Sandown
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 and the negotiation of Lake in between. Together with Shanklin, Sandown develops a built-up area of 21,374 inhabitants. The northern most community of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of conveniently obtainable, sandy shoreline. The resort's coastlines run continually 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 wide range of natural attributes. The seaside and also inland locations of Sandown belong to the Isle of Wight Biosphere Reserve assigned by UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme in June 2019, and Sandown's sea front and clifftops create part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that offers Sandown its name is a superb instance of a concordant coast with a total of 5 miles of well-developed tidal coastlines extending all the way 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 easily accessible to the public, mainly possessed as well as managed by the National Trust. It supports typical chalk downland wildlife, together with seabirds and also birds of prey which nest on the adjacent cliffs. Nearby are Sandown Degrees in the flood plain of the River Yar, among minority freshwater wetlands on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Resident Nature Reserve is a preferred spot for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, gotten by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust in 2012, is a location to detect kingfishers as well as water voles. Additional inland, Borthwood Copse supplies fascinating timberland walks, with bluebells aplenty in the Springtime. The location's marine sub-littoral area, consisting of the reefs and seabed, additionally 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, as well as fragments of scared wood are often washed up on the beach.
