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Sandown Meadows Nature Reserve, acquired by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust in 2012, is a place to spot kingfishers and water voles. [18] Further inland, Borthwood Copse provides woodland walks, with many bluebells in the Spring.
A rowing club in Sandown also existed from c.1900 until World War II. [4] In December 1954 at a meeting at the Grange Hotel, the club reformed as a merger of Shanklin and Sandown. [5] A new boathouse was built on Osborne Beach the following year and remained as the club's base until 1975, when the present stone clubhouse was constructed nearby. [3]
Sandown Bay is a broad open bay which stretches for much of the length of the Isle of Wight's southeastern coast. It extends 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (13.7 km) from Culver Down, near Yaverland in the northeast of the Island, to just south of Shanklin, near the village of Luccombe in the southwest. [1]
Yaverland Manor is a medieval manor house in Yaverland, near Sandown, on the Isle of Wight. It was reconstructed in c. 1620 with alterations c. 1709. It was reconstructed in c. 1620 with alterations c. 1709.
On the Isle of Wight neolithic occupation is attested to by flint tool finds, pottery and monuments. The Isle of Wight's neolithic communities were agriculturalists, farming livestock and crops. The Isle of Wight's most recognisable neolithic site is the Longstone at Mottistone, the remains of an early Neolithic long barrow. Initially ...
Shanklin (/ ˈ ʃ æ ŋ k l ɪ n /) is a seaside resort town and civil parish [1] on the Isle of Wight, England, located on Sandown Bay.Shanklin is the southernmost of three settlements which occupy the bay, and is close to Lake and Sandown.
Isle of Wight 50°39′00″N 1°10′04″W / 50.649938°N 1.167813°W / 50.649938; -1. Lake is a large village and civil parish located on Sandown Bay , on the Isle of Wight , England .
Swainston Manor is an English country house, lying 1 mile (1.6 km) to the east of Calbourne, Isle of Wight, England. It is now a hotel. History