14 Oct
Sun Tunnel
Shanklin - PO37
Enquiry from: Alfred G
Start Date: Immediate
2 x sunshine tunnels in lounge
Sandown
Sandown is a seaside resort and also civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the resort of Shanklin to the south and the settlement of Lake in between. Along with Shanklin, Sandown develops a built-up area of 21,374 citizens. The northern most community of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of conveniently available, sandy coastline. The resort's beaches run continually 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 seaside and also 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, as well as Sandown's sea front and also clifftops create part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that provides Sandown its name is an exceptional instance of a concordant shoreline with an overall of five miles of well-developed tidal beaches extending completely from Shanklin to Culver Down as a result of Longshore drift. This makes Sandown Bay house to one of the longest unbroken beaches in the British Isles. To the north-east of the community is Culver Down, a chalk down obtainable to the public, mainly possessed and managed by the National Trust. It supports normal chalk downland wildlife, in addition to seabirds and birds of prey which nest on the adjoining cliffs. Neighboring are Sandown Degrees in the flood plain of the River Yar, among minority freshwater wetlands on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Citizen Nature Reserve is a popular area for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, gotten by the Hampshire and also Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust in 2012, is an area to find kingfishers and water voles. More inland, Borthwood Copse provides wonderful timberland walks, with bluebells aplenty in the Springtime. The area's aquatic sub-littoral area, including the coral reefs and seabed, likewise has the wildlife designation Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a scared forest is partly disclosed in the north part of the Bay, and also fragments of petrified wood are commonly washed up on the coastline.
