About the Walk
The next part of the walk takes you from the harbour to Bembridge Lifeboat Station. When you pass the cafe on the far side of the harbour go straight ahead and look for the coastal footpath sign that takes you to the beach.The tide will need to be out for the next part of the walk as it takes you along the beach to the Lifeboat Station. If the tide is in you will have to take the footpaths marked in blue on the map.When you reach the beach turn to your right, you can see the Lifeboat Station a short distance along. Just past theLifeboat Station pick up the coastal footpath that runs inland. It's a long straight path.Turn left at the end and look for the coastal footpath signs that take you through a small housing estate.On the map above the blue line is the coastal footpath, but recently it has been necessary to make a detour around it because of subsidence. You will have to see when you get their if it is now open. After the detour follow the coastal path, go to the left of some timber bungalows and head uphill to Culver Down. From here you get a good view of Sandown Bay, Sandown with it's pier and further on Shanklin. If you wanted to shorten this walk you could get a bus from Ryde to Bembridge harbour and then it would give you more time to look around Sandown. If it was a nice day a deck chair on the beach maybe.