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A landing stage was provided to allow passengers to arrive and depart by steamer. A pavilion to accommodate 400 people was constructed on the head of the pier with an elliptical dome. These works of improvement cost around £10,800 (equivalent to £1,575,700 in 2023). [3] The pier was taken over the Sandown Urban District Council in 1918.
Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. The resort of Shanklin and the settlement of Lake are sited just to the south of the town. Sandown has a population of 11,654, according to the 2021 Census; [1] together with Shanklin and Lake, it forms a built-up area of around 25,000 ...
Sandown Bay is a broad open bay which stretches for much of the length of the Isle of Wight 's southeastern coast. It extends 81⁄2 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 ...
26 July 1814. Ryde Pier is an early 19th century pier serving the town of Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It is the world's oldest seaside pleasure pier. [1][2] Ryde Pier Head railway station is at the sea end of the pier, and Ryde Esplanade railway station at the land end, both served by Island Line trains.
1631. Sandown Castle was a Device Fort built at Sandown on the Isle of Wight by Henry VIII in 1545 to protect against the threat of French attack. Constructed from stone with angular bastions, its design was a hybrid of Italian military architectural thinking with traditional English military design. The site was raided by a French force that ...
Yarmouth Pier. Categories: Buildings and structures on the Isle of Wight. Piers in England. Tourist attractions on the Isle of Wight.
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UK. England. Isle of Wight. 50°39′00″N 1°10′04″W / 50.649938°N 1.167813°W / 50.649938; -1.167813. 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⁄ miles (2.4 km) to the east of the hamlet ...