Sandown
Sandown is a seaside resort and also civil parish on the south-east shore of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the resort of Shanklin to the south and the negotiation of Lake in between. Along with Shanklin, Sandown forms a built-up area of 21,374 inhabitants. The northernmost community of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of easily obtainable, sandy coastline. The resort's coastlines run constantly from the high cliffs at Battery Gardens in the south to Yaverland in the north. The town expanded as a Victorian resort bordered by a wide range of natural functions. The coastal and also inland locations of Sandown become part of the Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve marked by UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in June 2019, and also Sandown's sea front as well as clifftops develop part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that provides Sandown its name is a superb instance of a concordant coast with an overall of five miles of strong tidal beaches stretching completely from Shanklin to Culver Down because of Longshore drift. This makes Sandown Bay home to among the longest unbroken beaches in the British Isles. To the north-east of the town is Culver Down, a chalk down obtainable to the public, primarily owned and managed by the National Trust. It sustains normal chalk downland wildlife, together with seabirds and predators which nest on the adjacent cliffs. Nearby are Sandown Levels in the flood plain of the River Yar, among minority freshwater wetlands on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Citizen Nature Reserve is a preferred place for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, obtained by the Hampshire as well as Isle of Wight Wildlife Count On 2012, is a location to find kingfishers and also water voles. Additional inland, Borthwood Copse supplies delightful forest walks, with bluebells aplenty in the Spring. The location's marine sub-littoral area, consisting of the coral reefs and seabed, likewise has the wildlife classification Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a scared forest is partly disclosed in the northern part of the Bay, and also fragments of scared timber are frequently washed up on the beach.