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Street
The Lanes
Narrow alleys of small shops, many selling antiques and jewellery, between North Street, Ship Street and Prince Albert Street.
A mini guide to
The Lanes & seafront: things to do
Places worth your time in The Lanes & seafront
Top places
Things to do in The Lanes & seafront
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Attraction
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.
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Landmark
West Pier
Ruined pier designed by Eugenius Birch, opened in 1866 and closed to the public in 1975; only part of its metal framework survives.
Attraction
Brighton i360
Moving observation tower opened in 2016 beside the West Pier remains; its glass pod rises 138 metres for views along the coast.
Museum
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.
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Museum
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.
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Gallery
Fabrica
Contemporary art gallery on Duke Street with exhibitions, film screenings, talks and a café.
Landmark
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.
Square
Regency Square
Three-sided set piece of 69 houses built between 1818 and 1832 around a garden that opens onto the seafront.
Memorial
South African War Memorial
War memorial in the garden of Regency Square, facing the seafront and the i360.
Church
St Paul's Church
Church of England parish church on West Street, a few minutes from the seafront.
Place of worship
Middle Street Synagogue
Synagogue at 66 Middle Street built for the Brighton Hebrew Congregation, an Orthodox community formed in the 1820s.
Place of worship
Friends Meeting House
Quaker meeting house in the Lanes, off Ship Street.
Park
Old Steine Gardens
Gardens on the Old Steine, the road between the Royal Pavilion and the Palace Pier where many city bus stops are.
Memorial
Brighton War Memorial
The city's war memorial, in the Old Steine gardens north of the Palace Pier.
Museum
Rampion Visitor Centre
Visitor centre in the King's Road arches about the Rampion offshore wind farm, commissioned in 2018 off the Sussex coast.
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Arts venue
Brighton Centre
Conference and exhibition centre on King's Road, used for national party conferences and also for concerts.
Beach
Brighton beach
Pebble beach along the city seafront, with a little sand at low tide; lifeguards patrol flagged areas in the summer months.
Brighton & Hove
More areas to explore
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
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19 sights · 27 places to eat
Hove
Regency squares, beach huts, Church Road and George Street west of the Peace Statue
Open the mini guide →Photo credits
- The Lanes & seafront (area photo): Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Lanes: Frank Jepsen, CC BY 2.0, source
- Brighton Palace Pier: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- West Pier: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Brighton i360: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brighton Fishing Museum: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Clock Tower: Hassocks5489, CC0, source
- Regency Square: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, source
- South African War Memorial: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, source
- St Paul's Church: The Voice of Hassocks, CC0, source
- Middle Street Synagogue: Jvhertum, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Friends Meeting House: Hassocks5489 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Old Steine Gardens: G Laird, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Brighton War Memorial: Zanoni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brighton Centre: Arndt Helge Finkenrath, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- North Laine & the Royal Pavilion: Qmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kemptown: Hassocks5489, CC0, source
- Hove: DaHuzyBru, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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