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It covers approximately a square mile and has on its northern boundary a large, natural harbour, much used in the summer months. </div> <bR> <div> There are two sailing clubs - Brading Haven Yacht Club and Bembridge Sailing Club - and a marina within the shelter of the harbour basin. </div> <bR> <div> Many years ago, the village consisted of five hamlets joined by large farms. In the past forty years the farms have made way for housing, shops and schools. The population is around 4500, increased during the summer by holiday home owners and visitors to the nearby hotels and holiday centres.</div> <bR> <div> Bembridge has five pubs, three hotels, a bank, two sailing clubs, two supermarkets, three churches, three hair salons, a post office, antique shops, a maritime museum, a pharmacy, two restaurants, florists, green-grocers, an undertaker, vehicle repair shops, a petrol station and car showroom, boatyards, art galleries, foil printing and wedding stationery, a garden machinery business, architects, and the last remaining windmill on the Isle of Wight, plus various other shops and small businesses, totalling more than 114 in all. This makes it one of the largest villages in Europe. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>