Sandown
Sandown is a seaside resort as well as civil parish on the south-east coastline 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 forms a built-up area of 21,374 citizens. The northern most community of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of quickly accessible, sandy coastline. The resort's beaches 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 features. The coastal and inland locations of Sandown become part of the Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve designated by UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in June 2019, as well as Sandown's sea front and also clifftops develop part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that gives Sandown its name is a superb instance of a concordant coastline with a total of 5 miles of well-developed tidal beaches extending right from Shanklin to Culver Down due to 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, mainly owned and taken care of by the National Trust. It sustains normal chalk downland wild animals, along with seabirds and also predators which nest on the adjacent cliffs. Close-by 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 Local Nature Reserve is a preferred place for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, acquired by the Hampshire as well as Isle of Wight Wildlife Count On 2012, is an area to identify kingfishers and also water voles. More inland, Borthwood Copse supplies fascinating timberland strolls, with bluebells aplenty in the Springtime. The location's aquatic sub-littoral zone, consisting of the coral reefs as well as seabed, additionally has the wild animals classification Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a petrified forest is partly revealed in the northern part of the Bay, as well as pieces of scared wood are often washed up on the beach.
