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Photo of Shanklin, a swimming spot near Shanklin Old Village, the Isle of Wight, south east England.

© Stephen McKay / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Shanklin

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Shanklin is an official bathing spot in Isle of Wight. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. The county has 15 designated bathing waters; this is one.

The nearest railway station, Shanklin, is under a kilometre away. Other bathing waters nearby include Sandown and Ventnor.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Shanklin

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km W · spans 24 counties

Photo of Shanklin Old Village, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Shanklin Old Village

Village

Thatched cottages, tea rooms and the Crab Inn at the top of Shanklin Chine, a wooded ravine dropping to the beach

0.4 km W · Isle of Wight

Photo of Bonchurch, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Bonchurch

Village

Undercliff village east of Ventnor with an 11th-century church, Swinburne's grave and a pond given by Stacpoole

3.4 km S · Isle of Wight

Photo of Appuldurcombe House, a Grade II registered house & garden near Godshill, the Isle of Wight, south east England.

Appuldurcombe House

House & garden near Godshill

The Worsley family's grand 18th-century house on the Isle of Wight, now a roofless shell after scandal, sale and a wartime mine

4.5 km W

Photo of Godshill, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Godshill

Village

Thatched cottages round a hilltop church with a rare medieval Lily Cross wall painting, and a model village open since 1952

5.8 km W · Isle of Wight

Photo of Bembridge, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Bembridge

Village

Harbour village at the island's eastern tip, with houseboats, a windmill from about 1700 and a lifeboat station out over the sea

9.3 km NE · Isle of Wight