter
element is used to denote a farm. At the
Snugborough Estate there is a commemoration seat for Manxman Syd Mizen
who raced in the 50s and 60s. He was killed in an accident 1966 at Le
Mans in France.)
Union Mills http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/86/100/1
(Slight right-left hander. The
exit of Union Mills is a winner. Opposite the petrol station in a
community hall grounds. You have to go round the back, behind and
through the bushes to get to toilets and refreshments and to get out
once roads are shut.)
Railway Inn 2.6 (Hard right hander. Here is a
pub on the left close to the junction Lhergy Cripperty Cronk Road to
the left. Access at race. Food, drinks and toilets. Parking.)
Strang
Road 2.7 (To the right. The post
office on the right used to be the home of the pop group the Bee Gees.
Now a SPAR shop. Parking. Access at race from inside the course.)
Union Mills Garage on the left.
Union Mills Church on the right. (Light food and
drinks. Toilets.)
Trollaby Lane (Lhoan Trollaby on the right. Scandinavian: Trolla-byr,
which may mean "the farm of the trolls" or
"Trolli's farm". Personal
name.)
3rd course mile mark. On
the right.
Ballahutchin 3 Top of called Ballafreer 3.4 (Ballahutchin
House to the left. "Freer's homestead", name from the house there on
the right. Balla means place, farm or home of. Ballahutchin means
"Hutchin's farm".)
Elm Bank to
the right.
Glen Lough Campsite 3.5
(On the left. Manx: Glion logh, "lake
glen".)
Glen Vine
Ballagarey 3.8
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/76/100/1
(Right
hander.
Garey means garden or shrubbery. Manx: Ballalhergy Balley ny
liargee, "farm of the slope." Could mean in Manx, Bailey garee, ”river
thicket farm” as well. Often named “Ballascary”.)
4th
course mile mark. On the left.
Glen
Darragh Road 4.1 (To
the left at the traffic lights.)
Marown Church (St
Runius Church on the left.)
Twisted Chimneys (On the left. A house
with two chimnies built as corkscrews.)
Crosby http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/80/100/1
(Manx:
Balley Ny Croshey. Slight left hander first that leads in to Crosby.
David Jefferies crashed here in practice and was killed 2003.)
Crosby
Church Hall (On the right.)
Crosby
Cross Roads 4.7
Crosby Hotel and
Pub 4.8 (On
the right. Parking, food, toilets and drinks.)
5th course mile mark.
On the left.
Wagon and Horses 5.2
(On the left. Half Way House. Private
villa now. Used to be a pub.)
The Highlander 5.5 (On the right.
Now a restaurant. Used to be a pub. No access at race. Limited parking opposite the restaurant. Food and drinks.)
Greeba Veranda (Fern Bank. On the
right. Left hander. It is a viewing
spot, open to the public, but with restricted numbers. Possibly
parking, toilets and refreshments are available too.)
Pear
Tree Cottage 5.9 (On the right.
Left hander.)
Greeba Castle 5.9
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/83/100/1
(Right hander. As well known as Hall Caine's Corner. The Edwardian author Hall Caine, 1853-1931, was a famous
author/novelist who lived here. He wrote "The Manxman" and "The Woman of
Knockaloe" and other Manx based novels. He owned the pseude castle that
stands at the wooded hillside overlooking the circuit...and he was not a big TT fan by all accounts!)
6th course
mile mark. On the right.
Appledene
6.3 (Slight left-right.)
Cronk
Dhoo (Doo) Farm (Camp site on the right. Cronk
means hill and Cronk Doo "black hill".)
Greeba Bridge 6.7 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/82/100/1
(After, on the left, is a church built
1881 named The Old Chapel.)
The Hawthorn 6.9 (A pub on the left. Access only via the course. Parking available. Food, drinks and toilets preferably for guests.)
Cronkbreck Farm (On the right. Means "speckled hill farm". As you
approach from the Hawthorn, Cronkbreck House is on your left and
Cronkbreck Farm is on your right. Then
there is the minor road/lane off to the left (to Kennaa and The Hope).
Past this, but "gabling" on to it on the left, is Knock Breck/Harold
Leece's.)
Gorse Lea Corner
(A fast right hander beyond Cronkbreck Farm. As above, the place
names appear split or joined, depending on which source that you use. Proposed to be renamed Harold's or Harold Leece's as a
tribute to one of the most hospitable landowners on the whole of the
course. Toilets and parking. Hot and cold
food and drinks. You can get to and from it whilst the course is closed
and it is one of the best places on the track to watch. There is a kind
of a grandstand as well. Harold usually has conveniently
positioned tractor-trailers and ladders to help spectators to get a
better view. There is some confusion as the
Gorse Lea Section stretches from just past the Hawthorn and along the
straight towards Ballagarraghyn. This is of course the area where keen
twitchers come to see the famous Gorse Lea Pheasant.)
