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Sandbanks is a small peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 or spit
Spit (landform)

A spit is a Deposition landform found off coasts. At one end, spits connect to land, while at the far end they exist in open water. A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift....
 (1km
KM

KM, Km, or km may stand for:*Kilometre *KM - the Michaelis constant in Michaelis-Menten kinetics*Kernel methods*Kettle Moraine High School...
 or 0.39 sq mi
MI

As an 'acronym', 'MI' may stand for:*Military Intelligence, usually MI5, MI6, MI8, or MI9*...
) crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour
Poole Harbour

Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the River Frome, Dorset....
 on the English Channel
English Channel

The English Channel is an Arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest, to only in the Strait of Dover....
 coast at Poole
Poole

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, Dorset, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east....
 in Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
, England
England

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. It is well-known for the highly regarded Sandbanks Beach and property value; Sandbanks has, by area, the fourth highest land value
Real estate appraisal

Real estate appraisal, property valuation or land valuation is the practice of developing an opinion of the value of real property, usually its market value....
 in the world.






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Sandbanks Ferry Near Poole England
Sandbanks is a small peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
 or spit
Spit (landform)

A spit is a Deposition landform found off coasts. At one end, spits connect to land, while at the far end they exist in open water. A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift....
 (1km
KM

KM, Km, or km may stand for:*Kilometre *KM - the Michaelis constant in Michaelis-Menten kinetics*Kernel methods*Kettle Moraine High School...
 or 0.39 sq mi
MI

As an 'acronym', 'MI' may stand for:*Military Intelligence, usually MI5, MI6, MI8, or MI9*...
) crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour
Poole Harbour

Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the River Frome, Dorset....
 on the English Channel
English Channel

The English Channel is an Arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest, to only in the Strait of Dover....
 coast at Poole
Poole

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, Dorset, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east....
 in Dorset
Dorset

Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. It is well-known for the highly regarded Sandbanks Beach and property value; Sandbanks has, by area, the fourth highest land value
Real estate appraisal

Real estate appraisal, property valuation or land valuation is the practice of developing an opinion of the value of real property, usually its market value....
 in the world. The Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs
Canford Cliffs

Canford Cliffs is an affluent suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. The neighbourhood lies on the English Channel coast midway between Poole and Bournemouth....
 Coastline area has been dubbed as "Britain's Palm Beach
Palm Beach, Florida

The Town of Palm Beach is an upscale incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, Florida, United States. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach, Florida and Lake Worth, Florida....
" by the national media.

Sandbanks is connected to Studland
Studland

Studland is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the England county of Dorset. It is famous for its beaches and National Nature Reserve. In 2001 Studland had a population of 480, the lowest in 50 years....
 by a chain ferry
Cable ferry

A cable 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 connected to both shores....
, the Sandbanks Ferry
Sandbanks Ferry

Sandbanks Ferry is a vehicular cable ferry which crosses the entrance of Poole Harbour in the England county of Dorset. The route runs from Sandbanks to Studland and in doing so connects the coastal parts of the towns of Bournemouth and Poole with Swanage and the Isle of Purbeck....
, 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 also boasts several sailing, water sport and yacht
Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat. It designates two rather different classes of watercraft, sailing and power yachts. Yachts are differentiated from working ships mainly by their leisure purpose....
 clubs and 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
Lilliput, Poole

Lilliput is a district of Poole, Dorset. It borders on Lower Parkstone, Whitecliff, Canford Cliffs, and Sandbanks, and has a shoreline within Poole Harbour....
, Branksome Park
Branksome Park

Branksome Park is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, which adjoins Branksome, Dorset. The area covers approximately , mostly occupied by housing, and includes Branksome Chine which leads to the award-winning blue-flagged beaches of Poole....
 and Canford Cliffs
Canford Cliffs

Canford Cliffs is an affluent suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. The neighbourhood lies on the English Channel coast midway between Poole and Bournemouth....
, also have the largest concentration of expensive properties outside London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, , is an English professional association football club which currently plays in the Premier League. Commonly referred to as Spurs, the club's home stadium is White Hart Lane, Tottenham, in the London Borough of Haringey N postcode area....
 manager Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp

Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is an England former football who has had a long career in football management and is the current coach of Tottenham Hotspur F.C....
 is among many famous residents of the Sandbanks area. In 2005 a modest bungalow
Bungalow

A bungalow is a type of single-story house that originated in India. The word derives from the Gujarati word ba?glo, which in turn came from Hindustani ba?gla....
 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. Sandbanks' properties have been adversely affected by the Financial crisis of 2007–2009
Financial crisis of 2007–2009

The financial crisis of 2007?2009 began in July 2007 when a loss of confidence by investors in the value of securitization in the United States resulted in a credit crunch that prompted a substantial injection of capital into financial markets by the United States Federal Reserve, Bank of England and the European Central Bank....
, 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
Haven Hotel

The Haven Hotel is an AA Star rating hotel in Sandbanks, near Poole, Dorset on the South Coast of England....
, constructed some 100 years ago on the site of a previous hotel. The previous building was both the home and centre of wireless experiments by Marconi
Marconi

Marconi may refer to:people*Guglielmo Marconi, Italian-born radio pioneer*David Marconi, American screenwriter*Enrico Marconi, also known as Henryk Marconi, architect...
 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
Poole Harbour

Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the River Frome, Dorset....
 and to Poole
Poole

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester, Dorset, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east....
. To the south views extend across the English Channel
English Channel

The English Channel is an Arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest, to only in the Strait of Dover....
 and to the world heritage coastline of Studland
Studland

Studland is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the England county of Dorset. It is famous for its beaches and National Nature Reserve. In 2001 Studland had a population of 480, the lowest in 50 years....
 and Swanage
Swanage

Swanage is a small coastal town in the south east of Dorset, England. It is situated at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 10 kilometre south of Poole and 40 km east of Dorchester, Dorset....
 in the west.

See also

  • List of Dorset beaches
    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. Here is a list of most of them, from west to east:...


External links

  • Information on the famous beach, Crazy Golf and Map