Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges SSSI, Brading Marshes RSPB reserve

#3 among attractions in Brading Marshes RSPB reserve

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Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges SSSI location map

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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. It encompasses the Brading Marshes RSPB reserve, Bembridge harbour and the inter tidal sand, mud flats and rocky ledges exposed off the coast at low water, including the land around St Helens Fort which is not attached to the mainland. It is the second largest SSSI on the Isle of Wight. The site was notified in 1951 for both its biological and geological features. ()

Coordinates: 50°41'20"N, 1°6'36"W

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Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges SSSI – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bembridge Windmill, Nodes Point Battery, Bembridge Fort, Holy Trinity Church.

0.7 miSE
Historical place, Windmill
Bembridge Windmill, Bembridge
19 min walk • Knowle Mill, better known today as Bembridge Windmill, is a Grade I listed, preserved tower mill at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England.
1 miNE
Forts and castles
Nodes Point Battery, Isle of Wight
26 min walk • Nodes Point Battery is a battery located at Nodes Point on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French invasion.
1.3 miS
Forts and castles
Bembridge Fort, Bembridge
33 min walk • 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. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built around Portsmouth during the period of the Second French Empire, as a safeguard against a perceived threat of French invasion by Napoleon III.
0.9 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge
22 min walk • Holy Trinity Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Bembridge, Isle of Wight.
1.6 miNE
Forts and castles
St Helens Fort, Brading Marshes RSPB reserve
41 min walk • 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.
1.2 miN
Park
Priory Woods, Isle of Wight
32 min walk • Priory Woods is a 2.94 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the town of Bembridge, Isle of Wight, notified in 1998. It is a National Trust property and is served by a public footpath.
1 miSE
Forts and castles
Steynewood Battery, Bembridge
26 min walk • Steynewood Battery is a battery located between Bembridge and Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight, England. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived threat of French invasion. Construction of the battery began in 1889 and was completed by 1893.
1.2 miN
Church
St Helen's Church, Isle of Wight
31 min walk • St. Helen's Church, St. Helens is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Helens on the Isle of Wight.
0.5 miNE
50°41'37"N • 1°5'60"W
Bembridge Harbour, Brading Marshes RSPB reserve
14 min walk • Bridge
0.7 miE
50°41'30"N • 1°5'40"W
BMS Bembridge Motor Services, Bembridge
19 min walk • Bridge

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Which popular attractions are close to Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges SSSI?

Nearby attractions include Bembridge Harbour, Brading Marshes RSPB reserve (14 min walk), BMS Bembridge Motor Services, Bembridge (19 min walk), Bembridge Windmill, Bembridge (19 min walk), Holy Trinity Church, Bembridge (22 min walk).