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Preston Park is a park near Preston Village in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. It is located in Preston Park ward to the north of the centre of Brighton, and served by the nearby Preston Park railway station. [1] Preston Park is also one of the wards of Brighton and Hove City Council. The population at the 2011 census was ...
Brighton Centre, a concert venue and conference centre known for hosting conferences for many of the major political parties of the UK; 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)
Preston or Preston Village is a suburb of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England.It is to the north of the centre. Originally a village in its own right, it was eventually absorbed into Brighton with the development of the farmland owned by the local Stanford family, officially becoming a parish of the town in 1928.
The centre of Brighton is about 1.2 miles (2 km) to the southeast, and central Hove lies to the southwest. [2] Anticlockwise from the south, the boundaries of Prestonville are defined [note 1] as Seven Dials, Chatham Place, Howard Place, the Brighton Main Line between Brighton and Preston Park stations, Highcroft Villas and Dyke Road. [2]
Brighton Pier at sunset (November 2006) Brighton Palace Pier is home to many rides and other amusements such as fortune tellers and prize winning games. Near the pier is Sea Life Brighton, an aquarium. Near the aquarium is Volk's Electric Railway, a historic electric railway, providing transport to Brighton Marina. West Street is the city's ...
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The "highly inventive" Edwardian Baroque design features a domed upper storey and a rotunda at the rear. The façade has egg-and-dart moulding. [245] Brighton's central library used to be in the early-19th-century complex of buildings designed by William Porden, which later became Brighton Museum & Art Gallery.
The former Brighton Corporation bought the Stanmer Estate from the Earls of Chichester after the Second World War. The third Earl rebuilt a 13th-century church in 1838. Declared redundant in 2008, [264] it stands in the extensive Stanmer Park, Brighton and Hove's largest area of parkland. [311] Beulah Mission Hall (More images) Southern Cross