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Earthship Brighton
Eco-building incorporating
1,000 tyres and two
tonnes of cans and
bottles, with more than a
passing resemblance to
the Teletubbies’ den.
Public tours take place
two Sundays a month.
Stanmer Park, BN1 9PZ
(07974 122770)
Preston Manor
This Edwardian manor
claims to be Brighton’s
Brighton Fishing Museum
most haunted building
(look out for a ghostly
hand floating by).
Museums & galleries
Preston Drove, BN1 6SD(03000 290900)
Brighton’s art scene covers all the bases,
Hove Museum &
Art Gallery
from glass cases to hip new faces
Museums
Brighton Museum
Booth Museum of
& Art Gallery
Natural History
Big, beautifully housed
Wonderful old-school
collections, from fine art
museum, housing over
to fashion, furniture and
half a million birds,
the just-opened Ancient
insects and animal
Egypt galleries, plus a
skeletons.
regular events schedule.
194 Dyke Rd, BN1 5AARoyal Pavilion Gardens,
Hove Museum &
(03000 290900)BN1 1EE (03000 290900)
Art Gallery
Victorian mansion
Brighton Fishing
Brighton Toy
with hands-on toy
Museum
& Model Museum
and film galleries
Buff up on the city’s
The closest you’ll come to
and relics from a
origins as a fishing
Santa’s workshop; this
local Bronze Age
village, before visiting
magical nostalgia-fest
burial mound.
the nearby whelk stall
in the station arches is
19 New Church Rd,
and smoked fish shop.
home to 10,000 toys.
BN3 4AB (03000201 Kings Rd Arches, BN152-55 Trafalgar St, BN1290900)1NB (01273 723064)4EB (01273 749494)
SCOTT WISHART, THE ROYAL PAVILION AND MUSEUMS, BRIGHTON AND HOVE
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