7th
course mile mark. On the left.
Gorse
Lea House 7
(Gorse Lea is the name of a
building on the right.)
Ballagarraghyn Bridge and Farm 7.5 (Farm on
the right. (”Dorgan or O'Dorgan's farm” (Irish: O'Dorcháin),
lost surname. The metamorphosis of Dorgan or Doraughan into
Garraghyn. Used to be a hump-backed bridge.)
Ballacraine 7.7 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/75/100/1
(Right
hander. ”Craine's farm.” On the left, outside the course, is the former Ballacraine Hotel that is the house that George Formby crashed into in the movie ”No Limit”. There has been a bar earlier. The old pub is on the right in the bend, on the inside of the course. According to the present owner it hasn't been a pub there for more than 100 years. Access
at race. Parking on Peel Road and Foxdale Road. Food and drinks at
Tynwald Inn in St John's. Public toilets opposite Tynwald Hill in St
John's and there is a shop as well. Nearby is a coffee shop and
cafeteria at Tynwald Mills. Here was Phil Pike's Stone. There was a large boulder leaning against the pub wall at Ballacraine that was known
as Phil Pike's Stone after Pike, a Levis expert 1914 -1926, who once
pranged it with a direct hit. The boulder is taken away now.)
Ballaspur
7.9 (Left-right
hander. Milky’s, Richard Quayle's, crash. Means “Pointed Rock Farm”.)
Ballig (Means
"farm of the hollow". Ballig Plantation on the
right.)
8th course mile mark. (Missing. Used to be on the left at Tynwald Mills junction.)
Ballig Bridge 8.2
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/77/100/1
(Over
the river Neb. Here was a jump quite equal with
Ballaugh Bridge in the early days.
The bridge was widened,
straightened and flattened in 1936.)
Doran's Bend 8.3 (Long
left hander. Bill Doran twice second in TT races in the 1940s and 50s.
He spilled here and broke a leg at practice 1950.
The lower engine bolt came adrift, lifted the
front wheel and the crash was a fact. On the wall to the
right by the river, at the gate to Beary Farm,
there is a plaque dedicated to Phil Mellor who died
here in the TT 1989.)
Hope Corner
Rocky Face (Right
hander.)
Laurel Bank 1 8.6 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/84/100/1
(Right and a hard left hander. Name comes from the laurel
bushes that used to grow here. Could be the
bend that was called Horn's Corner for a while in the 50's. Chris Horn
was taking part in the Senior TT on Friday June 8th 1951, riding a
Norton, when he lost control and was killed instantly.)
Laurel
Bank Cottage on the left.
Laurel Bank 2 (Hard right hander.)
9th course mile mark. On
the left but not exactly 9 miles from the starting line. (Right-left hander.)
Glen Mooar Mills 8.9 (Left hander.
Mill on the right.)
Glen Mooar Garage (Means "great glen garage". Now closed.)
Black
Dub
9.1 (Glen Mooar) (Left-right. Refers
to the bog. If you look over the bank to the left
of the start of the right hander you will see the small bog or "dub"
and it is black. Moar means large or big and Dub refers to the bog.)
The
Vaaish Moar 9.2 (Right
hander. The Vaaish is on the left. It is a small but prominent
plantation of 17 hectares on a very steep bank overlooking Glen Helen.
It was first planted in 1935 and then again in 1965 with 2.8 hectares
being restocked in 1988. The main species in this plantation are
Japanese Larch, Scots Pine, Lodgepole Pine and Corsican Pine.)
Glen
Helen 1 9.4
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/81/100/1
(Section
starts with two lefts. Name comes from the daughter
in a family that used to live here in the nineteenth century.)
Quarter
Way Post 9.6
Glen Helen 2 (Right hander.)
Glen
Helen Pub and Hotel (On the right. There is a
hard left hander after the pub. Parking, food, toilets and drinks. Access via the course only!)
Sarah's Cottage 9.8 (On the left. Right
hander. The lady who lived there was known as Sarah Corlett. In
a rainy Senior TT 1965 both Mike Hailwood and Giacomo Agostini slid off
here on their MV fours. Mike managed to finish as a winner but Ago had
to retire.)
Creg Willey's Hill 9.9
(Manx: Creg Willeys Syl, Rock of Willey Sylvester. Creg means
rock.)
10th course mile mark. On the
left.
Lambfell Moar 10.1(Double
S-bends. Scandinavian: Lamb: lamm, fell: fjall. Lamb's Mountain.)
Cronk-y-Voddy
Straight http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/90/100/1
Cronk-y-voddee. ”Hill of the dog.” Right hander at the top of
Cronk-y-Voddy is called the Cronk-y-Voddy flag. This leads to a jump
opposite a marshalling point at a house called Burnside. Next point is
the stockade, long hedge with lots of spectators on... good place to
watch by the way.)
