- Landmarks and notable buildings of Brighton and Hove
The city of
Brighton and Hove (made up of the towns ofBrighton andHove ) on the south coast ofEngland , UK has a number notable buildings and landmarks.Extant
Buildings and structures
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Bedford Hotel (Brighton) , the present building being a replacement for one of Brighton's oldest and grandest hotels
*The Brighton Centre , a concert venue and conference centre known for hosting conferences for many of the majorpolitical parties of the UK
*Brighton Marina
*Brighton Pier (also known as "Palace Pier", and as "Brighton Marine Palace and Pier")
*Brighton railway station
*TheBritish Engineerium (see [http://www.britishengineerium.com/ external site] )
*The Brunswick estate, Hove (a Regency housing development)
*Churchill Square, the largest shopping centre in Brighton
*The County Ground, home ofSussex County Cricket Club
*Duke of York's Picture House , the oldest continuously operating cinema in Britain
*Embassy Court [http://www.embassycourt.org] , a starkly modernist 1930s design adjacent to Regency Brunswick Terrace; was a prototype for a proposed redevelopment of the entire seafront. Was refurbished in the mid-2000s.
*The Grand Hotel
*The Hanbury Arms incorporates as its ballroom a former mausoleum in an Indian architectural style, built forEdward Sassoon
*Kemp Town (a Regency housing development)
*The Metropole Hotel
*TheNew England Quarter
*The Pylons — a pair of three-sided stone pillars either side of the southboundA23 road marking the boundary point of Brighton, and carrying a message of welcome for new visitors, a welcome-back for returning visitors, and a welcome home for locals. They originally straddled the entire A23 before it was upgraded and widened in the early 1990s; one was moved to allow for the change in the carriageways.
*TheRegency Town House
*TheRoyal Pavilion
*Stanmer House
*TheUniversity of Sussex , a radical 1960s campus design by Sir Basil Spence, some of which is listed
*The West Pier
*The Western Pavilion, self-made home of prolific local architect Amon Henry Wilds, son of Amon Wilds and sometime working partner ofCharles Busby
*White Lodge, The Cliff, Roedean; an atypically small house by Sir Edwin Lutyens, built for Victoria Sackville
*Withdean Stadium , current home ofBrighton & Hove Albion F.C.
*The LanesChurches and places of worship
:"This is a small list of the most notable. See also
Churches and places of worship in Brighton and Hove ."
*All Saints Church, Hove
*Saint Bartholomew's Church
*Saint Nicholas' Church
*Saint Paul's Church
*Saint Peter's ChurchGalleries
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Phoenix Arts Association Parks and other open air attractions
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Brighton Nudist Beach
*Hove Park
*Preston Park
*Queen's Park
*St. Anne's Well Gardens
*Stanmer Park
*Volk's Electric Railway Extinct
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Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway "("Daddy Long Legs")"
*The Royal Suspension Chain Pier Proposed and/or planned
*The
i360 (a.k.a. The Brighton Eye)ee also
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Churches and places of worship in Brighton and Hove (which includes some of those insufficiently notable to have been included in this list).
*Brighton andHove , constituent towns of the city.
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