Sandown
Sandown is a seaside resort as well as civil parish on the south-east coastline of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the resort of Shanklin to the south and the settlement of Lake in between. Along with Shanklin, Sandown develops a built-up area of 21,374 residents. The northern most community of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of easily obtainable, sandy coastline. The resort's beaches run constantly from the high cliffs at Battery Gardens in the south to Yaverland in the north. The town grew as a Victorian resort surrounded by a wealth of all-natural features. The coastal as well as inland areas of Sandown belong to the Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve marked by UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in June 2019, and Sandown's sea front and also clifftops create part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that provides Sandown its name is an exceptional example of a concordant coastline with an overall of 5 miles of strong tidal coastlines extending right from Shanklin to Culver Down as a result of Longshore drift. This makes Sandown Bay house to among the longest unbroken beaches in the British Isles. To the north-east of the town is Culver Down, a chalk down available to the general public, primarily owned and managed by the National Trust. It sustains regular chalk downland wildlife, together with seabirds and also birds of prey which nest on the adjacent cliffs. Nearby are Sandown Degrees in the flood plain of the River Yar, one of the few freshwater marshes on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Local Nature Reserve is a preferred spot for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, gotten by the Hampshire and also Isle of Wight Wildlife Count On 2012, is a place to identify kingfishers as well as water voles. Further inland, Borthwood Copse offers wonderful timberland walks, with bluebells aplenty in the Springtime. The area's marine sub-littoral area, including the coral reefs and seabed, additionally has the wild animals designation Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a petrified woodland is partly exposed in the northern part of the Bay, as well as fragments of scared wood are commonly washed up on the coastline.