Cronk-y-Voddy
(Sartfell) Crossroads 10.6 (Section with three sweeping right handers. Scandinavian
for Sartfell: Svartfjall, "Black mountain". Little London is sometimes
mentioned here as well. On the right is The Old Church. At
the field on the left directly after the crossroads is parking,
toilets, food and drinks. You can reach this point from the crossroad at
racing.)
11th course mile mark (flag). On
the left.
11th milestone (Left hander with the caravan / hut in the field.)
Drinkwater's
Bend 11.5 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/91/100/1
(Sweeping
left hander. Ben Drinkwater crashed here and was killed in the Junior
TT June 13th 1949.)
Handley's 11.8
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/92/100/1
(Left-hard
right hander. Walter Leslie Handley, 4 times TT winner in the 1920s and 30s.
Dead in World War 1941 in a flight accident. Bend named after he came
unstuck here 1932 when trying to catch the two works Nortons ahead of
him in the Senior. Handley's Cottage is known as Ballameanagh: Middle
Farm on the right.)
12th course mile mark. On the right 50 yards past Handleys.
Shoughlaigue Farm (On the left. Probably a locative form of Manx shelg, Irish
sealg,
"hunting, or the chase", and indicating the place where the huntsmen
met. Another proposal is that shough is the same as the Ulster word sheugh, from Scots sheuch, meaning a small, shallow ditch.
Followed of a left-right-left.)
Shoughlaigue Bridge (The last left hander of the left-right-left. A fast sweeping bend.)
Ballaskyr Farm 12.2 (On the left. There is a jump. Ballaskyr means
"homestead
of the craftsmen".)
Barregarrow Hill (Left hander at chapel. Access from the crossroad at race. Limited parking. Good catering and toilets nearby.)
Top of Barregarrow (Crossroads) 12.5
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/88/100/1
(Manx: Bayr garroo, ”rough road”. Comes from Baaregaroo.)
13th
course mile mark. On the right.
Bottom
of Barregarrow 13.1 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/89/100/1
(Hard left hander. The on board computer measures 13.1 miles from the start to
this spot.)
Cammall Farm (On the right. Scandinavian: Kambafjall, ridge
fell or hill.)
13th milestone
Cronk Urleigh 13.5 (That is the first double right hander after the 13th in the
downhill section past Cronk Urleigh Farm that is on the right. The name means probably "the hill
or ridge of slaughter". Other sources says ”Eagle Hill”.)
Westwood
Cottage 13.6 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/95/100/1
(Cottage on the right. At the second left hander in the section, Spanish rider Santiago Herrero was
killed in a crash 1970.)
Brake Leg (Just before the dip
leading on to the straight for Douglas Road Corner.)
14th course
mile mark. On the right.
Kirk Michael 14.5 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/93/100/1
(Manx:
Balley Keeill Vaayl. Kirk comes from Scandinavian kyrka: church. Access to the village only via the course.
Parking at some side roads.)
Douglas
Road Corner 14.3 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/31/100/1
(Right
hander,
off camber. Called Kirk Michael Corner as well. At the old St.
John’s circuit
this was a hairpin left and then the coast road to Peel. Here is a plaque for 100 years of use of this part of
the course in 2007. This corner was on the very first course 1907 as
well. Access from A4 from Peel at race. Toilet on outside the course at Glen Wyllin Campsite.)
Mitre
Hotel and Pub 14.4 (On the right. Food, drinks and toilet.)
Whitehouse Park on
the right. (Parking, refreshments and toilets.)
Cooper's Close
(Name of road or alley on the left that probably isn´t connected to
racing. Maybe
there was a making of barrels in the early days. Another proposal, that
doesn´t seem likely, is related to John Cooper who raced in the 60s and
70s.)
The Old Vicarage Museum or Penny
Bridge Stables
15th course mile mark. On the right.
(Now museum for Classic Bike Collection. On the left.)
Orrisdale South 15.2 (On the left. Orrisdale in Manx Gaelic
probably Eyrarstalir, ”gravelly, or sandy, bank farm.”)
Birkin's
Bends 15.3 (Right
hander. Archie Birkin crashed and was killed here 1927.)
Rhencullen
15.4 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/94/100/1
(Right-left hander. Rhencullin means ”holly ridge”.)
Cloudy Lane (A secluded spectating spot on entry
to a very fast right hand swoop.
No
charge, no facilities, no parking. Access on foot only, from the
outside of the circuit, down the signed short public footpath leading
off the old railway line footpath between Kirk Michael and Ballaugh.)
Lyndhurst
Junction to the right.
Bishopscourt
15.7 (The residence of the
Bishop. On the left.)
Orrisdale
North 16 (On the
left.)
16th course
mile mark. On the left.
