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The Sandbanks Hotel is an AA four star hotel on Sandbanks peninsula, near Poole, Dorset on the South Coast of England. The hotel has a unique dual aspect view of both the English Channel and Poole Harbour, with the outside terrace leading directly onto Sandbanks blue flag beach.
History
The Sandbanks was the third hotel purchased by FJB Hotels in 1967. It is understood that the first hotel on this site was the South Haven Inn in the early 19th century. It is believed that the origins of the current hotel date back to the 1920s, where an advertisement in the 1929 Poole Guide refers to it as formerly the Sandacres Hotel. In the 20th century it was owned by Sir Ernest Cassel (Lady Edwina Mountbatten's Grandfather) as a seaside home, used during 1918 as a convalescent home for soldiers. During the Second World War, The Sandbanks Hotel is believed to have been taken over by the military when the Government commandeered the hotel, including the Army's Command School for Vehicle Maintenance. Throughout the war the whole area became a restricted area for the military. In 2000 the Sandbanks area was named as the 4th most expensive piece of real estate in the world.