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The Island Holiday Company invites you to Colonels House, a Luxury Beachside Townhouse with Sea Views. Located just moments from the golden sands of Sandown Beach, this beautifully designed four-storey townhouse offers a luxurious coastal base for exploring the Isle of Wight.
Book direct with The Island Holiday Company for the best rates, discounted ferry travel, and exclusive guest benefits.
About the Property
Bright, contemporary interiors combine comfort with style, featuring underfloor heating throughout, high-speed internet, and thoughtfully designed spaces perfect for relaxing after a day by the sea.
The heart of the home is the first-floor open-plan living space, designed for sociable living and entertaining. Floor-to-ceiling patio doors open onto a front-facing balcony with panoramic views across Sandown Bay, where you can enjoy morning coffee while watching ships pass on the horizon.
Inside, the stylish kitchen is fully equipped with modern appliances, a breakfast bar, and plenty of workspace for preparing meals. The adjoining dining area and comfortable lounge seating create the perfect place to gather with family or friends in the evening.
Across the ground and upper floors you’ll find five beautifully furnished bedrooms, each with its own Smart TV. Many of the rooms enjoy private balconies or views across the sea or Brading Downs, giving guests their own peaceful spaces to relax.
The top-floor king-size suite features a private balcony and en-suite shower room, while another king bedroom opens onto a spacious rear terrace with sun loungers and an L-shaped outdoor sofa – an ideal spot to unwind in the afternoon sun.
With private parking for two cars, an EV charging point, and Sandown’s restaurants, cafés, and attractions all within a short stroll, this home offers the perfect blend of comfort, location, and coastal charm.
Whether you're planning a family seaside holiday, a coastal retreat with friends, or a relaxing island escape, this elegant townhouse places you right in the heart of Sandown’s beautiful bay.
Accommodation
Lower Ground Floor
Entrance: door to property, from the parking space at the rear of the property
Garage: table football
Ground Floor
Bedroom 1: zip and link super king bed (can be made as a twin on request), Smart TV and en-suite
En-suite: shower cubicle, wash basin and toilet
Bedroom 2: zip and link super king bed (can be made as a twin on request) and Smart TV
Bedroom 3: zip and link super king bed (can be made as a twin on request) and Smart TV
Bathroom: bath, shower cubicle, toilet and wash basin
First Floor
Open plan kitchen/ diner & lounge: American-style fridge/freezer, dishwasher, gas hob, electric oven, coffee machine, kettle, toaster, breakfast bar, dining table with chairs and bench seating, 3 sofas, Smart TV and patio doors leading to a balcony, with sea views and exterior furniture
Utility room: washing machine, tumble dryer, vacuum cleaner, iron and board
Second Floor
Bedroom 4: king size bed, Smart TV, balcony and en-suite
En-suite: shower cubicle, toilet, wash basin and heated towel rail
Bedroom 5: king size bed, balcony and en-suite
En-suite: shower cubicle, toilet, wash basin and heated towel rail
Outside
Balconies with outdoor furniture
Private parking for 2 cars at the rear of the property. In addition, some visitor spaces are available, on a first come first served basis.
Electric Vehicle charging point (charges noted below)
Dine In Style with Yhangry
We’ve partnered with Yhangry to bring exceptional private-chef dining directly to Pebble Beach. From arrival meals to celebration dinners, enjoy restaurant-quality cuisine in the comfort of your holiday home.
Prices from £30 per person.
✨ Contact us to plan your getaway menu and experience luxury dining at home.
Perfect for
✔ Family holidays
✔ Group getaways
✔ Coastal walking breaks
✔ Seaside escapes, with Sandown beach, attractions, cafés, and restaurants all within easy walking distance.
Guest Benefits (Book Direct)
When you book direct through The Island Holiday Company, you’ll receive:
Exclusive discounted ferry travel to the Isle of Wight
Best Rate Guarantee
Priority early check-in / late check-out requests
Personal local assistance from our Ryde-based team
Also available on Airbnb and Booking.com, but guests who book direct enjoy the best rates and full access to our exclusive perks
👉 Book Colonels House Direct Now
Key Features
• Prime Sandown beach location – seconds from the seafront
• Sleeps up to 10 guests (max 8 adults)
• 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms
• Sea views across Sandown Bay
• Multiple private balconies and outdoor seating areas
• Spacious open-plan kitchen, dining and living area
• Underfloor heating throughout
• Smart TVs in every bedroom
• High-speed broadband
• Private parking for 2 cars
• Electric vehicle charging point available
• Family attractions, cafés, restaurants and shops within walking distance
Location
The property sits just steps from Sandown Bay, one of the Isle of Wight’s most popular sandy beaches. The sweeping bay stretches from Culver Down’s dramatic chalk cliffs to the traditional seaside town of Shanklin, creating miles of golden sand perfect for swimming, sunbathing, and coastal walks.