Dub Cottage (On the left.
Slight left-right-left.)
Alpine House 16.5 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/87/100/1
(On the left. Slight left-right hander.)
Ballacobb
16.8 (Slight left-right. Same spot as Brough
Jairg Bends. Means The See Through Bends.)
Picasso (Same
spot as the last right at Ballacobb.
New name on the sweeping
right hander before Ballaugh after the police painting of the road
surface 2008.)
17th course mile mark. On the right.
(Tom Clucas was killed here in the 600cc MGP 2004 when
leading the race.)
Ballaugh Bridge 17.2 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/25/100/1
(Slight
left-right-left. Here is Raven, a pub on the right with food, drinks and toilet. Manx: Balley ny
loghey, "homestead of the lake". As well Balla Lough: "Lake Farm
Bridge". Opposite The Raven there is a commemoration of pre-war, BMW
rider Karl Gall who crashed here 1939. It is a small plaque on a
gatepost. It is a famous jump over the bridge. To the right just after
the bridge there is a connection to Brandywell via Druidale on a narrow
road. It gives an
opportunity to see the races from different spots the same practice or
race day, for example Brandywell. From inside the course it is possible
to get to Douglas at races. Narrow road to Brandywell Cottage, then B22
via Injebreck-Baldwin-Mont Rule-Strang to the TT-access Road close to
Quarter Bridge. Access to outside
the course. Parking on side roads. The One-Stop Shop at outside the
course has refreshments and there are public toilets opposite the shop.)
Gwen's, Coan Bulgh 17.5
(On
the right after a right hander. Gwen Crellin, "The Lady in White" used
to live here. The nick name given by Giacomo Agostini. She was
marshalling for about 40 years and died at age 89 in December 2006.
There is a plaque, on the left side of the road opposite the house, for
Gwen Crellin. On the same place is a plaque for Gary Dickinson who
raced 125cc 1958-1971. He died 1993 and his friends put the plaque and
his ashes here.)
Ballacrye Bend (Slight left.
McCray or Cry's farm.)
Ballacrye Jump 17.9 (If you like to stay
in a hawthorn hedge for several hours you can get really great pictures
of flying motor-bikes here!)
18th course mile mark. On the right.
Wildlife
Park (On the left. Right hander. Parking but you get stuck at race days. Food, drinks and toilets.)
Gob-y–Volley
(Gob-y-Volley is opposite the Wildlife Park. A piece of land. It
consists of 31 hectares with fertile lower slopes and a productive
north facing woodland. The name Gob-y-Volley comes from the Gaelic for
“point/bluff of the pass”. Very appropriate as it forms the western
entrance to Sulby Glen. Some sources says it means something similar to
”the right and left sweep”.)
Quarry Bends
18.6 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/55/100/1
(Left-right-left. From outside the course you can get here by parking at Ballacrye Road and walk the old railway line.)
Ballavolley Bends (Right hander. End
of Quarry Bends. On the hill on right above is IoM forestry board, now
DAFF, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.)
Half Way
Post 18.9
19th course mile mark. On the left.
Sulby
(One source says: The highest known speed at
the course, so far, is
measured with an on board computer. At practice 2006, Bruce Anstey
reached over 206 m.p.h. at the Sulby Straight on a TAS Suzuki 1000 cc
GSXR. Other sources say: The 206 m.p.h figure came from the data
logging of Bruce's bike but the figure is not 100% accurate. Reason why
should be that the data-logging equipment took a false reading over the
bumps. The speed trap in the road at Sulby is about 99% accurate
however, and the fastest rider through that to date is Ian Hutchinson
at 196 m.p.h. in 2007. There is a bit more road left after the speed
trap before the riders slow for Sulby Bridge so the 200 m.p.h. figure
is probably not too far away. At the TT 2010 Cameron Donald blasted through the speed trap on a 800cc Moto GP Rizla Suzuki GSV-R at 202 m.p.h. on a Parade Lap.)
Sulby
Crossroads 19.3 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/58/100/1
(Sulby
Glen. Here is a pub at Sulby Hotel on the left with food, drinks and toilet. The name of the village
of Sulby or
Sõlabyr "Soli's estate" reflects the Scandinavian influence in Isle of
Man place-names. At the inside of the course is
as well food and drinks available. Toilet in the Chapel and portaloo
outside. Portaloo at the Sulby Claddaghs as well.)
Sulby
Straight (Not
a bend but often mentioned. Top speeds here are about 320 km/h or
nearly 200 m.p.h. measured with on board computers. An ex-racer says
that when you're travelling at nearly 200 m.p.h. along the straight,
the slight right kink in the road just over halfway along is DEFINITELY
A BEND!!)
Sulby Bridge 20.1
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/57/100/1
(Right hander. Access at race. Parking at
outside the course. Some refreshments at race days. Portaloo in the old
railway line about 100 yards from the bridge.)
