Sandown
Sandown is a seaside resort and also civil parish on the south-east coastline of the Isle of Wight, UK with the resort of Shanklin to the south and also the negotiation of Lake in between. Together with Shanklin, Sandown develops a built-up area of 21,374 citizens. The northern most community of Sandown Bay, Sandown is understood for its stretches of quickly obtainable, sandy shoreline. The resort's coastlines run continuously from the cliffs at Battery Gardens in the south to Yaverland in the north. The town expanded as a Victorian resort surrounded by a wealth of natural features. The coastal and 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 Sandown's sea front as well as clifftops develop part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that offers Sandown its name is an outstanding example of a concordant coast with an overall of 5 miles of strong tidal coastlines extending completely from Shanklin to Culver Down as a result of Longshore drift. This makes Sandown Bay home to among 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, mainly possessed as well as managed by the National Trust. It sustains typical chalk downland wild animals, in addition to seabirds and also predators which nest on the adjacent high cliffs. Nearby are Sandown Degrees in the flood plain of the River Yar, among minority freshwater marshes on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Citizen Nature Reserve is a popular area for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, acquired by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Rely On 2012, is an area to spot kingfishers and also water voles. Further inland, Borthwood Copse gives delightful woodland strolls, with bluebells aplenty in the Spring. The location's marine sub-littoral area, consisting of the coral reefs and seabed, likewise has the wildlife designation Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a petrified forest is partially revealed in the north part of the Bay, and fragments of scared timber are usually depleted on the beach.
