Brighton

Brighton and Hove is a city and unitary authority area, ceremonially in , England. There are multiple villages alongside the seaside resorts of and in the district.
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  • Type: Locality with 278,000 residents
  • Description: city and unitary authority area in East Sussex, England
  • Also known as: Brighton and Hove”, “City of Brighton and Hove”, and “The City of Brighton and Hove

Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Pavilion and Brighton Museum & Art Gallery.

The and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence located in , England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811, and King George IV in 1820.

Museum
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Brighton Museum & Art Gallery is a municipally owned public and art gallery in the city of Brighton and Hove in the South East of . It is part of Brighton & Hove Museums.

Library
The is the largest public library in the city of Brighton and Hove. The forms part of the Jubilee Square development in central Brighton, a £50 million endeavour to regenerate a 40-year-old brownfield site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carlton Hill and North Laine.

Locality
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is an inner-city area of , part of the English city and seaside resort of Brighton and Hove. First developed in the early and mid-19th century on steeply sloping farmland east of central Brighton, it grew rapidly as the town became a fashionable, high-class destination.

Locality
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is a central residential and shopping district of , East Sussex, on the English south coast, north of . It is considered Brighton's bohemian and cultural quarter, with many pubs, cafés, restaurants, independent shops, plus theatres, a museum and art gallery.

is a seaside resort in , south-eastern coast of , 76 km south of . In 1997, the district of merged with Hove to form the City of and Hove which was given city status in 2001.

Brighton

Latitude
50.8238° or 50° 49′ 26″ north
Longitude
-0.13497° or 0° 8′ 6″ west
Population
278,000
Open location code
9C2XRVF8+G2
Geo­Names ID
11550750
Wiki­data ID
Q1022488
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Brighton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: برايتون أند هوف
  • Arabic: برايتون وهوف
  • Armenian: Բրայթոն և Հոուվ
  • Armenian: Բրայթոն և Հոուֆ
  • Asturian: Brighton & Hove
  • Azerbaijani: Brayton və Houv
  • Balinese: Brighton miwah Hove
  • Basque: Brighton and Hove
  • Basque: Brighton eta Hove
  • Belarusian: Брайтан і Гоўв
  • Belarusian: Брайтан і Хоўв
  • Bengali: ব্রাইটন ও হোভ
  • Catalan: Brighton and Hove
  • Cebuano: Brighton and Hove
  • Chinese: Brighton and Hove
  • Chinese: 布來頓和荷甫
  • Chinese: 布萊頓-霍夫
  • Chinese: 布赖顿-霍夫
  • Chinese: 白禮頓及荷甫
  • Chinese: 白禮頓賀夫
  • Cornish: Brighton and Hove
  • Cornish: Brighton ha Hove
  • Czech: Brighton and Hove
  • Danish: Brighton and Hove
  • Dimli (individual language): Brighton u Hove
  • Dutch: Brighton and Hove
  • Dutch: Brighton
  • Egyptian Arabic: برايتون اند هوف
  • Esperanto: Brighton and Hove
  • Finnish: Brighton & Hove
  • French: Brighton and Hove
  • French: Brighton et Hove
  • French: Brighton
  • German: Brighton and Hove
  • German: Brighton
  • Greek: Μπράιτον εντ Χόουβ
  • Gujarati: બ્રાઇટન અને હોવ
  • Hebrew: ברייטון והוב
  • Icelandic: Brighton og Hove
  • Indonesian: Brighton & Hove
  • Indonesian: Brighton and Hove
  • Irish: Brighton & Hove
  • Irish: Brighton and Hove
  • Italian: Brighton & Hove
  • Italian: Brighton and Hove
  • Italian: Brighton
  • Japanese: ブライトン・アンド・ホーヴ
  • Japanese: ブライトン・アンド・ホヴ
  • Japanese: ブライトン・アンド・ホヴ美術館
  • Japanese: ブライトンとホーブ
  • Kannada: ಬ್ರೈಟನ್ ಮತ್ತು ಹೋವ್
  • Korean: 브라이턴앤드호브
  • Kurdish: Brighton and Hove
  • Ladin: Brighton and Hove
  • Latvian: Braitona un Hova
  • Low German: Brighton and Hove
  • Luxembourgish: Brighton an Hove
  • Macedonian: Брајтон и Хоув
  • Mazanderani: برایتون اند هوو
  • Min Nan Chinese: Brighton and Hove
  • Northern Frisian: Brighton and Hove
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Brighton and Hove
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Brighton and Hove
  • Norwegian: Brighton and Hove
  • Persian: برایتون اند هوو
  • Piemontese: Brighton and Hove
  • Polish: Brighton and Hove
  • Portuguese: Brighton and Hove
  • Portuguese: Brighton e Hove
  • Portuguese: Cidade de Brighton e Hove
  • Romanian: Brighton & Hove
  • Russian: Брайтон-и-Хов
  • Russian: Брайтон-энд-Хов
  • Russian: Брайтон-энд-Хоув
  • Scots: Brighton an Hove
  • Serbian: Брајтон и Хоув
  • Serbo-Croatian: Brighton and Hove
  • Slovak: Brighton and Hove
  • Slovenian: Brighton and Hove
  • South Azerbaijani: برایتون اند هوو
  • Spanish: Brighton & Hove
  • Spanish: Brighton
  • Swedish: Brighton & Hove
  • Swedish: Brighton and Hove
  • Tagalog: Brighton & Hove
  • Tamil: பிரைட்டன் அண்ட் ஹொவ்
  • Tatar: Брайтон һәм Һоув
  • Telugu: బ్రైటన్ అండ్ హోవ్
  • Thai: ไบรตันและโฮฟ
  • Turkish: Brighton & Hove
  • Turkish: Brighton ve Hove Şehri
  • Turkish: Brighton ve Hove
  • Ukrainian: Брайтон і Гоув
  • Urdu: برائیٹن اینڈ ہوو
  • Venetian: Brighton & Hove
  • Vietnamese: Brighton và Hove
  • Volapük: Brighton and Hove
  • Volapük: Brighton e Hove
  • Waray (Philippines): Brighton ngan Hove
  • Welsh: Brighton a Hove
  • Welsh: Dinas Brighton a Hove
  • Western Panjabi: برائیٹن تے ہوو
  • Yue Chinese: 白禮頓-賀夫

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