Qualla: Douglas Head https://qualla.com/douglas-head en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/douglas-head-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Douglas Head https://qualla.com/douglas-head Douglas Head: Introduction https://qualla.com/douglas-head/ Photo credit Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0. In Manx the headland is called Kione Ghoolish, the Head of Douglas, and it sits at the southern lip of Douglas Bay like a hand cupped against the Irish Sea. Stand here on a clear day and the view sweeps north across the harbour, over the long arc of the promenade, all the way to the dark hump of Snaefell and the white houses scattered above Laxey. Stand here on a misty one and the wind throws gulls past your face and the only fixed point is the white tower of the lighthouse. A great many things have happened on this rock, most of them at the same time and most of them now gone.

Read more: Douglas Head on Qualla

Image: Trevor Rickard | CC BY-SA 2.0

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/douglas-head-wp/gcsu-douglas-head-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Douglas Head: Given to the People https://qualla.com/douglas-head/ Photo credit Richard Rimmer, CC BY-SA 2.0. Until 1870 the headland belonged to The Nunnery Estate. Then Sir John Goldie-Taubman handed a portion of it to Douglas Town Council, an unusual Victorian gesture that effectively dedicated the cliff to the public. The timing was perfect. Working-class tourism was booming, steam f...

Read more: Douglas Head on Qualla

Image: Richard Rimmer | CC BY-SA 2.0

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/douglas-head-wp/gcsu-douglas-head-given-to-the-people.mp3 0:06 2 full Douglas Head: Stone Memorials https://qualla.com/douglas-head/ Photo credit Zairon, CC BY 4.0. Three memorials anchor the headland's modern character. The first is a statue of Sir William Hillary, the Isle of Man resident who founded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1824 and personally led the rescue of nearly a hundred men from the wrecked Vigilant on Conister R...

Read more: Douglas Head on Qualla

Image: Zairon | CC BY 4.0

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/douglas-head-wp/gcsu-douglas-head-stone-memorials.mp3 0:06 3 full Douglas Head: Listening to the Sea, and the Sky https://qualla.com/douglas-head/ Photo credit FEG, CC BY-SA 2.0. During the Second World War the headland did not host tourists. It hosted radar. The Royal Navy established HMS Valkyrie here, a major shore-based radar station used for development, testing, and the training of operators who would carry the technology to ships across the fleet. ...

Read more: Douglas Head on Qualla

Image: FEG | CC BY-SA 2.0

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/douglas-head-wp/gcsu-douglas-head-listening-to-the-sea-and-the-sky.mp3 0:06 4 full Douglas Head: Marine Drive, Closed for Repairs https://qualla.com/douglas-head/ Photo credit David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0. South of the head, Marine Drive curls along the cliffs toward Port Soderick, an extraordinary engineering achievement whose ornamental tollgate arch still survives at the Douglas Head entrance. Look inside the landside arch and you can see where the overhead tramway cable once at...

Read more: Douglas Head on Qualla

Image: David Dixon | CC BY-SA 2.0

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/douglas-head-wp/gcsu-douglas-head-marine-drive-closed-for-repairs.mp3 0:06 5 full