Churches and Other Notable Buildings
Port St Mary Town Hall is an imposing stone building situated on the village's Victorian promenade at the upper end of the village and houses local government offices and a tourist information point. The hall itself is currently undergoing restoration and is due to re-open on Saturday 27th October 2012. The building is thought to stand on the site of the original Keeill Moirrey.
The Anglican St Mary's Church lies in the centre of the village and is a chapel of ease dedicated to Mary of Nazareth lying in the parish of Rushen and diocese of Sodor and Man.
Just north of St Mary's is the Port St Mary site of the Living Hope Community Church (formerly known as Port St Mary Baptist Church). The current church building was built in the early 2000s on the site of the former Port St Mary Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, which was completed in 1895, closed in 1970 and was demolished in 2000.
In the lower part of the village, near the port, lies the current Port St Mary Methodist Chapel, built in 1903 as a Primitive Methodist chapel and known as Mount Tabor. Another smaller former Wesleyan chapel, on the High Street, opened in 1835 and was demolished in the 1970s, with the village's garden of remembrance and war memorial occupying the site.
Port St Mary is served by St Columba's Catholic Church, which lies just outside the village and which is shared with Port Erin. It is a chapel of ease in the parish of St Mary's with St Columba's in the Archdiocese of Liverpool.
There are two pubs in the main part of Port St Mary, the Albert and the Bay View Hotel. The Station Hotel, which lies adjacent to Port St Mary railway station outside the main village, is currently closed.
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