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St Helens is located to the east of the Isle of Wight on high ground to the north of Bembridge giving it views over the harbour. The nearest town is Ryde, [7] about 3 miles (4.8 km) away. The village is located on the coast, with St Helens Duver nearby at the mouth of the harbour. The area features a sand-dune complex where the first golf ...
St Helens New Church. The new church was built in 1717 about a mile inland. In 1831 the church was rebuilt, and in 1862 a new chancel was erected. [5] The present church is a stone structure with brick dressings, and consists of an aisleless nave, with transepts, a chancel, and west tower with one bell.
As of 2020 there are more than 80 former places of worship on the Isle of Wight, England's largest island.The diamond-shaped, 146-square-mile (380 km 2) island, which lies in the English Channel and is separated from the county of Hampshire by The Solent, has a population of around 140,000 spread across several small towns and dozens of villages.
The 33 churches in East Wight Deanery are at Arreton, Bembridge (Holy Trinity and St Luke's mission church), Binstead, Bonchurch (old and new churches), Brading, Godshill, Havenstreet, Lake, Newchurch, Niton, Ryde (All Saints, Holy Trinity and St James' in the town centre, St John's in the Oakfield area and St Michael and All Angels at Swanmore ...
St Helens Fort is a sea fort in the Solent close to the Isle of Wight, one of the Palmerston Forts near Portsmouth. It was built as a result of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom of 1859, in order to protect the St Helens anchorage .
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight. St Helen's with its 232-foot-long (71 m) single platform [ 1 ] was the only intermediate stop on the 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 -mile (4.4 km) branch line that connected Brading to the coast at Bembridge.
Further inland from Lane End is Bembridge C of E Primary School, along with the local community centre, which are connected by a large recreational playing field. The Royal Isle of Wight Golf Club (now defunct) was located at St Helens Duver, across the harbour from Bembridge. The club was formed in 1882 and closed in the 1960s. [8]
Remains of Old St Helen's Church, Duver Road, St Helens, Isle of Wight, England. The original parish church of St Helens, ruinous by the 16th century. The new church was built in 1717 further inland. In the 18th century the tower of the old church was turned into a seamark. Date: 14 May 2016: Source: Own work: Author: Hassocks5489