St Helens Anchorage
St Helens Anchorage is a locality in St. Helens, Isle of Wight, England. St Helens Anchorage is situated nearby to the locality Lane End, as well as near Bembridge Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include St Helens Fort and Bembridge Lifeboat Station.
St Helens Fort
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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.
Bembridge Lifeboat Station
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bembridge Lifeboat Station is located in the village of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. The station is located on the eastern approaches to The Solent, south of the area known as Spithead. Bembridge Lifeboat Station is situated 1½ miles southwest of St Helens Anchorage.
Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge
Church
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Holy Trinity Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge is situated 2 miles southwest of St Helens Anchorage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bembridge and Foreland Fields.
Bembridge
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Bembridge is a village and civil parish located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. 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.
Foreland Fields
Locality
Foreland or Forelands, and the adjacent Foreland Fields, is the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight, part of the village of Bembridge. It is located about 6.5 miles due south of the city of Portsmouth on the British mainland, separated by the eastern reaches of the Solent. Foreland Fields is situated 2½ miles southwest of St Helens Anchorage.
Nettlestone
Village
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Nettlestone is a village on the Isle of Wight, England, about 4 miles south east from Ryde. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having been in existence in 1066. Together with Seaview, it forms the civil parish of Nettlestone and Seaview. Nettlestone is situated 2½ miles west of St Helens Anchorage.
St Helens Anchorage
- Type: Locality
- Location: St. Helens, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.71298° or 50° 42′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.05538° or 1° 3′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C2WPW7V+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 8668885468OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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