English Heritage sites near St. Helens Parish
ROYAL GARRISON CHURCH, PORTSMOUTH
6 miles from St. Helens Parish
Royal Garrison Church was built in about 1212 as part of a hospital complex. Although the nave was badly damaged in a 1941 firebomb raid on Portsmouth, the chancel remains roofed and furnished.
KING JAMES'S AND LANDPORT GATES, PORTSMOUTH
7 miles from St. Helens Parish
Two ornamental gateways, once part of Portsmouth's defences. King James's Gate (of 1687) has been moved, but Landport Gate (1760), remains in it's original position.
APPULDURCOMBE HOUSE
8 miles from St. Helens Parish
The shell of Appuldurcombe, once the grandest house on the Isle of Wight and still an important example of English baroque Architecture stands in 'Capability' Brown-designed grounds.
OSBORNE
8 miles from St. Helens Parish
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's family home. Take a glimpse into the private life of the royal family at Osborne House and enjoy the vast estate and gardens.
FORT BROCKHURST
8 miles from St. Helens Parish
One of a number of forts built in the 1850s and 1860s to protect Portsmouth and its harbour against a French invasion. Largely unaltered, the parade ground, gun ramps and moated keep can be viewed.
CARISBROOKE CASTLE
9 miles from St. Helens Parish
Explore the castle at the heart of the Isle of Wight, steeped in history from the Norman Conquest to Charles I. Home to the famous Carisbrooke donkeys.
Churches in St. Helens Parish
St Catherine-by-the-Green
Guildford Road
St Helens
Ryde
01983 568761
http://www.havenchurches.org.uk/
A small chapel (max 26) attached to St Helens Community Centre, built in 1992 to replace the by then dangerously delapidated Mission Church and Institute Hall.
Currently used for midweek services, once a month for an evening service and for special services around Christmas and Easter.
A delightful, simple octagonally shaped room retaining some furnishigs from the mission church.
Available to be used for quiet prayer throughout daylight hours.
For more information please go to www.havenchurches.org.uk
Pubs in St. Helens Parish
Vine Inn
The front of the pub overlooks what is possibly the biggest village green in the kingdom, known locally as Goose Island. An eclectic selection of memorabilia reflecting local history, from railways to hunting to breweries to maritime, decor...