Across the road you’ll find Sandham Gardens, a fantastic family attraction featuring crazy golf, go-karts, climbing nets, and a children’s play area.
A short stroll along the seafront leads to Yaverland Beach and the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, home to rescued lions and tigers.
Sandown’s lively seafront offers traditional seaside fun, including cafés, restaurants, amusements, and the pier, while the surrounding bay is a popular destination for paddleboarding, sailing, windsurfing, surfing, and kite surfing.
The coastal path continues along the revetment to nearby Shanklin, where you can explore the charming Old Village and picturesque Shanklin Chine.
Guest Essentials & Important Information
Guests can choose to pay a non-refundable damage waiver (£75) or provide a pre-authorised security deposit (£500) before check-in. (The deposit is only charged if damage is reported within 7 days after departure.)
There is a charger for an electric car at the property. Should you wish to use this during your stay there will be an additional £40 charge per stay, per week. Please do make us aware at the time of booking / in advance of your stay if you require this service, so we can arrange to take payment.
No stag or hen parties.
No smoking or vaping indoors.
Linens and towels provided (please bring beach towels and cot linen).
Please respect the property and neighbours during your stay. A breach of these rules may result in forfeiture of your security deposit.
📘 Caretaker details:
The Island Holiday Company manages this property in full. Should you need assistance during your stay, our local Ryde-based team is available Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm, with an out-of-hours emergency service at weekends. Full details are provided in your property brochure on arrival.
Amount: £ 500.00 / bookingPayment method: Credit Card Hold
Payment on arrival.
Comments
- No smoking - No pets allowed
Booking conditions
From the booking date until 61 days before check-in, there is no cancellation penalty
Cancellation policies
In case of cancellation the following charges will apply
From the booking date until 61 days before check-in0% of the total rent
From 60 days before check-in until 29 days before check-in50% of the total rent
From 28 days before until check-in100% of the total rent
No-show100% of the total rent
Additional notes
During the low-season check in and check-out hours are flexible. Contact the agency to discuss possibilities .
Map and distances
Distances
Airport
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Park - Sandham Gardens
0.1 m
Sand beach - Sandown Beach
0.1 m
Amusement park / theme park - Sandham Gardens
0.1 m
Restaurant - Driftwood Beach Bar
0.1 m
Cafe - Driftwood Beach Bar
0.1 m
Town centre - Sandown
0.5 m
Shops - Co-Op Supermarket Sandown
0.5 m
Train station - Sandown Train Station
1.12 km
Golf course - Shanklin & Sandown Golf Club
3.36 km
Hospital - St Marys Hospital
14.81 km
International airport - Southampton Airport
44.74 km
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Price lists
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£ 1,540
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£ 1,848
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5/5Service
5/5Cleanliness
5/5Accommodation
5/5Location
5/5Value for money
We’ll be back!
Melanie (United Kingdom)
Spacious house for 8 adults, enough cutlery and condiments to dine in. Loved the proximity to the sea and comfortable beds. Plenty to do in Sandown and the beach was lovely.
Spacious house for 8 adults, enough cutlery and condiments to dine in. Loved the proximity to the sea and comfortable beds. Plenty to do in Sandown and the beach was lovely.
The biggest shame for us was the privacy glass. We chose this house for the views as my mother had an operation and needed to rest while we had fun. She couldn’t see the sea at all unless she stood up-other properties in the same block had clear glassee more
The biggest shame for us was the privacy glass. We chose this house for the views as my mother had an operation and needed to rest while we had fun. She couldn’t see the sea at all unless she stood up-other properties in the same block had clear glass. There was everything you needed except oven gloves and a hand towel, you wouldn’t think to bring these.
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Thank you for your feedback, we’re delighted you enjoyed the spacious house, comfortable beds, and fantastic location near the sea and Sandown’s attractions.
We’re sorry the privacy glass affected your ability to enjoy the view. This feature is partsee more
Thank you for your feedback, we’re delighted you enjoyed the spacious house, comfortable beds, and fantastic location near the sea and Sandown’s attractions.
We’re sorry the privacy glass affected your ability to enjoy the view. This feature is part of the building’s planning requirements when the property was built.
