Attractions in Brighton & Hove

Adelaide Crescent

Mid-19th-century crescent running down to the seafront, planned to rival Kemp Town but never finished to its original design.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

All Saints Church

Parish church for the whole of Hove since 1892, standing at a major crossroads in the centre of the town.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Brighton and Hove Reform Synagogue

Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue on Palmeira Avenue.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Brighton beach

Pebble beach along the city seafront, with a little sand at low tide; lifeguards patrol flagged areas in the summer months.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Brighton Fishing Museum

Small independent museum in the King's Road arches, run with the local fishing community, on the history of Brighton's fishermen. Admission is free.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Brighton i360

Moving observation tower opened in 2016 beside the West Pier remains; its glass pod rises 138 metres for views along the coast.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Brighton Marina

Artificial marina built between 1971 and 1979 east of Kemp Town, with a working harbour, homes, shops and restaurants.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

Brighton Palace Pier

Grade II* listed pleasure pier opened in 1899, with rides, arcades and places to eat; the only one of Brighton's three piers still operating.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Brighton Unitarian Church

Greek Revival chapel of 1820 by Amon Henry Wilds on New Road, close to the Royal Pavilion.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

Brighton War Memorial

The city's war memorial, in the Old Steine gardens north of the Palace Pier.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Brighton Zip

Zip wire from a 30-metre tower running 300 metres along the beach near the Palace Pier, with a rooftop bar and kitchen.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

Chapel Royal

18th-century chapel on North Street closely linked with the Prince Regent and Regency society; it is still an active church.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

Church of the Sacred Heart

Grade II listed Roman Catholic church on Norton Road, the oldest of Hove's three Catholic churches.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Clock Tower

Free-standing clock tower built in 1888 to mark Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, at the crossroads at the top of West Street.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

County Cricket Ground

Home of Sussex County Cricket Club, where most Sussex home matches have been played since 1872.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Dorset Gardens Methodist Church

Modern church completed in 2003, the third Methodist place of worship on this site and successor to Brighton's first Methodist church.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

Egremont Gate

Listed gateway with walls and railings at the Egremont Place entrance to Queen's Park.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

Embassy Court

Eleven-storey Modernist block of flats by Wells Coates, completed in 1935 on the seafront near the Peace Statue. Grade II* listed.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Fabrica

Contemporary art gallery on Duke Street with exhibitions, film screenings, talks and a café.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Friends Meeting House

Quaker meeting house in the Lanes, off Ship Street.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity

Built in 1838 on Carlton Hill as an Anglican church; declared redundant in 1980 and later sold to the Greek Orthodox community.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

Holland Road Baptist Church

Baptist church built in 1887, a landmark on Holland Road, one of the main north-south routes through Hove.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Hove Library

Carnegie library of 1908 on Church Road, in an Edwardian Baroque and Renaissance Revival style.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

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.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Hove War Memorial

Hove's war memorial on Grand Avenue.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Jubilee Library

The largest public library in Brighton and Hove, opened in 2005 as part of the Jubilee Square development.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

Kemp Town Estate

Regency estate of Sussex Square, Lewes Crescent, Arundel Terrace and Chichester Terrace, financed by Thomas Read Kemp and built by Thomas Cubitt.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

Madeira Terrace

Victorian cast-iron arches and walkway, 865 metres long, closed as unsafe in 2015-16 and now being restored in phases by the council.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

Middle Street Synagogue

Synagogue at 66 Middle Street built for the Brighton Hebrew Congregation, an Orthodox community formed in the 1820s.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

North Laine

Conservation area of narrow streets with independent shops, cafés and pubs, saved from a planned flyover in the 1970s.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

Old Police Cells Museum

Police cells in the basement of Brighton Town Hall, used until the 1960s and now a museum of Sussex policing shown on guided tours.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Old Steine Gardens

Gardens on the Old Steine, the road between the Royal Pavilion and the Palace Pier where many city bus stops are.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Palmeira Square

Terraces either side of a public garden, joined at its southern end to Adelaide Crescent and the way down to the sea.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Park Street Gate

Listed gateway with walls, piers and railings at the Park Street entrance to Queen's Park.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

Peace Statue

Memorial to Edward VII by Newbury Abbot Trent, built in 1912 on the seafront boundary between Brighton and Hove.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

Phoenix Art Space

Arts centre with artists' studios, a main gallery for exhibitions and a programme of adult and family courses.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

Preston Manor

Former manor house of Preston village, mostly rebuilt in 1738 and enlarged in 1905, now a museum with gardens beside Preston Park.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

Preston Park

Park of about 25 hectares north of the centre, on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens with Preston Manor.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

Queen's Park

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

Rampion Visitor Centre

Visitor centre in the King's Road arches about the Rampion offshore wind farm, commissioned in 2018 off the Sussex coast.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Regency Square

Three-sided set piece of 69 houses built between 1818 and 1832 around a garden that opens onto the seafront.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

Royal Pavilion

Seaside palace built in stages from 1787 for the Prince of Wales, later George IV, in an Indian-inspired style. Grade I listed, with gardens.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

SEA LIFE Brighton

Aquarium opened in 1872 as Brighton Aquarium on Madeira Drive; it is the oldest aquarium in the world still operating.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

South African War Memorial

War memorial in the garden of Regency Square, facing the seafront and the i360.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

St Andrew's Church, Waterloo Street

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

St Andrew's Old Church

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

St Ann's Well Gardens

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

St Barnabas Church

Anglican church built 1882-83 for the new streets that grew up south and west of Hove station.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

St Bartholomew's Church

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

St George's Church

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

St John the Baptist's Church

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

St John the Baptist's Church, Hove

• Hove, Brighton & Hove

St Mary the Virgin

Red-brick Gothic Revival church of the late 1870s, built after the earlier church collapsed during renovation. Grade II* listed.

• Kemptown, Brighton & Hove

St Nicholas Church

Brighton's original parish church and one of the oldest buildings in the city, on high ground at Church Street and Dyke Road.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

St Paul's Church

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

St Peter's Church

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

The Lanes

Narrow alleys of small shops, many selling antiques and jewellery, between North Street, Ship Street and Prince Albert Street.

• The Lanes & seafront, Brighton & Hove

The Level

Triangular park of about 3 hectares north of the centre, between Union Road, Richmond Terrace and Ditchling Road.

• North Laine & the Royal Pavilion, Brighton & Hove

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.

• Hove, Brighton & Hove