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St Helens

Photo of St Helens, a swimming spot near Bembridge, the Isle of Wight, south east England.

St Helens

© Basher Eyre / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Basher Eyre / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Helens

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St Helens is a designated estuary bathing water in Isle of Wight with a sandy shore. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. The county has 15 designated bathing waters; this is one.

Brading Station is 3.6 km away to the south-west. Nearby bathing waters include Seagrove, Bembridge and Whitecliff Bay.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near St Helens

Photo of Bembridge, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Bembridge

Village

Harbour village at the island's eastern tip, with houseboats, a windmill from about 1700 and a lifeboat station out over the sea

1.5 km SE · Isle of Wight

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

3.5 km S · spans 24 counties

Photo of Brading, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.

Brading

Village

The old King's Town, with stocks and a whipping post at its Old Town Hall and wooden knight effigies in St Mary's

3.6 km SW · Isle of Wight

Photo of Quarr Abbey, an abbey near Brading, the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Quarr Abbey

Abbey near Brading

A startling brick church of 1907, home to a living Benedictine community.

7.9 km NW

Photo of Shanklin Old Village, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Shanklin Old Village

Village

Thatched cottages, tea rooms and the Crab Inn at the top of Shanklin Chine, a wooded ravine dropping to the beach

9.9 km SW · Isle of Wight

Photo of Robin Hill Country Park, a country park near Godshill, the Isle of Wight, south east England.

Robin Hill Country Park

Country park near Godshill

A country park in Isle of Wight.

9.9 km W