Bungalow, Isle of Man

The Bungalow is situated at the 31st Milestone road-side marker on the Snaefell Mountain Course on the road junction of the primary A18 Mountain Road, A14 Sulby Glen Road and the road-tramway crossing for the Snaefell Mountain Railway in the parish of Lezayre in the Isle of Man.

The Bungalow tramway-crossing was part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy automobile car races held in the Isle of Man between 1904 and 1922. The Bungalow is part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix Races.

The area is dominated by Snaefell Mountain with an elevation of 621m (2036 feet) above sea level and the nearby summits of Beinn-y-Phott (544m), Mullagh Ouyr (491m), Carraghan (500m), Clagh Ouyr (551m) and North Barrule (565m). There is also a tramway crossing for the Snaefell Mountain Railway on the A18 Mountain Road and the adjacent Bungalow Station. The name dervies from the former Bunaglow Hotel, a Swiss Chalet design, modular-kit wood-built structure with corrugated roof erected by the Isle of Man Tramway and Electrical Power Co, Ltd as part of the Snaefell Mountain Railway. It was rented to Isle of Man Breweries Ltd for £35 per annum in 1900. ["Manx Transport Review" No-70 Autumn 1995 pp48 (1995) Manx Electric Railway Society Lambert Printers] The Bungalow Hotel was demolished during the winter of 1958 ["Isle of Man Examiner" pp1 dated 10 April 1958] ["TT 100 - The Authorised History of the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Racing" by Mick Duckworth pp29 (2007){1st Edition) Lily Publications ISBN 1-89960-67-4] and replaced with a small concrete shelter designed by D.W.Calder. ["Manx Transport Review" No-70 Autumn 1995 pp63 (1995) Manx Electric Railway Society Lambert Printers] This shelter was inturn was demolished in 2002 and replaced by the current Bungalow Station for the Snaefell Railway. The former Ministry of Defence buildings at the Bungalow are occupied by the Murray's Motorcycle Museum.

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* [http://www.gov.im/tourism/webcam/webcam.aspx?webcam=9 Isle of Man Government Webcam Bungalow Station]
* [http://www.iomtt.com/TT-2009/Circuit-Guide/Competitors/BungalowBridge-ThirtyThirdMilestone.aspx Bungalow Bridge to Thirty Third Milestone] with Steve Hislop, 11 times TT winner
* [https://www.iomtt.com/TT-2009/Circuit-Guide/Spectators/The%20Bungalow%20to%20Kates%20Cottage.aspx TT Spectator Guide Section The Bungalow to Kate's Cottage]
* [http://www.iomtt.com/TT-2009/Circuit-Guide.aspx Map of course]