Sandown (Sandown (Isle of Wight))

Member Name: adambrown400

Product:	Sandown (Isle of Wight)
Date:	29/08/08 (77 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great beaches

Disadvantages: Needs some TLC

Sandown is situated on the south of the Isle of Wight and boasts many 'attractions' that visitors to the Isle of Wight might enjoy.

I have lived on the Isle fo Wight for the majority of my life and when its sunny it can be one of the best places to be in the UK. Sandown's best feature is it's beach and seafront. Lots of sand and sea and enough room for everyone. However it's 'Sandown' itself that lets the side down.

I have been to many seaside towns on the mainland and understand that Holidaymakers need other things to do, other than just sit on the beach. Places like Eastbourne, Margate and Brighton have a variety of traditional English feel to their seaside beaches.

Sandown unfortunately looks tired and rundown. The vast majority of the shops are shut and the ones that are open sell the worst tat on the open market. When the best shop in your town is 'Woolworths' then you know you're in trouble.

Sandown used to have a fantastic boating lake, but that has since been left to ruin. The hotel frontages look tired, worn and scabby. If I had booked a holiday to Sandown and my coach pulled up outside some of these places I might have to start looking for the nearest cliff to jump off.

Sandown has a decent Dinosaur Museum and Zoo however, but be warned these aren't really close if you are old and have to walk.

Sandown at night becomes a drunken free-for-all as young people pile in and out of local nightclub 'Colonel Bogey's'.

There are much better places to stay on the Isle of Wight - you have been warned!

Summary: There are much better places to stay on the IOW