Sandown is a seaside resort and also civil parish on the south-east coastline of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the resort of Shanklin to the south and also the negotiation of Lake in between. Along with Shanklin, Sandown creates a built-up area of 21,374 inhabitants. The northernmost town of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of easily accessible, sandy coastline. The resort's coastlines run continuously from the cliffs at Battery Gardens in the south to Yaverland in the north. The community grew as a Victorian resort surrounded by a wealth of natural features. The coastal as well as inland locations of Sandown become part of the Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve assigned by UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in June 2019, and also Sandown's sea front and clifftops form part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that gives Sandown its name is an outstanding example of a concordant coast with a total amount of five miles of strong tidal beaches stretching completely from Shanklin to Culver Down as a result of Longshore drift. This makes Sandown Bay residence to one of the lengthiest unbroken coastlines in the British Isles. To the north-east of the town is Culver Down, a chalk down available to the public, mostly owned and also managed by the National Trust. It supports typical chalk downland wild animals, in addition to seabirds and also predators which nest on the adjoining high cliffs. Nearby are Sandown Degrees in the flood plain of the River Yar, one of minority freshwater wetlands on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Citizen Nature Reserve is a popular place for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, obtained by the Hampshire as well as Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust in 2012, is a location to find kingfishers and also water voles. Further inland, Borthwood Copse supplies fascinating timberland strolls, with bluebells aplenty in the Spring. The area's marine sub-littoral zone, consisting of the coral reefs and also seabed, also has the wildlife classification Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a scared woodland is partially exposed in the northern part of the Bay, as well as pieces of scared timber are typically washed up on the beach.