Shanklin
Shanklin is a seaside resort town and civil parish 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 8,060 residents
- Description: village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England
- Also known as: “Shanklin, Isle of Wight”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shanklin Theatre and Shanklin Chine.
Shanklin Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Editor5807, CC BY 3.0.
The Shanklin Theatre is an entertainment venue in Prospect Road in Shanklin, a town on the Isle of Wight in England. The building, which incorporates the former Shanklin Town Hall, is a Grade II listed building.
Shanklin Chine
Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shanklin Chine is a geological feature and tourist attraction in the town of Shanklin, on the Isle of Wight, England. A wooded coastal ravine, it contains waterfalls, trees and lush vegetation, with footpaths and walkways allowing paid access for visitors, and a heritage centre explaining its history.
Church of St Saviour-on-the-Cliff, Shanklin
Church
Photo: Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St. Saviour-on-the-Cliff, Shanklin is a Grade II Listed parish church in the Church of England located in Shanklin, Isle of Wight.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandown and Shanklin and Luccombe.
Sandown and Shanklin
Sandown and Shanklin are seaside towns on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight.
Luccombe
Village
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Luccombe is a hamlet a short distance south of Shanklin, on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England. There is some indication of Bronze Age settlements on the top of the nearby hill of Luccombe Down.
Lake
Village
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Lake is a large village and civil parish located on Sandown Bay, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is six miles south-east of Newport situated between Sandown and Shanklin, and 1+1⁄2 miles to the east of the hamlet of Apse Heath.
Shanklin
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Shanklin, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.62881° or 50° 37′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.1779° or 1° 10′ 41″ westPopulation
8,060Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SAIOpen location code
9C2WJRHC+GROpenStreetMap ID
node 4370301OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Shanklin” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Shanklin”
- Basque: “Shanklin”
- Bengali: “শান্কলিন”
- Bulgarian: “Шанклин”
- Cebuano: “Shanklin”
- Chinese: “Shanklin”
- Chinese: “夏克林”
- Chinese: “尚克林”
- Dutch: “Shanklin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “شانكلين”
- French: “Shanklin”
- German: “Shanklin”
- Gujarati: “શંકલીન”
- Irish: “Shanklin”
- Italian: “Shanklin”
- Japanese: “シャンクリン”
- Kannada: “ಶಾಂಕ್ಲಿನ್”
- Korean: “샨크린”
- Ladin: “Shanklin”
- Latin: “Shanklin”
- Lithuanian: “Šanklinas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shanklin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shanklin”
- Persian: “شانکلین”
- Polish: “Shanklin”
- Portuguese: “Shanklin”
- Romanian: “Shanklin”
- Russian: “Шанклин”
- South Azerbaijani: “شانکلین”
- Spanish: “Shanklin”
- Swedish: “Shanklin”
- Tamil: “ஷான்க்ளின்”
- Telugu: “శాంక్లిన్”
- Turkish: “Shanklin”
- Urdu: “شانکلین”
- Volapük: “Shanklin”
- Welsh: “Shanklin”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The New Gallery and Shanklin United Reformed Church.
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