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The Montreal Arms (closed in 2020) was one of many pubs in the Hanover area of Brighton. Central Brighton has always had the largest number of pubs. [25] Particular concentrations are found around Brighton railway station, The Lanes (the historic "old town") and St James's Street, a major road running from Old Steine towards Kemptown.
The early 19th-century development of the Brunswick Town estate—a self-contained community between Hove and neighbouring Brighton, with high-class housing forming an architectural set-piece around extensive seafront lawns, and lower-class houses in surrounding streets—was prompted by the rapid growth of Brighton over the preceding half-century and the willingness of architects, builders ...
Brighton Marina; Brighton Pier (also known as Palace Pier, and as Brighton Marine Palace and Pier) Brighton railway station; The British Engineerium; The Brunswick estate, Hove (a Regency housing development) Churchill Square, the largest shopping centre in Brighton; The Clock Tower, a prominent landmark between Brighton Station and the seafront
Brighton's transformation from medieval fishing village into spa town and pleasure resort, patronised by royalty and fashionable high society, coincided with the development of Regency architecture and the careers of three architects whose work came to characterise the 4-mile (6.4 km) seafront.
The Old Ship Hotel, the oldest inn in Brighton, was established around 1600, but its popularity grew when the Adamesque assembly room was added in 1767 by Robert Golden. Only the card-room part of his design survives unchanged; the ballroom and coffee room have been altered. The stuccoed seafront façade dates from about 1895. [79] [80] [81] [82]
The Brighton Palace Pier, commonly known as Brighton Pier or the Palace Pier, [a] is a Grade II* listed pleasure pier in Brighton, England, located in the city centre opposite the Old Steine. Established in 1899, it was the third pier to be constructed in Brighton after the Royal Suspension Chain Pier and the West Pier , but is now the only one ...
A huge fire ripped through an historic hotel in Brighton on Saturday, 15 July. The blaze broke out at the 200-year-old Royal Albion Hotel close to the seafront and Brighton Palace Pier. Emergency ...
The Old Steine (/ ˈ s t iː n /) is a thoroughfare in Brighton city centre, East Sussex, and is the southern terminus of the A23. The southern end leads to Marine Parade, the Brighton seafront and the Palace Pier. The Old Steine is also the site of a number of City Centre bus stops for Brighton buses.