Handley's Corner, Isle of Man

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Coordinates: 54°14′59″N 4°35′26″W / 54.24972°N 4.59056°W / 54.24972; -4.59056
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A3 Castletown to Ramsey
road

Handley's Corner (formerly Ballamenagh Corner) is situated just before the 12th Milestone road-side marker, measured from the startline at the

parish of Michael, in the Isle of Man
.

The previous course landmark is the

John McGuinness, just preceding the next point at Barregarrow
.

The S-bend at Ballamenagh Corner, dominated by a high stone wall on the eastern side, was part of the

Highland Course and the Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy car races held between 1904 and 1922. The Ballamenagh Corner was part of the St John's Short Course used between 1907 and 1910 for the TT races. Later named Handley's Corner, it became part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the TT and from 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix
races.

The area is dominated by the Ballamenagh and Shoughlaige-e-Caine farmland. The name derives from the TT race winner Wal Handley who, while riding a Rudge motorcycle, crashed heavily during lap 4 of the 1932 Senior TT race, sustained a back injury and subsequently retired from the race.

The corner underwent road widening and reprofiling during the winter of 1953/1954 for the

Department of Transport
.

Sources

  1. ^ Isle of Man Weekly Times dated 29 May 1954

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