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 also the settlement of Lake in between. Along with Shanklin, Sandown creates a built-up area of 21,374 inhabitants. The northernmost community of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of conveniently accessible, sandy coastline. The resort's coastlines run constantly from the cliffs at Battery Gardens in the south to Yaverland in the north. The town grew as a Victorian resort bordered by a wealth of natural functions. The coastal and also inland areas of Sandown are 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 and clifftops develop part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that provides Sandown its name is an outstanding example of a concordant coastline with a total of 5 miles of well-developed tidal beaches stretching right from Shanklin to Culver Down as a result of Longshore drift. This makes Sandown Bay residence to one of the longest unbroken beaches in the British Isles. To the north-east of the community is Culver Down, a chalk down easily accessible to the general public, mostly had and managed by the National Trust. It supports common chalk downland wild animals, together with seabirds and birds of prey which nest on the adjoining cliffs. Nearby are Sandown Levels in the flood plain of the River Yar, among the few freshwater wetlands on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Citizen Nature Reserve is a preferred area for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, gotten by the Hampshire and also Isle of Wight Wildlife Count On 2012, is a location to find kingfishers and water voles. Further inland, Borthwood Copse gives wonderful forest walks, with bluebells aplenty in the Spring. The area's aquatic sub-littoral area, consisting of the coral reefs as well as seabed, also has the wildlife classification Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a petrified woodland is partially disclosed in the northern part of the Bay, and pieces of petrified wood are typically depleted on the beach.