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
Sandown Bay at dusk; looking south-west from Culver Down
The white cliffs of Culver Down painted by A. Heaton Cooper^
Sandown Bay at Lake, looking north-east towards Sandown, with Yaverland and Culver Down in the distance
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 wa
1559 plan of Sandown Castle