Sandown Bay

Sandown Bay
Sandown Bay
	Sandown Bay at dusk; looking south-west from Culver Down
	Sandown Bay Location within the Isle of Wight
Civil parish	Shanklin, Sandown;
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight;
Region	South East;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Isle of Wight;
	List of places UK England Isle of Wight 50°38′N 1°08′W / 50.633°N 1.133°W

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] At Luccombe, the bay is separated from The Undercliff by a large headland from which Upper Ventnor sits atop. The towns of Shanklin, Lake and Sandown are on the bay's coast, while Luccombe and Upper Ventnor feature panoramic views across both Sandown Bay to the East and the Undercliff to the southwest. Due to the bay being relatively sheltered from offshore winds it is often used as temporary anchorage point for boats,^[2] including large cargo ships, before continuing east towards Continental Europe, or north towards The Solent.

^ Google (5 September 2018). "Sandown Bay" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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[1] Google (5 September 2018). "Sandown Bay" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 September 2018.

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Sandown Bay
Sandown Bay at dusk; looking south-west from Culver Down
Sandown Bay Location within the Isle of Wight
Civil parish	Shanklin, Sandown
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
UK Parliament	Isle of Wight
List of places UK England Isle of Wight 50°38′N 1°08′W / 50.633°N 1.133°W / 50.633; -1.133