Brighton Pictures
East Sussex, England

 

England Pictures | Brighton

St George's Mews, North Laine, Brighton, East Sussex county.

Brighton, on England's south east coast, is the favourite seaside resort of Londoners - particularly gays but enjoyed by straights and families too - as it's anarchic, creative, boisterous, fully-oxygenated, inexpensive, easy to reach and very compact.

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Brighton pier, a Victorian relic that is free to enter and loaded with fairground-style entertainments.

Depending on reliability of trains or traffic congestion the trip should take labout an hour from London Victoria or London Bridge stations by frequent trains. Or hop on a coach (comfortable, long-distance buses) or rent a car.

 

Brighton's Royal Pavilion, the city's most enduring cultural attraction, East Sussex.

Once in the town centre transport is unnecessary as most of the action is in the compact centre, stretching a block or two north of the four-mile beach, its promenade and the tacky but colourful Pier.

The labyrinthine The Lanes area immediately north of the promenade is Brighton's wildlife watering-hole while just north of The Lanes is, confusingly (or not), North Laine - the grazing ground for alternative eating, arty shops, boutiques, bohemians and off-the-wall eccentricity. See our Brighton map.

 

 

Brighton embraces a range of housing styles from hideous council monstrosities, though Victorian and back to Tudor.

 

The Lanes area, near Brighton beach.

 

The city hosts an active counter-culture, both gay and anti-establishment. Photo taken off Church Street beside the Brighton Dome.

Gay Brighton: Interestingly there is an old main street through Brighton called Dyke Road and a Dyke Golf Club. Is it a coincidence that Brighton is probably Britain's most vibrant LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) scene?

Brighton Pride is a week-long pink fest at the end of every July that climaxes in a weekend parade, while Kemp Town, east of the pier is the city's 'gay quarter'.

 

 

Hove, adjoining Brighton and just a short walk along the prom but a different era in time.

 

Hove's wide promenade, lawns and elegant buildings offer the London refugee more space, less stress, more quiet and less tacky entertainment than wild brother Brighton. This wired and rapping space case was superb and should be picked up by Simon Cowell immediately!

 

 

An original Banksy in an original Brighton. Love the place! See Brighton beaches pictures.

 

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