Brighton, Queensland

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Brighton
city = Brisbane
state = qld


caption =
lga = Brisbane City Council,
Deagon Ward
postcode = 4017
pop = 8,600 (2006) [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au 2006 Census Data : View by Location ] ]
area = 6.9
est =
propval = $283,000 [ [http://www.reiq.com.au/BuySellRent/community_view.asp?suburb_id=37 Brighton] , accessed 27 November 2006]
stategov = Sandgate
fedgov = Lilley
dist1 = 19
location1= Brisbane CBD
near-nw = "Pine River"
near-n = "Bramble Bay"
near-ne = "Bramble Bay"
near-w = Bald Hills
near-e = "Bramble Bay"
near-sw = Bracken Ridge
near-s = Sandgate
near-se = Sandgate

Brighton is the northernmost suburb of Brisbane City, Australia, located 19km north of the Brisbane CBD. The Nashville locality makes up much of the southwest of the suburb.

Brighton features mostly suburban housing. The large nursing home Eventide, run by the Queensland Government, is within Brighton.

Brighton was also home to the World War II barracks of the RAAF Air Training School between December 1940 to May 1946 and was built on reclaimed land. After this time it became The Eventide Nursing Home. Fact|date=July 2007

The Brighton Hotel

The main pub in Brighton is the Brighton Hotel located along Beconsfield Terrace. An early settler, Captain William Townsend, bought the Brighton Hotel and used it as his home and, once sold in 1893, it was used as an orphanage. It resumed being a hotel in 1912.Fact|date=July 2007

Brighton Wetlands

Brighton has a wonderful woodland wetland protected by the local government. This natural reserve is made up of three woods; namely Goodenia Woods, Pimelea Woods and Dianella Woods. The land is so called a wetland as it fills with water during heavy rain which flows into a small tidal creek, Copold Creek, that flows under one of the main roads of Brighton, Beconsfield Terrace, and then leads to Bramble Bay between 15th and 16th Avenues.

Brighton Esplanade

Brighton is a desirable Brisbane suburb due to both the ease of public transport, such as the train service from nearby Sandgate, and also the wonderful bayside esplanade. This peaceful parkland esplanade follows the coast between the Houghton Highway bridge and Sandgate. The esplanade is used by walkers and cyclists and enjoyed by families. Brighton's beach is used by kite surfers and also walkers during low tide. The road that follows the esplanade is called Flinders Parade named after the navigator Captain Matthew Flinders who was the first European to discover the area in order to establish a penal colony for Lord Brisbane, Governor of New South Wales.Fact|date=July 2007

The southern ends of the Houghton Highway and Hornibrook bridges are found at the northern end of the suburb, connecting to Redcliffe City at Clontarf.

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References

External links

* [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/living/suburbs/brighton/home/ Brighton profile on Ourbrisbane.com]