Magnus Volk

Magnus Volk is a memorial in Brighton and Hove, England. Magnus Volk is situated nearby to Melville Road Post Office, as well as near the supermarket Kindly!.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brighton Railway Station and St Luke’s Church Prestonville.

Brighton Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brighton railway station is the principal station serving the city of Brighton in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, operated by Govia Thameslink Railway. Brighton Railway Station is situated 2,000 feet southeast of Magnus Volk.

St Luke’s Church Prestonville

Church

Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.

St Luke’s Church Prestonville is situated 630 feet north of Magnus Volk.

The Royal Pavilion and its surrounding gardens form a Grade I listed former royal residence in Brighton, 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. Royal Pavilion is situated 4,200 feet southeast of Magnus Volk.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seven Dials and Prestonville.

Seven Dials

Locality

Photo: Robert-brook, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Seven Dials is a district surrounding a major road junction of the same name in Brighton, in the city of Brighton and Hove, England. It is located on high ground just northwest of Brighton railway station, south of the Prestonville area, and approximately ¾ mile north of the seafront.

Prestonville

Suburb

Prestonville is a largely residential area in the northwest of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It covers a long, narrow and steeply sloping ridge of land between the Brighton Main Line and Dyke Road, two major transport corridors which run north-northwestwards from the centre of Brighton.

Montpelier

Locality

Montpelier is an inner suburban area of Brighton, part of the English city and seaside resort of Brighton and Hove. Developed together with the adjacent Clifton Hill area in the mid-19th century, it forms a high-class, architecturally cohesive residential district with "an exceptionally complete character".

Magnus Volk

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Inventor Magnus Volk built Volk’s Railway 1883 and lived here 1914‒1937”
Category: historic site
Location: Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.83185° or 50° 49′ 55″ north

Longitude

-0.14794° or 0° 8′ 53″ west

Open location code

9C2XRVJ2+PR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13850450619

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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