Thank you for noting the missing oven gloves and hand towel, we will ensure these are provided for future guests. We hope to welcome you back again.
The Island Holiday Company
Excellent house in Sandown
Clare (United Kingdom)
Well appointed house, ideal for a group or large family holiday.
Well appointed house, ideal for a group or large family holiday.
A cafetière would be a welcome addition to the kitchen and a couple of the bedrooms would benefit from privacy blinds as they are overlooked. Also we appreciate that this is a deliberate design feature, but the wonderful balconies having opaque glassee more
A cafetière would be a welcome addition to the kitchen and a couple of the bedrooms would benefit from privacy blinds as they are overlooked. Also we appreciate that this is a deliberate design feature, but the wonderful balconies having opaque glass means you can’t see the views unless standing up or on a high chair.
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5 months
Thank you for your feedback! We’re delighted to hear you found the house well appointed and ideal for a groupfamily holiday.
We appreciate your helpful suggestions regarding the cafetière, privacy blinds, and balcony design — we’ll share these commesee more
Thank you for your feedback! We’re delighted to hear you found the house well appointed and ideal for a groupfamily holiday.
We appreciate your helpful suggestions regarding the cafetière, privacy blinds, and balcony design — we’ll share these comments with the owner for future consideration.
We’re so glad you enjoyed your stay overall and hope to welcome you back to the Island again soon.
The Island Holiday Company
Beautiful house in a fabulous location
Ruth (United Kingdom)
The house is huge! It’s very nicely decorated and there was plenty of room for everyone. The off-street parking takes the street out of finding a spot and the location meant we could easily walk to all of Sandown’s amenities. We had two kids with us see more
The house is huge! It’s very nicely decorated and there was plenty of room for everyone. The off-street parking takes the street out of finding a spot and the location meant we could easily walk to all of Sandown’s amenities. We had two kids with us (6 and 3) and it worked well with them as we could put them in a twin room at the back of the house but still have a nice en-suite room next door for the parents. We had such a brilliant week, our third year in a row visiting the island, and will definitely try to book into this house again next year.
Honestly, it was just lovely! We were very impressed. If pushed, it would have been nice to have some oven gloves and some plastic/picnic crockery/cups etc that we could use for the kids and possibly for on the balconies.
Honestly, it was just lovely! We were very impressed. If pushed, it would have been nice to have some oven gloves and some plastic/picnic crockery/cups etc that we could use for the kids and possibly for on the balconies.
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6 months
Thank you for such a lovely review! We're so pleased the house worked so well for your family and that you enjoyed the space, location, and layout — especially with the little ones. It’s great to hear you had another brilliant week on the island!
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Thank you for such a lovely review! We're so pleased the house worked so well for your family and that you enjoyed the space, location, and layout — especially with the little ones. It’s great to hear you had another brilliant week on the island!
Thank you also for the helpful suggestions — we’ll pass those on to the owner to consider for future guests. We'd love to welcome you back again next year!
The Island Holiday Company
Great family break in a lovely house
Nicki
Living space and decor.. also clean throughout, and great location
Living space and decor.. also clean throughout, and great location
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11 months
We had a wonderful relaxing time, thank you very much.
Craig
Great location with stunning views situated very close to Sandown town.
Great location with stunning views situated very close to Sandown town.
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1 year
Wonderful stay
Sandra (United Kingdom)
Spotless and extremely well equipped home. It felt very spacious and, of course, those spectacular views. Loved it and hope for a return visit.
Spotless and extremely well equipped home. It felt very spacious and, of course, those spectacular views. Loved it and hope for a return visit.
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1 year
Dear Sandra,
Thank you for you lovely review and feedback. We hope to see you again on your next visit to the Isle of Wight. The Island Holiday Company
Dear Sandra,
Thank you for you lovely review and feedback. We hope to see you again on your next visit to the Isle of Wight. The Island Holiday Company
Fantastic Accommodation
Marion (United Kingdom)
Its spacious, luxurious, well located with every household amenity included - well worth the money. Looking forward to a return visit.
Its spacious, luxurious, well located with every household amenity included - well worth the money. Looking forward to a return visit.
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1 year
Thank you very much for your review, we're really glad you enjoyed your stay.
Thank you very much for your review, we're really glad you enjoyed your stay.
Superb accommodation
David (United Kingdom)
Almost brand new building in pristine condition. 5 nice bedrooms, 3 with en suite bathroom. Sitting room, dining area and kitchen all in one on the same floor. Kitchen excellent with everything needed. Huge television in sitting roosee more
Almost brand new building in pristine condition. 5 nice bedrooms, 3 with en suite bathroom. Sitting room, dining area and kitchen all in one on the same floor. Kitchen excellent with everything needed. Huge television in sitting room and smaller ones in the bedrooms. A lot of stairs.
