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Museum
Hove Museum of Creativity
Free council museum opened in 1927 in a Victorian villa on New Church Road, with a toy gallery called the Wizard's Attic.
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A mini guide to
Hove: things to do
Places worth your time in Hove
Top places
Things to do in Hove
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Arts venue
The Old Market
Grade II listed former market building on the Brighton and Hove border, now an independent arts venue for music, comedy, theatre and film.
Historic house
The Regency Town House
Grade I listed 1820s terraced home at 13 Brunswick Square, being developed by staff and volunteers as a heritage centre and museum.
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Park
St Ann's Well Gardens
Park about half a mile from the shore, named after its chalybeate (iron-bearing) spring, now called St Ann's Well.
Historic housing
Adelaide Crescent
Mid-19th-century crescent running down to the seafront, planned to rival Kemp Town but never finished to its original design.
Square
Palmeira Square
Terraces either side of a public garden, joined at its southern end to Adelaide Crescent and the way down to the sea.
Historic building
Embassy Court
Eleven-storey Modernist block of flats by Wells Coates, completed in 1935 on the seafront near the Peace Statue. Grade II* listed.
Memorial
Peace Statue
Memorial to Edward VII by Newbury Abbot Trent, built in 1912 on the seafront boundary between Brighton and Hove.
Church
St Andrew's Church, Waterloo Street
Former Brunswick Town church, redundant since 1990 and now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
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Church
St Andrew's Old Church
Hove's parish church for several centuries until 1892, on Church Road; it was near-ruinous before Victorian restoration.
Church
All Saints Church
Parish church for the whole of Hove since 1892, standing at a major crossroads in the centre of the town.
Church
St John the Baptist's Church, Hove
Anglican church built 1852-54 to serve the Brunswick area of Hove, on Church Road.
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Church
St Barnabas Church
Anglican church built 1882-83 for the new streets that grew up south and west of Hove station.
Church
Holland Road Baptist Church
Baptist church built in 1887, a landmark on Holland Road, one of the main north-south routes through Hove.
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Church
Church of the Sacred Heart
Grade II listed Roman Catholic church on Norton Road, the oldest of Hove's three Catholic churches.
Place of worship
Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue
Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue on Palmeira Avenue.
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Stadium
County Cricket Ground
Home of Sussex County Cricket Club, where most Sussex home matches have been played since 1872.
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Library
Hove Library
Carnegie library of 1908 on Church Road, in an Edwardian Baroque and Renaissance Revival style.
Memorial
Hove War Memorial
Hove's war memorial on Grand Avenue.
Brighton & Hove
More areas to explore
18 sights · 32 places to eat
The Lanes & seafront
Narrow shopping lanes, the Palace Pier, the i360 and the pebble beach in the centre of Brighton
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16 sights · 31 places to eat
North Laine & the Royal Pavilion
The Royal Pavilion, the Dome and the independent streets between the station and the Old Steine
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14 sights · 24 places to eat
Kemptown
Regency crescents, Volk's Electric Railway, the aquarium and St James's Street east of the pier
Open the mini guide →Photo credits
- Hove (area photo): DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hove Museum of Creativity: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0, source
- The Old Market: Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- St Ann's Well Gardens: Miles Sabin from Brighton, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Adelaide Crescent: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0, source
- Palmeira Square: Robert-brook, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Embassy Court: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Peace Statue: Vox Humana 8', CC BY 2.5, source
- St Andrew's Church, Waterloo Street: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, source
- St Andrew's Old Church: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0, source
- All Saints Church: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, source
- St John the Baptist's Church, Hove: Hassocks5489 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
- St Barnabas Church: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, source
- Holland Road Baptist Church: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0, source
- Church of the Sacred Heart: Hassocks5489 at en.wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- County Cricket Ground: Paul Gillett, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hove Library: Hassocks5489, Public domain, source
- Hove War Memorial: Harry Mitchell, CC BY 4.0, source
- The Lanes & seafront: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- North Laine & the Royal Pavilion: Qmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kemptown: Hassocks5489, CC0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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