Where in the UK are the towns of Sandown and Shanklin?
Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Station Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Station Sandown Lifeboat Station is owned and run by Sandown and Shanklin Independent Lifeboat Service. It is located in the town of Sandown in the English county and island of the Isle of Wight. The organisation operates an ex-RNLI B-class Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable boat (RIB) and is powered by twin 70 hp Evinrude engines. This lifeboat was once called "Kirklees (B-553)" and served at Newbiggin, Helvic Head before she arrived at Sandown in 2000. This Inshore Lifeboat was sold onto Lagan Search & Rescue in 2013 and now operates in Belfast Northern Ireland. In
Shanklin 3, 22 and 24, principally from the bus stands at the Co-op supermarket. Destinations served include Newchurch, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Ventnor and Winford. In the summer, an open top bus route called "The Sandown Bay Tour" is run, serving the main tourist areas of Shanklin and running to Sandown. Shanklin has one theatre, Shanklin Theatre, which is just off the top end of the High Street. In July and August 1819 the poet John Keats lodged at Eglantine Cottage in the resort's High Street, where he completed the first book of "Lamia" and began a drama, "Otho the Great", with