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Woodingdean is an eastern suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, separated from the main part of the city by downland and the Brighton Racecourse.The name Woodingdean came from Woodendean (i.e. wooded valley) Farm which was situated in the south end of what is now Ovingdean.
The Woodingdean Water Well is the deepest hand-dug well in the world, at 390 metres (1,280 ft) deep. It was dug to provide water for a workhouse. [1] [2] Work on the well started in 1858, and was finished four years later, on 16 March 1862. It is located just outside the Nuffield Hospital in Woodingdean, in Brighton and Hove, England, United ...
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven is a constituency [n 1] represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Chris Ward of the Labour Party. [3] Before the 2024 general election [4] the constituency was called Brighton Kemptown, though local political parties referred to it by its current name. [5] [6]
Undercliff path East of Brighton Happy Valley, Woodingdean Track at The Bostle. Between the Brighton Marina and Saltdean is the undercliff path. It passes cafes at Ovingdean and Rottingdean. Many people use the path to walk, run or cycle either for amusement or to reach their destinations avoiding the up and down of the busy road above.
The BN postcode area, also known as the Brighton postcode area, [2] is a group of 30 postcode districts in South East England, within 18 post towns.These cover southwestern East Sussex (including Brighton, Hove, Eastbourne, Lewes, Hailsham, Newhaven, Peacehaven, Pevensey, Polegate and Seaford) and southeastern West Sussex (including Worthing, Littlehampton, Arundel, Hassocks, Henfield, Lancing ...
The remains of more than 300 Quakers were reinterred at the Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Woodingdean in 1972. Quakers worshipped in Brighton from 1690, when they bought a former malthouse near the site of the present Pavilion Theatre in the North Laine. [79] Empty land next to this, extending to about 1 acre (0.4 ha), became a burial ground.
A satirical petition ostensibly aiming to crowdfund a trillion dollars to allow Denmark to buy California has received more than 200,000 signatures.
Brighton (/ ˈ b r aɪ t ən / ⓘ BRY-tən) is a seaside resort in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, 47 miles (76 km) south of London. [1] Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods. The ancient settlement of "Brighthelmstone" was documented in the Domesday ...