Did You Know?

Brighton is an British seaside town. About an hour south of London by train, it's a popular day-trip and holiday destination. Its broad shingle beach is backed by a collection of amusement arcades and Regency-era buildings. The Pier, in the central waterfront section, opened in 1899 and now has rides and food facilities.

Today it is considered a very desirable place to live, and walking around you may recognise some famous faces! It's creative vibe has always attracted artists, actors and musicians in particular, with Sir Paul McCartney, Nick Cave, Adele, Noel Gallagher, Fat Boy Slim, and even Hollywood actress Cate Blanchett all having owned homes in Brighton at some point or other.

Brighton, is the largest and best-known seaside resort on the English Channel, stretches some five miles along the pebbled and sometimes steep chalk shoreline of the South Downs.

Detective Inspector Roy Grace is the main character in a series of crime novels by best-selling author Peter James. All of the books are set in and around the area, and so far the novels have been published in over 30 different languages!

Dating back to 1872, the Sealife Centre on Brighton's seafront is the world's oldest aquarium. With over 100 species, including sharks and stingrays, and vast tanks of local and tropical marine life, there is plenty to discover.

During WWII, Hitler ordered the Nazi’s not to bomb the Royal Pavilion because he loved the architecture. He wanted to use it as a summer house after the war was over. Luckily that didn’t happen…

It only takes about an hour to get to Brighton from Central London so many people have nicknamed it London By the Sea. I don’t think it’s anything like London, but the proximity to the big city has definitely earned it its title.

It is rumoured to have numerous lost tunnels but there is one from the Royal Pavilion to the museum and Dome today which you can still see. This was reputedly so the Prince Regent could move about the town without people seeing how overweight he had become!

A well-known landmark is the historic Duke of York’s cinema – it's reputed to be the oldest cinema in continuous use in Britain, and offers cosy, theatre-esque surroundings in which to watch the latest releases and re-runs of the all-time classics.

Most people don't know that when the Swedish band ABBA won the Eurovision song contest with ‘Waterloo’ in 1974, it was in here! The event was held at the Dome concert hall, still a popular arts venue today.

it is rumoured to have numerous lost tunnels but there is one from the Royal Pavilion to the museum and Dome today which you can still see. This was reputedly so the Prince Regent could move about Brighton without people seeing how overweight he had become!

A well-known landmark in Brighton is the historic Duke of York’s cinema – it's reputed to be the oldest cinema in continuous use in Britain, and offers cosy, theatre-esque surroundings in which to watch the latest releases and re-runs of the all-time classics.