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Sandown has a population of 11,654 according to the 2021 Census, [1] and the three Sandown Bay settlements form a built-up area of more than 20,000 inhabitants. [2] Sandown is the Bay's northernmost town, with its easily accessible, sandy beaches running continuously from the cliffs below Battery Gardens in the south to Yaverland in the north.
Built for the Victoria Amateur Turf Club, Sandown is the only metropolitan racecourse built in the 20th century and was opened before a crowd of 52,000, in June 1965. [ 3 ] The original course was a turfed oval shape, 1892 metres in circumference and 30 metres wide, with sweeping cambered turns and an uphill home straight of 407 metres.
Sandown Pier is a pleasure pier in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England. The pier as viewed from the beach. History. Plans for the pier were drawn up in the 1860s and bill ...
The present day Sanctuary is housed inside the shell of Sandown Fort, which was built in 1864. A zoo was first established on the site in the 1950s, originally known as Sandown Zoo before becoming the Isle of Wight Zoo in the 1970s. By this time it had fallen into disrepair, and was dubbed "The Slum Zoo of Britain" by The Sunday Times.
Sandown Greyhounds or Sandown Park is a greyhound racing track located in Springvale, Victoria, Australia. [1] Sandown Park is operated by the Sandown Greyhound Racing Club and hosts the Melbourne Cup and the Sandown Cup. [2] The track opened on 8 September 1956 [3] and typically races every Thursday evening and Sunday afternoon. [1]
Sandown Park is a horse racing course and leisure venue in Esher, Surrey, England, located in the outer suburbs of London. It hosts 5 Grade One National Hunt races and one Group 1 flat race, the Eclipse Stakes .
In 1923, the Isle of Wight's first geological museum opened in Sandown, under the name of the "Museum of Isle of Wight Geology". [3] The £2.7 million cost of Dinosaur Isle, the new museum, was provided by Isle of Wight Council and the National Lottery Millennium Commission. [4] Dinosaur Isle opened to visitors on 10 August 2001.
Replacements for some of the Festival's races were held at Sandown in late April, and the equivalent of the Queen Mother Champion Chase was a Grade 1 event called the Championship Chase. The following year the race returned as the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Celebration Chase, in memory of the Queen Mother (1900–2002), who frequently ...