Sash window renovation with slimline double glazing in Liverpool conservation area Published: 07/12/2024 Renovation of six wooden sash windows with slimline double glazing in a Grade 2 listed property in Fulwood Park, Liverpool. Includes new weights, ropes, pulleys, priming, and locking latches. Read this article
Sandown
Sandown is a seaside resort and 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 creates a built-up area of 21,374 residents. The northernmost town of Sandown Bay, Sandown is known for its stretches of conveniently available, sandy shoreline. 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 wide range of all-natural functions. The seaside and also 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 clifftops create part of the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. The Bay that offers Sandown its name is an exceptional example of a concordant coastline with a total of 5 miles of well-developed tidal coastlines stretching right from Shanklin to Culver Down due to Longshore drift. This makes Sandown Bay house to one of the lengthiest unbroken beaches in the British Isles. To the north-east of the community is Culver Down, a chalk down accessible to the general public, mainly had and handled by the National Trust. It supports normal chalk downland wildlife, along with seabirds as well as predators which nest on the adjoining cliffs. Nearby are Sandown Degrees in the flood plain of the River Yar, among the few freshwater wetlands on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Local Nature Reserve is a popular spot for birdwatching. Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, acquired by the Hampshire and also Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust in 2012, is a location to detect kingfishers and also water voles. Further inland, Borthwood Copse offers delightful timberland walks, with bluebells aplenty in the Springtime. The area's marine sub-littoral zone, including the reefs and seabed, additionally has the wild animals designation Special Area of Conservation. At extreme low tide, a petrified forest is partially revealed in the north part of the Bay, and fragments of petrified wood are typically depleted on the coastline.