House of Manannan

PricingFree with English Heritage membershipEH memberFree entryNon-member£14

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Free entry for English Heritage members

This place is cared for by Manx National Heritage, the Isle of Man's heritage charity. English Heritage members get free admission to all its heritage attractions from the first year of membership. Show your current membership card at admissions.

Free admission applies to the member only, plus children aged 4 and under; other adults and older children pay.
Admission charges may apply for some special events.
Several sites are seasonal, open from Easter to the end of October.

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Entry

Non-member prices

Adult£14.00

Student (over 18 with card)£7.00

Pricing details

Standard walk-up price; MNH adds an optional £1.50 donation at the desk which you can decline. Children aged 16 and under are free and must be accompanied by an adult. Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card (the named member only, plus children aged 4 and under; accompanying adults pay). Special events may charge extra. MNH sells a 7 or 14 day Holiday Pass (£35 / £40) and a £45 Annual Pass for Island residents covering every site.

Over 18 with a valid student card; optional £1.50 donation can be declined. Free for English Heritage members showing a valid card (the named member only, plus children aged 4 and under; accompanying adults pay). Group discount for pre-booked groups of 15 or more paying visitors booked 7 days ahead.

ParkingFree parkingFree for all visitors

No charge for anyone.

Parking details

MNH's House of Manannan Access Guide 2024 (read 17 October 2026): 'The House of Manannan has a large car park to the rear of the building which is free to access', with three disabled bays about 100 m from the main entrance and a dropped kerb; two more disabled bays and a loading bay at the front of the building; an overflow car park with an uneven unsurfaced area towards the rear of Mill Road, also used by coaches; and free street parking around the House of Manannan and Peel (double yellow lines nearby, on which Blue Badge holders may not park on the Isle of Man). Group visits PDF: coming down Station Hill, go straight on through the traffic lights and turn right for the car park, or left before the kipper house for the coach park.

Driving pin: the official MNH page pin (54.2221883, -4.6974573), which reverse-geocodes to 14 Lake Lane and lies 26 m from the Google listing at Station Place; the car park is behind the building on the Mill Road side and has no listing of its own, so the building pin is the arrival point and the satnav address is Mill Road, IM5 1TA.

Transport: a bus stop immediately outside the main entrance (drop-off on the Douglas route only; the main Peel bus stop by the cathedral and Town Hall is a 10 minute walk up a steep incline); buses 4, 4B, 5, 5C, 6 and 6A; Douglas to Peel about 25 minutes.

About

The House of Manannan, Thie Vanannan, is a purpose-built heritage centre on Peel's quayside, cared for by Manx National Heritage; it is a separate visit from Peel Castle 500 m away, with its own admission. The sea god Manannan narrates a walk through two thousand years of Manx life: a legend told in an Iron Age roundhouse, a Viking Age longhouse, the treasures of a Viking kingdom, and Odin's Raven, the replica longship that sailed from Norway in 1979. Upstairs the port of Peel in the 1800s is recreated with a sailmaker's loft, a chandler's shop and a quayside, then galleries on Manx mariners, fishing, smuggling and the Steam Packet Company. Reviewers compare it to the Jorvik centre, find it good for children, allow a couple of hours and like the Coffee Station cafe, though one felt the interactive displays are showing their age. Tips from visitors: coach parties can slow the route, so arrive early, and the free car park is behind the building off Mill Road.

OpenSee all times

House of Manannan09:30 – 16:30

Opening times may change at short notice.

Open daily 9.30am to 4.30pm all year; closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Quieter times outside school holidays are generally 9.30am to 11.30am every day except Saturdays.

Children aged 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Some special events may charge extra. The gift shop, temporary exhibition gallery and Coffee Station cafe can be used without an admission ticket.

Access: level main entrance through a heavy glass door then automatic doors; three floors with a main lift (33 people), a central lift and two platform lifts on the one-way route, or stairs of 20, 20 and 9 steps; full wheelchair access, a wheelchair to borrow, seating throughout; accessible toilets by the entrance, on the second floor by the exit lift and behind the cafe; baby changing in the entrance accessible toilet and the ground-floor ladies; textured forecourt slabs can be slippery when wet. Assistance dogs welcome with a water bowl at reception.

The Coffee Station cafe on the ground floor serves hot drinks, cakes and sandwiches with gluten-free options (01624 648097). Drones are not permitted.

Photo: the entrance of the House of Manannan on Peel quayside, with the Welcome sign under its sandstone arch and the tower of the former railway station behind. FinnWikiNo, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House-of-Manannan_Peel-Man_02.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.