Sandown is a seaside resort and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, UK with the resort of Shanklin to the south as well as the settlement of Lake in between. Along with Shanklin, Sandown develops a built-up area of 21,374 citizens. The northernmost community of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of quickly accessible, 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 wealth of all-natural features. The coastal as well as inland areas of Sandown become part of the Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve designated by UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in June 2019, and Sandown's sea front and clifftops form part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that provides Sandown its name is an excellent instance of a concordant shoreline with an overall of five miles of strong tidal beaches stretching all the way from Shanklin to Culver Down due to Longshore drift. This makes Sandown Bay residence to one of the lengthiest unbroken coastlines in the British Isles. To the north-east of the community is Culver Down, a chalk down obtainable to the general public, mainly possessed and taken care of by the National Trust. It sustains regular chalk downland wild animals, together with seabirds and birds of prey which nest on the adjacent high cliffs. Neighboring are Sandown Levels 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 spot for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, gotten by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust in 2012, is a place to identify kingfishers and water voles. More inland, Borthwood Copse supplies fascinating timberland walks, with bluebells aplenty in the Spring. The location's aquatic sub-littoral area, including the reefs and also seabed, also has the wildlife classification Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a scared woodland is partly revealed in the northern part of the Bay, and also fragments of scared wood are frequently washed up on the coastline.