Ansell’s Copse

Places of Interest

St Helens Fort

Photo: Editor5807, CC BY 3.0.

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.

Alan Hersey Nature Reserve

Nature reserve

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The Alan Hersey Nature Reserve is a nature reserve located on the north east coast of the Isle of Wight between Springvale and Seaview. On a flood plain, fluvial water runs down the valley into the reserve and a culvert passes under the old toll road and down the beach, through which salt water also enters the reserve on the rising tide.

Smallbrook Junction railway station

Railway station

Photo: OLU, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Smallbrook Junction railway station is a railway station on the Isle of Wight, England. It is unusual because it has no public access but exists purely to provide a connection between two rail systems.

Places in the Area

Bembridge

Photo: fionamcallisterphotography, CC BY 2.0.

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.

Ryde

Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.

Ryde is a seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight in South East England. The parish area had a population of 24,096 according to the 2021 Census.

Brading

Town

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The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of Brading is the main town of the civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the Isle of Wight.

Ansell’s Copse

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Localities in the Area

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Curious Forests to Discover

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