Sandown Bay
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 from Culver Down, near Yaverland in the northeast of the Island, to just south of Shanklin, near the village of Luccombe in the southwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dinosaur Isle and Wildheart Animal Sanctuary.
Dinosaur Isle
Museum
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Dinosaur Isle is a purpose-built dinosaur museum located in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in southern England. The museum was designed by Isle of Wight architect Rainey Petrie Johns in the shape of a giant pterosaur.
Wildheart Animal Sanctuary
Zoo
Photo: Fluteflute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, previously known as the Isle of Wight Zoo and Sandown Zoo, is a wildlife sanctuary on the coastline of Sandown, Isle of Wight.
Sandown Pier
Pier
Photo: Editor5807, CC BY 3.0.
Sandown Pier is a pleasure pier in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandown and Yaverland.
Sandown
Town
Photo: ITookSomePhotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandown is a seaside resort and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. The neighbouring resort of Shanklin and the settlement of Lake are sited just to the south of the town.
Yaverland
Village
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Yaverland is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is just north of Sandown on Sandown Bay.
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.
Sandown Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: broad open bay part of the Isle of Wight’s southeastern coast
- Category: body of water
- Location: Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6453° or 50° 38′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.1334° or 1° 8′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C2WJVW8+4JOpenStreetMap ID
node 4428988198OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2638567Wikidata ID
Q12718165
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sandown Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sandown Bay (luuk sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Sandown Bay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandown Bay”
- Swedish: “Sandown Bay”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sandown Wastewater Treatment Works and Lake Common.
Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sandown Bay”. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.