Community Services

All Saints Church: The Garden Room – Gurnard (Updated 20/01/2022) The Parish of All Saints with Cowes St Faith’s is located on the Isle of Wight, just west of Cowes. The parish has a church and a small garden room.  The congregation numbers approximately 70 of varying ages. All Saints Church was built in 1893 as the village of Gurnard began to grow.

The Isle of Wight Amnesty Group was started by Derek Stirman in 1962.

Arreton Community Hall is available for hire.

Despite its name, the civil parish of Arreton contains a lot more than Arreton village. It also contains Merstone, Blackwater, Horringford, Hale Common, Budbridge, Newport Golf Club and much of the land between Long Lane and Blackwater Road.

The building now functions as a community centre and venue for local events, and is now well established as Aspire Ryde.

The charity, based at Dover Street, has expanded its operation and opened the Aspire Ryde Community Hub in the High Street including crafts, exhibit work by local artists and offers workshops and community outreach programmes.

We have now re-opened and are following Government Covid requirements

Bembridge is governed by a Parish council of 12 members. For parish council elections the village is divided into two wards, the North and South, each electing six members to the body.