Lake, Isle of Wight - RP multiview postcard by Dean c.1950s

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• Picture / Image:  Lake, Isle of Wight - multiview: The Cliff, Lake / Sandown Bay from Lake / The Shore, Lake / The Battery Gardens, Sandown / Sandown Bay
• Publisher: G. Dean & Co (Sandown) Ltd
• Postally used: no
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
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• Notes / condition: really fine

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Lake is a large village and civil parish located on Sandown Bay, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is six miles south-east of Newport situated between Sandown and Shanklin, and 1 1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) to the east of the hamlet of Apse Heath.[3]

Lake is named after the Old English "Lacu"[citation needed] referring to the creek that ran along, and has been artificially widened into what is now Scotchells Brook, which is between the Isle of Wight Airport, the Morrisons Superstore and the Spithead Industrial Park.

The high street that runs through Lake has not changed much since the early 20th century.[4] However, the village war memorial, constructed in 1920,[4] has been relocated behind the Fairway Bus Shelter due to having been run down twice by carelessly driven lorries. The thatched cottage at Merrie Gardens dates from the 17th century and is the oldest surviving building in Lake.

Lake is a seaside village situated above the cliffs on Sandown bay, it stands at an elevation of 63 feet (19 m) above sea-level.[5] Lake's beach or 'Welcome Beach' has golden sands and reached by a steep path down the sandstone cliffs to the Revetment.[6] It has two cafes (Hinks and Strollers), beach huts, a Sea Scout hut and inshore lifeboat.

A large public park called Los Altos starts at the boundary between Lake and Sandown. Another large park called Lake Cliff Gardens borders the cliffs that back onto the beach and stretches between Lake and Shanklin.

Local wildlife includes Pipistrelle bats at Los Altos, kestrels along the Cliff Path and Common Toads which spawn in the disused reservoir behind the Mall. The wetlands of the River Yar are an SSSI supporting newts, voles and wildfowl.