is a chapel incorporated within the Community Centre so that people who cannot get to the main St Helens Church can come here. St Helens Pavilion is a very important amenity especially for sporting events such as cricket and football that take place on St Helens Green. The Vine Inn is a Public House on Upper Green Road, opposite the village green. It is over 100 years old. Until the late 1960s it was adjoined by a rival pub, the Sailor's Home. St Helens Post Office is the key shopping centre of St Helens village. It is the "corner shop" on Upper Green Road. This shop sells general groceries and is the local newsagents. More recently it has opened up a café. Priory Bay Hotel is now the subject of a major planning application as announced in the Isle of Wight County Press . "FORMERLY one of the Island’s top hotels, Priory Bay could be back in businesses following a multi-million pound makeover." http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/16986127.pictures-developers-of-priory-bay-hope-to-create-best-hotel-on-the-island/ St Helens Primary School Broomlands Close St Helens. For much of 2008 it looked likely that the school would be closed following education reforms to move the island to a two-tier education system. The village protested with signs displayed across the village stating "We love St Helens Primary School". In March 2009 the school was saved from closure. Notable residents Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères – "adventuress" best known as a mistress of Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé Jeremy Irons – film actor, Oscar and double Emmy winner Alfred Toogood – professional golfer who lived at Eddington Road and played at the Royal Links Club References External links Old pictures of St Helens IOW Council beach information Seaside resorts in England Villages on the Isle of Wight Civil parishes in the Isle of Wight Beaches of the Isle of Wight