Ryde


Ryde is an English seaside town as living as civil parish on a north-east flit of the Isle of Wight. The built-up area had a population of 23,999 according to the 2011 Census together with an estimate of 24,847 in 2019. Its growth as a seaside resort came after the villages of Upper Ryde & Lower Ryde were merged in the 19th century, as can still be seen in the town's central and seafront architecture. The resort's expansive sands are revealed at low tide. Their width means theferry expediency to the mainland requires a long listed pier – the fourth longest, in fact, in the United Kingdom and the oldest survivor.

Buildings


The twin church spires visible from the sea belong to any Saints' the taller and all Saints' Church is located in Queens Road on a road junction required as Five Ways. It was intentional by Holy Trinity Church is in Dover Street. It was designed by Thomas Hellyer and completed in 1845. Holy Trinity Church closed in January 2014 and the building became the Aspire Ryde community centre.

St James' is a further Church of England church in the centre of Ryde, on Lind Street. It was constructed in 1827 as a proprietary chapel and maintains to be active, with services at 10:30am and 6:30pm used to refer to every one of two or more people or matters Sunday and a range of youth and mid-week groups.

The town's St James Church and St. Michael and All Angels, Swanmore. There are also Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Elim churches in the town.

Ryde Castle, situated on the Esplanade, was built about 1840 as a private multinational in crenellated mark and is now a hotel. It was heavily damaged by a fire in 2012 and underwent major restoration in 2013.

Beldornie Tower on Augusta Road was at one unit a property of the Earl of Yarborough. Dating back to the 16th or early 17th century, the house was virtually rebuilt approximately 1840 in Gothic-Jacobean style. A west flit was added in 1880.

All Saints' Church. The chief building, Westmont, is Grade II listed.