I don’t think you can.
I don’t think you can.
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1 year
Thank you very much for your review. We're glad you enjoyed your stay.
Thank you very much for your review. We're glad you enjoyed your stay.
Beautiful house.
Emma (United Kingdom)
Loved the house, plenty of space ,modern and comfortable.Company was very good to deal with, helpful and friendly. Great to be right opposite a lovely beach.
Loved the house, plenty of space ,modern and comfortable.Company was very good to deal with, helpful and friendly. Great to be right opposite a lovely beach.
Empty the dishwasher before new guests arrive and make sure things are clean before they are put away ( we found 2 filthy pans)
Empty the dishwasher before new guests arrive and make sure things are clean before they are put away ( we found 2 filthy pans)
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1 year
Thank you for your review, We're glad you enjoyed your stay in the house, we do appreciate all feedback and have spoken with the cleaning team about the situation with the pans, it is regretful that the previous guest had not left the pans in the gresee more
Thank you for your review, We're glad you enjoyed your stay in the house, we do appreciate all feedback and have spoken with the cleaning team about the situation with the pans, it is regretful that the previous guest had not left the pans in the greatest condition before they departed, and where your own stay following theirs was a back to back booking, it left the cleaning team a short window in order to get the town house fully changed over. Any crockery cutlery etc that was left dirty, had been put in the dishwasher, to ensure that the house could be worked upon, but we appreciate the wash cycle was not fully succesful in removing the dirt from the pans completley, We have this noted and will be working with the team on what can be done to stop this happening in future. We hope it didn't impact to negatively on your stay. and hope that we can welcome you back to the Island again in the future.
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We stayed for 5 nights and had a brilliant time. The house is so well equipped, is in a perfect position for the beach, playground, amusements and Island attractions. The whole family really loved the house. It is across 4 floors so we are all a littsee more
We stayed for 5 nights and had a brilliant time. The house is so well equipped, is in a perfect position for the beach, playground, amusements and Island attractions. The whole family really loved the house. It is across 4 floors so we are all a little bit fitter now having climbed more stairs than usual. There is also some building works next door but we barely heard anything at all.
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1 year
Great place, big spacious right on the beach.
Jimmy (United Kingdom)
Great location, really good customer care from the team when we rang them. Good bedrooms. Kitchen had nice big fridges, balconies and bathrooms also great and lots of hot water.
Great location, really good customer care from the team when we rang them. Good bedrooms. Kitchen had nice big fridges, balconies and bathrooms also great and lots of hot water.
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1 year
Excellent
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Thanks a lot. Really enjoyed our stay. Great house and the nstructions are all set up really well.
Thanks a lot. Really enjoyed our stay. Great house and the nstructions are all set up really well.
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1 year
Excellent
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Thank you very much for the holiday stay at Colonels House we had a lovely relaxing time, the view across the bay are top notch and the accommodation is outstanding, extremely spacious and very quiet even blocking out the road noise from below. I higsee more
Thank you very much for the holiday stay at Colonels House we had a lovely relaxing time, the view across the bay are top notch and the accommodation is outstanding, extremely spacious and very quiet even blocking out the road noise from below. I highly recommend to anyone thinking of staying here as it is well worth the price, it is well situated mere footsteps from the beach and only a few minutes walk into Sandown town and attractions themselves. We will definitely be looking at a return visit ourselves. Thank you again for accommodating our stay. Many Thanks Kind Regards Craig and family.
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2 years
Excellent
A guest
I recently had the pleasure of staying in Colonels House along with my family. It was amazing. The best accommodation on the Island by far. Clean, comfortable, lots of room and great view of the beach. Ideal location for families. Thanks for such a fsee more
I recently had the pleasure of staying in Colonels House along with my family. It was amazing. The best accommodation on the Island by far. Clean, comfortable, lots of room and great view of the beach. Ideal location for families. Thanks for such a fantastic holiday home
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2 years
Excellent
A guest
Thank you for a wonderful stay. The house was beautiful and such a great location. We had a fabulous time spending time with our family
Thank you for a wonderful stay. The house was beautiful and such a great location. We had a fabulous time spending time with our family
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2 years
Excellent
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1 year
Excellent
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1 year
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Thank you very much for your review.
Excellent
Adrian (United Kingdom)
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