BeulalandBlog

Monday, 24 July 2017

How Sandbanks went from sparse sand dunes
to 'Britain's Palm Beach' for celebrities

But in 1908 the scene was very different, with barely any homes on the now popular peninsula. This image faces south east at the junction of Seacombe and Salter Road and it clearly shows the sand dunes which the are was named after

But in 1908 the scene was very different, with barely any homes on the now popular peninsula. This image faces south east at the junction of Seacombe and Salter Road and it clearly shows the sand dunes which the are was named after

Forged of sand eroded from nearby cliffs, Sandbanks was uninhabited
for hundreds of years

Britain's Palm Beach: This image shows contemporary Sandbanks, with its multi-million pound properties and their private gardens that stretch to the sea and private marinas. Despite development, the peninsula has retained some of the characteristics it had in the 1940s