20th course mile mark. On the right.
Ginger Hall Hotel 20.3 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/43/100/1
(Left
hander. Here is a pub and hotel on the right with food, drinks and toilet. Portaloo in Sulby Claddaghs. Parking.
Access at race.)
Kerrowmoar
1 20.6 (Left-right-hard left section.
Ancient Kerroo Moore: Great Quarterland.)
Kerrowmoar 2
Kerrowmoar
3 (As well known as Abbeyville.)
(After
Kerrowmoar
as you get to Glen Duff, there's a road on the left by the
old bridge. This road is called Bayr-ny-Hayrey (The Road of the
Ayre.) The best pronunciation from a local is "Ben-a-Hairaa".)
21st
course mile mark. On the left.
Glen Duff, Bernaharra Road 21.2
(Slight
left-right. Manx: Glion doo, Irish: Gleann dubh) "black or dark glen".
There's a road on the left by the old bridge. This road is called
Bayr-ny-Hayrey (The Road of the Ayre.) The best pronunciation from a
local is "Ben-a-Hairaa".
Access from outside at race. Some parking. No eating and no toilets.)
Department of Transport Yard (On the right. Commonly known as Glen Duff Depot. On the
left here is Café Rosa.)
Glen Tramman 21.5 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/44/100/1
(The
Water Through or Irish: Gleann na d-troman,"the glen of the elder or
trammon trees". First two lefts then a right hander followed by a hard
left. Glen Tramman House on the left. Access from outside at
race. Some parking. No eating and no toilets.)
Churchtown 21.8 (Fast right hander.
Church hall on the right. Lezayre is a parish that spans a quite large
area and it starts here. It spans not only the TT course. Good viewing,
probably between a quarter and a half of a mile of road in sight. Real
toilets available opposite church entrance and in church hall.
Refreshments in field. Small charge to get in, goes to TT related
charity. You more or less get to see the areas between Lezayre Churce
and Pinfold (Milntown) Cottage. Turn off circuit up loop road by War
Memorial. There is the parking. Course bound once roads closed. Access
from outside, take A13 and then Garey Road. Find narrow lane on the
left. Park early and walk to the end of the lane. For Milntown, through
the Lezayre Housing Estate and on to Greenlands Avenue on the outside of
the course.)
22nd course mile
mark. On the left.
Lezayre Church 22.2 (Left
hander. Lezayre War Memorial and Church on the right and Ballakillingan
Farm opposite on the left of the course. Manx for Ballakillingan: Balley keeill Ingan,
farm of (St.) Fingan's.)
Conker Fields (Conkerfields
extends
between the war memorial at Churchtown through to the Caravan.
The K is part of the Conkerfields section, as is the Caravan.)
The
K (Left kink. The K is painted on a tree on the left, probably to
warn riders för a prominent kerbstone.)
The Caravan (The
caravan, on the left, was there for years and has now been replaced by a container and a portaloo.)
The Bottom Of Sky Hill
Pinfold
(Milntown) Cottage 22.8 (Cottage on the left. Right-left hander.)
Glen
Auldyn Bridge 23 (Milntown
Bridge. Milntown is "farm of the mill". Scandinavian for Auldyn or Aldyn: Alptardalr, "Swan's Glen". The bridge is followed of a slight right hander.)
Ramsey (Manx: Rhumsaa.)
23rd
(This is a virtual milestone measured with on
board computer.)
Gardener's Lane Junction 23.2 (Milntown is an area on the
inside of the course opposite Gardener's Lane. Lezayre
Road starts here and ends in centre Ramsey.)
23rd
course mile mark. (On the left. Which means
that the course mile mark is on a spot that isn't exactly 23 miles from
the start.)
Scoolhouse/Crossag's Lane 23.4 (Left hander. Also known as Russell's Corner.
Benjamin Buckley Russell crashed here on his Moto Guzzi in the MGP Lightweight Race 1947 and was killed.)
Parliament
Square 23.8 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/54/100/1
(Right
hander. Here are The Swan on the right and The Central on the left,
two pubs with food, drinks and toilets. Lowest point of the course. At sea level. Access only from outside at race. Plenty of parking in and around Ramsey.
Ideal for parking at Shoprite. Toilets at Shoprite. Pub and also Mooragh
Park
isn’t too far away if the kids wants sometime away from the action.)
Raymotors
(On both the left and right side of the road. At
the left kink leading to Albert Road there is a piece of the kerb taken
away now that makes the the course about 2-3 yards shorter!!!)
Albert
Terrace
Queen's Pier Road
Bus Station (On the right. Just before Cruickshank's
down the road is called The Corry after the Coronation Park
on the right.)
24th (This is a virtual milestone measured
with on board computer.)
