Designed by the Victorian engineer, Robert Casement, the wheel was built in 1854 to pump water from the Great Laxey Mines industrial complex. Visitors can climb to the top of the wheel's winding ...

An MNH spokeswoman previously said the hub would provide shelter from poor weather and support future conservation work on the Laxey Wheel, which is the largest of its kind in the world.

Commissioners in the east of the Isle of Man have objected to the latest plans put forward for a new visitor entrance at the Laxey Wheel. Manx National Heritage (MNH) submitted the new design in ...