Bembridge

Bembridge
Bembridge Lifeboat Station
Bembridge is located in Isle of Wight
Bembridge
Bembridge
Location within the Isle of Wight
Area9.1278 km2 (3.5243 sq mi) [1]
Population3,688 (2011 Census including Culver Down and Hillway)[2]
• Density404/km2 (1,050/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSZ643882
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBEMBRIDGE
Postcode districtPO35
Dialling code01983
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceIsle of Wight
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Isle of Wight
50°41′23″N 1°05′20″W / 50.6897°N 1.0889°W / 50.6897; -1.0889
Aerial view of the north east of the Isle of Wight, with Bembridge at top left
Bembridge village centre, with the war memorial in the foreground

Bembridge is a village and civil parish[3] 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,[4] leading to the implausible claim by some residents that Bembridge is the largest village in England.[5] Bembridge is home to many of the Island's wealthiest residents. The population had reduced to 3,688 at the 2011 Census.

Bembridge sits at the extreme eastern point of the Isle of Wight. Prior to land reclamation the area of Bembridge and Yaverland was almost an island, separated from the remainder of the Isle of Wight by Brading Haven. On the Joan Blaeu map of 1665, Bembridge is shown as Binbridge Iſle, nearly separated from the rest of Wight by River Yar.[6]

Prior to the Victorian era Bembridge was a collection of wooden huts and farmhouses, which only consolidated into a true village with the building of the church in 1827 (later rebuilt in 1846).

  1. ^ Office of National Statistics: QS102EW - Population density retrieved 30 May 2017
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ "English Parishes and Welsh communities N&C 2004". www.statistics.gov.uk. 2004. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007.
  4. ^ "Local area population and ethnicity – Bembridge on the Isle of Wight". www.town-guides.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Places to stay on the Isle of Wight – Bembridge". www.sunnycottcaravanpark.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2008.
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