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Brighton (/ ˈ b r aɪ t ən / BRY-tən) is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located 47 miles (76 km) south of London . [ 1 ]
The town hall contains a number of police cells which were in use until the 1960s, and which now form the Old Police Cells Museum. The town hall is a Grade II listed building. [1] It was formerly the headquarters of Brighton Borough Council and is still used for some meetings of the successor Brighton and Hove City Council. [2]
Portslade is a western suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. Portslade Village, the original settlement a mile inland to the north, was built up in the 16th century.
The coastal towns of Sussex with neighbouring Hampshire and south Kent including the settlements that make up the Brighton and Hove built-up area are the sunniest places in the United Kingdom. [3] The coast has consistently more sunshine than the inland areas: sea breezes, blowing off the sea, tend to clear any cloud from the coast. [ 4 ]
The two resorts, along with Worthing and Littlehampton in West Sussex, make up the second most-populous built-up area of South East England, after South Hampshire. In 2014, Brighton and Hove City Council and other nearby councils formed the Greater Brighton City Region local enterprise partnership area. [2]
Sussex is a historic county and cultural region in the south of England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex.It is bounded on the north by Surrey, north-east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West Sussex and East Sussex and the city of Brighton and Hove.
The Greater Brighton City Region is an area in the south of England centred on Brighton, incorporating seven local government districts in East Sussex and West Sussex.The Greater Brighton Economic Board was created in April 2014 to oversee a 6-year programme of development and investment within the area, [1] which as of as of 2021 has about one million people.
East Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Kent to the northeast, West Sussex to the west, Surrey to the northwest, and the English Channel to the south. The largest settlement is the city of Brighton and Hove, and the county town is Lewes. The county has an area of 1,792 km 2 (692 sq mi) and a population of ...