play-park in Steyne Park. It is also one of the few Parish Councils that has a village centre office open 5 days a week. Twinning Bembridge is twinned with Plédran, Brittany, France but in name only as the federation has lapsed through non-use. Public transportation Public transport to Newport, Ryde and Sandown is provided by Southern Vectis bus route 8. Bembridge railway station, which was located in the north-west of the village close to the harbour served the village, with services to Brading, until 1953. The station became derelict and was demolished around 1970. Religion Bembridge is served by the Holy Trinity Church, built in the 1840s as a replacement for an 1827 church that had become unstable. St Luke's Mission Church opened as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity Church in 1887, along with Bembridge Methodist Church and St Michael's Roman Catholic Church. Bembridge Boarding Campus Bembridge School was taken over by Ryde School with Upper Chine in 1996, which turned the site into Bembridge Boarding Campus. This site also houses Kingswood Centre, which operates Kingswood during term-time and Camp Beaumont during school holidays, although it is closed for a few weeks in the winter. New House Bembridge School New House Bembridge School is a Grade II Listed Building. Bembridge School Chapel is a Grade IIGV Listed Building featuring Edward Woore stained glass. References External links Bembridge Parish Council Villages on the Isle of Wight Civil parishes in the Isle of Wight Ports and harbours of the Isle of Wight