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

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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.

Ryde

Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.

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

Brading

Town

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Brading is a small town on the east side of the Isle of Wight. It is the main settlement of the civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the island.

Ansell’s Copse

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Localities in the Area

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Curious Forests to Discover

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