Sandown is a seaside resort as well as civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, UK with the resort of Shanklin to the south and the settlement of Lake in between. Together with Shanklin, Sandown develops a built-up area of 21,374 inhabitants. The northern most town of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of easily obtainable, sandy coastline. The resort's coastlines run continuously from the high cliffs at Battery Gardens in the south to Yaverland in the north. The community grew as a Victorian resort bordered by a riches of natural functions. The coastal as well as inland areas of Sandown belong to the Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve designated by UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in June 2019, and also Sandown's sea front as well as clifftops create part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that provides Sandown its name is an excellent example of a concordant coastline with a total amount of 5 miles of strong tidal coastlines extending all the way from Shanklin to Culver Down as a result of Longshore drift. This makes Sandown Bay house to one of the longest unbroken coastlines in the British Isles. To the north-east of the community is Culver Down, a chalk down obtainable to the public, primarily possessed as well as taken care of by the National Trust. It sustains typical chalk downland wildlife, in addition to seabirds as well as predators which nest on the adjoining cliffs. Neighboring are Sandown Levels in the flood plain of the River Yar, one of the few freshwater marshes on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Citizen Nature Reserve is a prominent area for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, gotten by the Hampshire as well as Isle of Wight Wildlife Count On 2012, is a location to spot kingfishers and also water voles. More inland, Borthwood Copse provides wonderful forest walks, with bluebells aplenty in the Springtime. The area's marine sub-littoral zone, consisting of the reefs and also seabed, likewise has the wild animals designation Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a petrified forest is partly revealed in the north part of the Bay, and also pieces of petrified wood are commonly depleted on the coastline.