Cruickshank's 24 (Right
hander. House on the left was called Cronk Brae earlier. Deemster
Cruickshank lived there. It is now called May Hill House or Parretts
House. There is a name plaque on the gateway to that effect. He owned
the surrounding land and permitted the races to cross his land by
opening the gated road. Deemster Cruickshank died sometime during world
war one years. A Mr. Teare who was a Ramsey MHK bought the property.
When the races resumed after the war, Mr. Teare requested a payment
from the organisers for the use of his land which was rejected. So for
a couple of years there was a detour after Parliament Square, the
course turned left into Albert Road and then right into Tower Road
rejoining the present course, via Parsonage Road, at the foot of May
Hill. Right on the point of the wall of Cronk Brae just before the
bricked up gate way is the sign on wall MAY HILL, you wont see it as
the bales cover it while racing is on.)
May Hill 24.1 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/52/100/1
(Slight
right hander. May Hill extends over the brow of the hill and all the
way along the straight. 80 yards up is The Phone Box on the right at
the end of Glen Elfin Road where Gene McDonnell's bike ended up stuck
in when he fell of at Cruickshank's 1986. Half way up May Hill is what
is called Miss Carr's after the lady who lived there.)
White
Gates 24.2 (Left
hander. Named after two white gates that were at the end of Claughbane
Road straight ahead. The gate posts are still there. The 24th Milestone
was actually located on White Gates Corner, but has been conspicuous by
it's absence in recent years.)
24th course mile mark. (This
is the course mile mark. 10 feet up in the air on the right by the
entrance to Barrule Park, 20 yards after White Gates. That means that
the course mile mark is on a spot that isn't exactly 24 miles from the
start.)
Stella Maris 24.3
(Right hander. Private Villa on the left.)
Ramsey Hairpin 24.5 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/56/100/1
(Hard left hander. To get to inside Hairpin. If roads are open. Park in central Ramsey and walk uphill May Hill. Take to the left
at Lheaney Road to the right at Crescent Road and right again at
Crescent West till its end and you are there!
If the roads are
closed. Take A2 from Douglas through Laxey. When you approach Ramsey
there is a path called Claughbane Walk to the left just before the
railroad crossing. That walk leads straight to Ramsey Hairpin. No refreshments or toilets. Very limited parking.)
Waterworks 1 24.8
(Right hander.)
Waterworks 2 24.9
(Right hander.)
Tower Bends 25 (Tower Bends is a
right-left under the tower on the right named Albert Tower or Memorial which stands above
them. Albert Tower is about half a
mile along the track on the inside of the course. It
is not really on the course. Tower Bends are sometimes named Tar Bends after a misunderstanding because of dialect? Maybe as well Tower Farm
Bends? Peter Kirkham was killed there in 1956 and the report puts the incident
at Tower Farm Bends according to the marshal who was stationed at the
Gooseneck. Could there be two parts of the bend, or two separate
bends, or an old name gone out of fashion? Albert Tower is built to commemorate the visit to Ramsey of Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert, September the 20th 1847.)
25th course mile mark. On the left before the lay-by on the left.
The left-right-left between the lay-by and Gooseneck has no name. Can these bends be the Tower Farm Bends mentioned earlier here?
Gooseneck 25.4 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/45/100/1
(Sharp right hander. Access possible
using D28 Hibernian Back Road which turns off A2 running between Douglas
and Ramsey. Parking at Gooseneck field for a small fee. Refreshments
and portaloo.)
Centenary Bends (Proposal for
two “nameless” fast left corners between Gooseneck and Joey's.
Another
proposal for the same bends is Ian Lougher's.)
26th Joey's
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/50/100/1
26th
course mile mark. On the right. (Right hander. Joey
Dunlop, 26 times TT winner between 1977-2000, 3 hat-tricks 85, 88 and
2000. Killed in race accident in Estonia 2nd July 2000. Joey's is
placed here at the 26th because he had 26 victories at the TT.)
Guthrie's
Memorial 26.7
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/48/100/1
(Left-right.
Also named The Cutting. James Guthrie, 6 times TT winner in the
1930s. Killed in
German GP, August 1937. The
memorial on the right is built at the point where he retired in his
last TT-race. There are three lefts leading into Guthrie's that can be
taken as a long left, all in one radius. There is a left after the
monument.)
27th Mountain Mile (Starts with a right hand
kink. Often mentioned.)
27th course mile mark. On the right.
28th mile
mark. On the right. (Slight
right hand kink.)
Three Quarter Way Post 28.3 is missing.
Mountain Box 28.7
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/53/100/1
(Double
apex left hander. East Mountain Gate or Box or East Snaefell Gate.
Probably it was named so because in the early years of the TT Course,
when it was just a dirt road, there was a gate to keep in the sheep
grazing on the mountain. The first rider through had to open the East
Mountain Gate and the last one had to close it.)
