Post by Poole Town on Jun 23, 2009 11:51:06 GMT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbanks
Sandbanks is a small peninsula or spit (1km or 0.39 sq mi) crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour on the English Channel coast at Poole in Dorset, England. It is well-known for the highly regarded Sandbanks Beach and property value; Sandbanks has, by area, the fourth highest land value in the world. The Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs Coastline area has been dubbed as "Britain's Palm Beach" by the national media.
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 (known as North Haven Lake) is widely used for water sports and by light marina craft. The north side is home to the Southern Headquarters of the Royal Yachting Association and an international sailing school.
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 concentration of expensive properties outside London. Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is among many famous residents of the Sandbanks area. In 2005 a modest bungalow on the peninsula sold for three million pounds, despite its state of disrepair. The same bungalow, in the same condition, went on sale in 2007 for four million pounds, attracting further attention.[citation needed] Sandbanks' properties have been adversely affected by the Financial crisis of 2007–2009, with a significant fall in house prices across the area.
Sandbanks is also home to three hotels, one of which is the historically important Haven Hotel, constructed some 100 years ago[when?] on the site of a previous hotel. The previous building was both the home and centre of wireless experiments by Marconi in the late 1890s, and was the third place in the world to boast a permanent wireless station.
Views to the north extend across Poole Harbour and to Poole. To the south views extend across the English Channel and to the world heritage coastline of Studland and Swanage in the west.
Sandbanks is a small peninsula or spit (1km or 0.39 sq mi) crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour on the English Channel coast at Poole in Dorset, England. It is well-known for the highly regarded Sandbanks Beach and property value; Sandbanks has, by area, the fourth highest land value in the world. The Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs Coastline area has been dubbed as "Britain's Palm Beach" by the national media.
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 (known as North Haven Lake) is widely used for water sports and by light marina craft. The north side is home to the Southern Headquarters of the Royal Yachting Association and an international sailing school.
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 concentration of expensive properties outside London. Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is among many famous residents of the Sandbanks area. In 2005 a modest bungalow on the peninsula sold for three million pounds, despite its state of disrepair. The same bungalow, in the same condition, went on sale in 2007 for four million pounds, attracting further attention.[citation needed] Sandbanks' properties have been adversely affected by the Financial crisis of 2007–2009, with a significant fall in house prices across the area.
Sandbanks is also home to three hotels, one of which is the historically important Haven Hotel, constructed some 100 years ago[when?] on the site of a previous hotel. The previous building was both the home and centre of wireless experiments by Marconi in the late 1890s, and was the third place in the world to boast a permanent wireless station.
Views to the north extend across Poole Harbour and to Poole. To the south views extend across the English Channel and to the world heritage coastline of Studland and Swanage in the west.