Sandbanks Ferry, looking towards Sandbanks

Sandbanks Peninsula, seen from the Sandbanks Ferry looking towards the Haven Hotel

Sandbanks is a small piece of land on the edge of England jutting out over the mouth of Poole Harbour on the English Channel coast at Poole in Dorset, England. It contains one of the most highly awarded and popular beaches in Europe. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 153 KB) Summary Taken by Sean Davis http://flickr. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 153 KB) Summary Taken by Sean Davis http://flickr. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Poole Harbour is a harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the towns of Poole and Wareham on its shores. ... For the Thoroughbred racehorse of the same name, see English Channel (horse). ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination, situated on the shores of the English Channel, in the ceremonial county of Dorset in southern England. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Beach (disambiguation). ...

Sandbanks, whose main road is known as "millionaires' row", is only 1 km² (0.39 sq mi), and has the fourth highest land value, by area, in the world.^[1] Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...

There are exclusive homes both on Sandbanks and across the immediate region, stretching east from the Harbour to The Avenue (the eastern boundary of Poole). The adjacent areas of Lilliput, Branksome Park and Canford Cliffs, also have the largest collection of expensive properties outside London and are home to many celebrities. In 2005 a modest bungalow on the peninsula sold for three million pounds, despite its state of disrepair^[2]. In 2007 the same bungalow went on sale in the same condition for four million pounds. This also attracted the media's attention. Lilliput is a district of Poole Dorset. ... Branksome Park is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, which adjoins Branksome, Dorset. ... Canford Cliffs is an affluent suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... [Image:Bungalows. ...

The Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs Coastline area has been labelled by national media as Britain's equivalent of the coastlines of the Gold Coast, Australia and Orange County, California.^{[citation needed]} Canford Cliffs is an affluent suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. ... Gold Coast redirects here. ... Cities in Orange County Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Aside from 3 mi (4.83 km) of beach, Sandbanks is also host to three hotels including the four star, historically important Haven Hotel, constructed some 100 years ago on the site of a previous hotel, which was both the home and centre of wireless experiments by Marconi in the late 1890s, being the third place in the world to boast a permanent wireless station. “Miles” redirects here. ... “km” redirects here. ... Marconi may be: People Guglielmo Marconi (1874–1937) Corporations: Alenia Marconi Systems GEC Marconi Marconi plc (formerly GEC) Marconi Electronic Systems Matra Marconi Space This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Sandbanks is connected to Studland by a chain ferry, the Sandbanks Ferry, which runs across the mouth of the Harbour. The Sandbanks area of Poole Harbour (know as North Haven Lake) is widely used for water sports and by light marina craft. The North side also boasts several sailing, water sport and yacht clubs and is home to the Southern Headquarters of the Royal Yachting Association ^[3] and an international sailing school. Studland is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. ... Coin operated cable ferry at Espevær in Bømlo, Norway A cable ferry or chain ferry is a means of water transportation by which a ferry or other boat is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by means of cables... Sandbanks Ferry, looking towards Sandbanks Sandbanks Ferry is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the entrance of Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

Views from the North extend across Poole Harbour and to Poole. From the South views extend across the English Channel and to the world heritage coastline of Studland and Swanage to the East. Poole Harbour is a harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the towns of Poole and Wareham on its shores. ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination, situated on the shores of the English Channel, in the ceremonial county of Dorset in southern England. ... For the Thoroughbred racehorse of the same name, see English Channel (horse). ... Studland is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. ... , Swanage a small town in the south east of Dorset, England. ...

David Croft was born in Sandbanks. Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has a house at Sandbanks. David Croft (born September 7, 1922 in Sandbanks, United Kingdom) is a writer, producer and actor. ... Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the south coast city of Portsmouth. ... Henry James Harry Redknapp (born 2 March 1947) is an English former footballer who has had a long career in football management and is the current manager of Portsmouth in the English Premier League. ...

See also

• List of Dorset beaches

There are many beaches in Dorset, southern England, with most of them making up the UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Jurassic Coast. ...

References

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