29th course mile
mark. On the
right. (There is a slight left hander before.)
George's
Folly (Rice's Corner) 29.2
(Right hander. Alex George crashed here in Senior TT 1977.)
Mike
Casey Shelter (Slight right hander 200
yards after George's Folly. On the left is a shelter erected in memory
of Michael Casey, winner of the 1995 Senior MGP, who lost his life in
Ballagarey Corner June 4th 1998.)
Black Hut or
Stonebreaker's Hut 29.6 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/38/100/1
(Left hander. The shelter on the right is also named
The John Smythe Shelter. He crashed and was killed in the Senior MGP
1989. Earlier known as Shepherd's Hut.)
Verandah 29.7 (At
entrance.) 29.9 (At exit.)
(Right handers. Four Bends. Can be taken with the radius as one bend.)
30th
course mile mark. On the right.
Bob McIntyre Memorial Box (3
TT
wins and one MGP in the 1950s. 8 times GP winner. First man who made
a 100 m.p.h. lap 1957. Dead after crash at Oulton Park 1962. It's said
that Geoff Duke was the first man to make the ton in 1955 on a Gilera
500/4. The timekeepers changed their minds after a while and adjusted
the speed of the lap to 99.97 m.p.h. Reason why is still unclear. The
Bob McIntyre memorial shelter is no longer there but it used to be on
the left of the course.)
Bungalow Bridge or Les
Graham Memorial 30.4 (Slight
right before the shelter on the right, then a left hander. Les Graham
was killed in senior TT 1953 at Bray Hill. At Graham Memorial is also a
memory sign, called Swallow's Sweep, for Richard Swallow 1952-1992. 5
times Junior Classic MGP winner.)
Bungalow Corner 30.9 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/41/100/1
(Left-right hander. Here is Shell Grip Tarmac through the left hander. On the approach to Bungalow there are three
sweeping rights that can be taken as one. 100 yards up the hill on
the right towards the ex-museum, there is a statue of Joey Dunlop
sitting on a racingbike. Parking at the old
Motorcycle Museum and there is a catering van. Access via the Electric
Railway from Ramsey and via A14 from Sulby. There is a footbridge to
pass the course as well.)
Snaefell Mountain Railway crossing (Toilet in the station.)
Tholt-y-Will
Junction (To the
right. Road leads to Sulby. Manx: Tolta vn woaillee, "hill of the
cattle-fold".)
31st course mile mark. On the right.
Hailwood Rise 31.1 (Slight right hander. Mike
Hailwood, World Champion 9 times, 14 times TT winner 1961-1979. Killed
in a car accident in March 1981 in Warwickshire, England.)
Hailwood
Height 31.5 (There is a sign on the left.)
Brandywell 31.6 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/39/100/1
(Hard
left hander. Manx: Chibbyr y phunch. Highest point of the course, 1385
feet above the sea level. Shelter is on the right. This
is the other
end of the narrow road through Druidale to Ballaugh Bridge and also back
to Douglas through Injebreck. Parking at B10. Usually there is a
catering van here. No toilet. As well known as Colonial
Corner because, for some reason, numerous riders from "down-under" have come unstuck here.)
32nd
Duke's (Three apex left hander. Geoff Duke, 6 times world
champion in the 1950s. 6 times TT winner.)
32nd course mile mark. On the right.
Windy Corner 32.4 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/59/100/1
(Right
hander. The shelter
is on the left. Named so because no matter what the weather
is, there is always a wind blowing.)
33rd course mile mark. On the
right.
33rd
milestone http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/37/100/1
(Double
apex left hander with a gentle right before. There is a small shelter
on the right in the start of the section and a bigger shelter on the
left at the second left hander.)
Keppel Gate 33.7
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/51/100/1
(Slight
right
and a hard left hander. Here is Shell Grip Tarmac through the right and left handers. Shelter on the right. Hero's Gate in times gone by. As well
known as Clark's Corner. R O Clark dropped his 250 Levis on the
last
lap of the
1920 Junior TT, when running 1st in lightweight and probably 4th overall.
He
picked it up and finished. Very most likely originally a gate outside
Tait's Cottage and, in a similar fashion to the procedure at East
Mountain Gate, the first rider had to open the gate and the last one
had to shut it. If you go back a quarter of a mile from Kate's
Cottage to what is now known as Keppel Gate, there's a stone, by Marshal's
shelter, and at the side of this is an old stone gatepost which is said
to have originated at the site of the old Keppel Gate. No access when race is on. Parking. No refreshments or toilets.)
Kate's
Cottage 33.9
(Hard left hander with a slight left
before.
