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Isle of Wight

Bembridge

Bembridge is a village and civil parish located on the easternmost point of the . It had a population of 3,848 according to the 2001 census of the United Kingdom, leading to the implausible claim by some residents that Bembridge is the largest village in England.
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  • Type: Village with 3,690 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK
  • Also known as: “Bembridge, Isle of Wight”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Helens Fort and Bembridge Windmill.

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is a sea fort in the Solent close to the , 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 .

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Knowle Mill, better known today as , is a Grade I listed, preserved tower mill at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England.

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is located in the village of Bembridge on the in the United Kingdom. The station is located on the eastern approaches to The Solent, south of the area known as .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brading and Sandown.

Town
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The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of is the main town of the civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of used to cover about a tenth of the . is situated 2½ miles west of Bembridge.

Town
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is a seaside resort and civil parish on the south-east coast of the , England. The neighbouring resort of and the settlement of are sited just to the south of the town. is situated 4 miles southwest of Bembridge.

Village
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is a village and civil parish located on the eastern side of the . The village developed around village greens. This is claimed to be the largest in England but some say it is the second largest.

Bembridge

Latitude
50.6887° or 50° 41′ 19″ north
Longitude
-1.0849° or 1° 5′ 6″ west
Population
3,690
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
IATA airport code
BBP
United Nations Location Code
GB BBP
Open location code
9C2WMWQ8+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1547559729
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2655925
Wiki­data ID
Q2624470
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Bembridge” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bembridge”
  • Bengali: “বেমব্রিজ”
  • Bulgarian: “Бембридж”
  • Cebuano: “Bembridge (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Bembridge”
  • Chinese: “Bembridge”
  • Chinese: “本布里奇”
  • Chinese: “班姆布利茲”
  • Dutch: “Bembridge”
  • French: “Bembridge”
  • German: “Bembridge”
  • Gujarati: “બેમબ્રિજ”
  • Irish: “Bembridge”
  • Italian: “Bembridge”
  • Japanese: “ベンブリッジ”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂಬ್ರಿಡ್ಜ್”
  • Korean: “베브리지”
  • Ladin: “Bembridge”
  • Lithuanian: “Bembridžė”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bembridge”
  • Persian: “بمبریج”
  • Polish: “Bembridge”
  • Portuguese: “Bembridge”
  • Russian: “Бембридж”
  • Slovenian: “Bembridge”
  • Spanish: “Bembridge”
  • Swedish: “Bembridge”
  • Tamil: “பெப்பிரிட்ஜ்”
  • Telugu: “బెంబ్రిడ్జి”
  • Turkish: “Bembridge”
  • Urdu: “بیمبرج”
  • Welsh: “Bembridge”
  • “Bembridge”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bembridge”. Photo: fionamcallisterphotography, CC BY 2.0.