Crumbling ruins of grand hotels prove council has let our seaside town go to the dogs

IT was the jewel of the Isle of Wight where white-gloved concierges welcomed notables like Charles Darwin and Jimi Hendrix to its posh resorts.

Today, pigeon poo covers a decrepit old sign of the Esplanade Hotel - the last vestige of the boom town days Sandown once enjoyed.

Boarded-up shops, smashed windows and abandoned burnt down hotels are the first glimpses tourists get as they step off the ferry.

Further up the town's High Street, what locals dub the UK's 'most miserable eyesore' is revealed.

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