Tait's Cottage. Named after the Tait family, Rhodes and his wife
Gladys, a family of Manx sheep farmers who had lived in that cottage
for generations. It was slip of the tongue by Graham Walker (Murray's
Dad) during a pre-war BBC commentary. He called it Kate's Cottage. The
name has stuck ever since but some sources say that there has been a
Kate as well for a period. Park at the Creg. Walk to the Creg for food and drinks. No toilets at Kate's Cottage. No access with vehicle at race.)
34th course mile mark. On the right.
Creg-ny-Baa 34.5 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/42/100/1
(Sharp right
hander. Here is Shell Grip Tarmac through the right hander. Keppel Hotel, a pub with food, drinks and toilet on the left. Creg-ny-Baa means ”rock
of the cow". There is a back road B12 to the Creg. Plenty of parking.)
35th course mile mark. On the right.
Gob-ny-Geay Farm
35 (On the right. "The point of the mouth
or beak of the wind". Also called Sunny Orchard.
There's a
little track at the side of the farm. It's a boundary line of the
sectors used by Marshals and is called Lanjaghan Lane.)
Brandish
Corner or O'Donnell's Corner 35.4
http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/79/100/1
(Fast left hander. Shelter on the right. Named
after Walter Brandish who broke a leg here in 1923 which ended
his racing career. O’Donnell refers to some owner of land here before
1914. Someone said once that if you ride from Hillberry to Brandish
Corner (in the direction followed by the Clypse Course) you are
travelling along Telegraph Hill.)
Hillberry 36 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/49/100/1
(Fast right hander. There is a grandstand
on the left close to the track. Manx: Cronk y Berry. Berry is a
legendary Manx witch. Toilets, parking and refreshments. Access
via Onchan straight on through the traffic lights at the Manx Arms.
Take the third left onto School Road, which leads to Little Mill Road.
That leads to Hillberry!)
36th course mile mark. On the left.
Glen Dhoo Campsite 36.1 (On the right.)
Johnny
Watterson's Lane Junction (The shelter is on
the right.)
Cronk-ny-Mona 36.4
(Three apex slight left. Means "hill of the turbary or turf". All ears are tuned
into the commentary for the magic words "the light is on now - he's
through". Moved from Signpost to save time because of the high speeds
nowadays.)
Signpost Corner 36.6 (Right
hander. Plenty refreshments. Toilet on discretion of the owner. Parking. Access from outside via Onchan.)
Bedstead Corner 36.8
(Left hander. The
farmer used and old head board from a bed for a gate into the field.
The gate (presumably due to neglect or damage) had been substituted by
various bits of defunct furniture and junk, most prominently an old
cast iron bedstead - hence the name. Here starts
Hailwood Avenue.)
37th course mile mark. On the right.
The Nook 37 (Right
hander. The name comes from the house opposite. It is the home of the
Governor on the left. Here is a new piece of road built. It continues
straight to the Onchan roundabout. The course turns a little right and
that leads to the hairpin at Governor's Bridge.)
Governor's
Bridge 37.2 http://www.gyrovision.com/panoid/46/100/1
(Sharp right hander followed of a left-right on to Glencrutchery
Road. Parking on the main road to Onchan. No refreshments or toilet.)
Victoria Road Junction
Glencrutchery Road 37.3 (Plenty of food and drinks behind the Grandstand. Toilet there as well.)
Start And Finish Line 0/37.73 (A pit stop usually takes about 40 seconds with filling the tank, changing the rear wheel and cleaning of the visor and screen. The
current official length
of The TT Course is 37,73 miles with approximately 221
bends.)
Current outright lap
record John McGuinness at Pokerstars Senior TT, June the 12th 2009.
Time:
17.12.30. Average speed: 131.578 m.p.h. or 211.75 km/h on a 1000cc HM Plant Honda.
Proposal
of names for the two commentary points at Glen Helen and Ramsey
Hairpin:
Geoff Cannell's
Peter Kneale's
Updated September 12th 2010.
The
ground map
is from the official program for MGP 2004.
A schematic map with the names of the list.
Some are not at the
map because of lack of space.
These are:
Railway Inn between 2nd
and 3rd milestone
Strang Road between 2nd and 3rd
Union Mills
Garage between 2nd and 3rd
Union Mills Church between 2nd and 3rd
Glen
Darragh Road between 4th and 5th
Crosby Church Hall between 4th and
5th
Glen Helen Pub and Hotel between 9th and 10th
Ballakillingan
Farm between 22nd and 23rd
The Caravan between 22nd and 23rd
Albert
Road between 23rd and 24th
Albert Terrace between 23rd and 24th
Queens
Pier Road between 23rd and 24th
Bus Station between 23rd and 24th
Centenary
Bends (still only a proposal) between 25th and 26th
Snaefell
Mountain Railway crossing between 30th and 31st
Glen Dhoo Campsite
between 36th and 37th
Victoria Road Junction between 37th and Start
and Finish Line
Map updated March 8th 2010.
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