Bembridge
Bembridge is a village and civil parish located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight.
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. Bembridge is home to many of the Island's wealthiest residents. The population had reduced to 3,688 at the 2011 Census.
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Worth seeing in and around Bembridge
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland
St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland is a parish church in the Church of England located in Yaverland, Isle of Wight.
3.8 km · church in Yaverland, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Bembridge Down
Bembridge Down is a 56.3-hectare Site of special scientific interest which is north-east of Sandown, Isle of Wight, England. The site was notified in 1951 for both its biological and geological features.
2.9 km · hill on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St. Mary's Church, Brading
St Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brading, Isle of Wight.
3.9 km · church in Brading, UK · Wikipedia - 04Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge
Holy Trinity Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Bembridge, Isle of Wight.
100 m · grade II listed church in Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Bembridge Fort
Bembridge Fort is a fort built on the highest point of Bembridge Down close to the village of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, England.
2.8 km · fort in Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges SSSI
Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges is a 488.5-hectare Site of special scientific interest which stretches from Brading along the Yar valley between Bembridge and St Helens, Isle of Wight through to the sea at Priory Bay on the north east coast of the Isle of Wight.
1.5 km · UK Site of Special Scientific Interest · Wikipedia - 07Yaverland Manor
Yaverland Manor is a medieval manor house in Yaverland, near Sandown, on the Isle of Wight. It was reconstructed in c.
3.8 km · Grade I listed English country house on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Bembridge School And Cliffs SSSI
Bembridge School And Cliffs SSSI is a 12.58 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, notified in 1999. It is listed in the Geological Conservation Review.
1.8 km · geological site near Bembridge on the Isle of Wight · Wikipedia - 09St. Helen's Church, St. Helens
Church in Nettlestone and Seaview, Isle of Wight, England, UK
2.6 km · Wikipedia - 10St. Peter's Church, Seaview
St. Peter's Church, Seaview is a parish church in the Church of England located in Seaview, Isle of Wight.
3.8 km · church in Nettlestone and Seaview, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bembridge Windmill
High Street, PO35 5SQ, bembridgemill@nationaltrust.org.uk.
- 02Bembridge Fort
Bembridge Down, near Bembridge, PO36 8QY, bembridgefort@nationaltrust.org.uk.
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Things to do
Walk along the coastline, exploring rock pools. Have an ice cream and watch all the activity on the Solent.
- 01Bembridge and Culver Downs
From Wikivoyage: Bembridge, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
Any of the pubs - see below Foxs restaurant, High St.. China China, Sherbourne Street. Good Chinese Restaurant
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Getting to Bembridge
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 81 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 97 km · Bristol (BRS), 137 km
- Stations
- Bembridge Airport, 1.9 km · Brading railway station, 3.8 km · Bembridge railway station, 300 m
- London → Bembridge113 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · £18–24
- Bristol → Bembridge136 km · quickest by road, 4h 25m · £15–21
- Luton, Luton → Bembridge141 km · quickest by road, 4h 19m · £20–27
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bembridge
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bembridge. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBy ferry or hovercraft: The Fast Cat operated by Wightlink runs just about every half hour in the summer.
- Go nextThe ferry takes you back to Portsmouth on the mainland, or you can sail from Cowes to Southampton.
From Wikivoyage: Ryde, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.
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If you know how people move in Bembridge – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Bembridge
- Bradingtown in Isle of Wight, England, UK3.8 km
- St Helensvillage and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England1.9 km
- Nettlestone and Seaviewcivil parish on the Isle of Wight, UK3.3 km
- Seaviewvillage on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Nettlestonevillage on the Isle of Wight, England, UK3.1 km
- Foreland Fieldsvillage on the Isle of Wight, England, UK1.2 km