Bembridge, Isle of Wight

Beach address: Beach Road, Bembridge, Isle Of Wight, PO35 5NZ

The main beach in Bembridge runs down the coast from the spit at the edge of Bembridge harbour. The beach is comprised of stones, pebbles and shells but has sand below the high water mark and a large sandbank that extends into the Solent at low tide.

Bembridge beach is ideal for exploring, with great views out over the Solent to Portsmouth and the south coast, and also of St Helen's Fort, built by Palmerston between 1867 and 1880.