famous road
Military Road, Isle of Wight
Thrilling clifftop road along the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight with sweeping sea views and access to dramatic landslip scenery.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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Sandown
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Sandown
Sandown works well as a base: 5 minutes from Newchurch, 16km from Military Road, Isle of Wight.
Sandown is in England, United Kingdom, with about 20,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Newchurch, about 4 km away.
Sandown is a seaside resort town 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. Sandown has a population of 7,125 according to the 2021 census, and the three Sandown Bay settlements (theRead more
others being Lake and Shanklin) form a built-up area of more than 20,000 inhabitants. 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.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Sandown?
Within an hour or so of Sandown: Military Road, Isle of Wight (16 km), Buckler’s Hard (25 km), National Motor Museum Beaulieu (28 km), Beaulieu (28 km).
Are there any good drives near Sandown?
The nearest famous roads are Military Road, Isle of Wight, Goodwood Festival of Speed and Rhinefield Ornamental Drive.
Where is Sandown?
Sandown is in England, United Kingdom, about 4 km from Newchurch.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 20,155
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 50.6516, -1.1610
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Sandown
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Buckler’s Hard
A single Georgian street running down to the Beaulieu River, built as a shipbuilding village that supplied Nelson's navy.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
National Motor Museum Beaulieu
Set in the grounds of a historic abbey, it houses over 250 vehicles telling the story of motoring from 1893 to the present.
28 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Beaulieu
A New Forest village around a 13th-century abbey and the Montagu estate, at the head of the tidal Beaulieu River.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
The Needles, Isle of Wight
Three distinctive chalk sea stacks rising from the sea off the western tip of the Isle of Wight, topped by a red-and-white striped lighthouse.
30 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
Goodwood Motor Circuit
Historic circuit famous for the Revival and Festival of Speed, offering member track days on the original 1948 layout.
37 km · about 45 min drive
film location
Goodwood Motor Circuit (Ford v Ferrari and period racing)
The 1948 circuit used for period motorsport filming and the Goodwood Revival; the surrounding Sussex Downs lanes are excellent driving.
37 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum
A remarkable collection of rare and unique motorcycles in the New Forest assembled by legendary trials rider Sammy Miller.
38 km · about 45 min drive
Driving roads near Sandown
- 16 kmMilitary Road, Isle of WightThrilling clifftop road along the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight with sweeping sea views and access to dramatic landslip scenery.
- 38 kmGoodwood Festival of SpeedThe hillclimb course on the Goodwood estate driveway where Formula One cars, prewar Grand Prix machinery and rally legends run flat out past a country house each summer. The 1.16-mile course is estate road year-round.
- 38 kmRhinefield Ornamental DriveA New Forest road lined with giant redwoods and Douglas firs planted in 1859, running between Brockenhurst and the A35.
- 57 kmBallard DownThe chalk ridge above Swanage running out to Old Harry Rocks, with views over Poole Harbour and Studland Bay.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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