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Shanklin
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Shanklin
Total population
8,055
Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Shanklin is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England, located on Sandown Bay. Shanklin is the southernmost of three settlements which occupy the bay, and is close to Lake and Sandown. The sandy beach, its Old Village and a wooded ravine, Shanklin Chine, are its main attractions. The esplanade along the beach is occupied by hotels and restaurants for the most part, and is one of the most tourist-oriented parts of the town. The other is the Old Village, at the top of Shanklin Chine. Together with Lake and Sandown to the north, Shanklin forms a built up area of around 25,000 inhabitants, Shanklin alone contributing around 9,123 of this.
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History
The name Shanklin derives from the Old English scenc and hlinc. meaning 'the bank by the drinking cup', referring to Shanklin Chine. Prior to the Norman Conquest, the settlement of Shanklin was owned by a man named Algar and a half a dozen other free men, with King Edward the Confessor being its overlord. By the time the Domesday Book was created (1086), Shanklin had a population of 17 households and it was divided between Jocelyn and William, both the sons of a Saxon landowner named Azur. It was known as Sencliz or Senclis. On the way they met a council colleague who told them he had been at the Greatwoods reservoirs when the plane had crashed through the canopy of trees and into an old well. His colleague set off to notify the police. Headley adds: In 1974 "Sandown-Shanklin" became an unparished area in South Wight district. On 1 April 1984 Shanklin became a parish again. In 1995 it became part of the Isle of Wight unitary authority area.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3 — 2019-05-197 km ESE of Swanage, United Kingdom
- M 3.3 — 2019-02-273 km SE of Dorking, United Kingdom
- M 2.8 — 2018-07-051 km S of Ewhurst, United Kingdom
- M 2.6 — 2018-06-275 km W of Capel, United Kingdom
- M 2.7 — 2018-04-014 km E of Holmwood, United Kingdom
- M 2.9 — 2015-01-271 km ENE of Winchester, United Kingdom
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Shanklin
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Official Identifiers
ONS — UK Office for National Statistics
- ONS code
- osgb4000000074551364
- Local type
- Town
- Region
- South East
api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
- • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names