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St John the Baptist’s Church, Brighton

St John the Baptist's Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Kemptown area of the English city of . It was the first Roman Catholic church built in Brighton after the process of Catholic Emancipation in the early 19th century removed restrictions on Catholic worship.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Roman Catholic
  • Description: church in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Church Of St John The Baptist” and “St John the Baptist’s”
  • Address: Bristol Road, Brighton, BN2 1AP

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Royal Pavilion and St Mary the Virgin.

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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. is situated 2,900 feet west of St John the Baptist’s Church, Brighton.

Church
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St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in the Kemptown area of , in the city of . The present building dates from the late 1870s and replaced a church of the same name which suddenly collapsed while being renovated. is situated 910 feet west of St John the Baptist’s Church, Brighton.

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The , commonly known as Brighton Pier or the Palace Pier, is a Grade II* listed in , England, located in the city centre opposite the Old Steine. is situated 2,700 feet west of St John the Baptist’s Church, Brighton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kemp Town and Carlton Hill.

Suburb
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Estate, also known as , is a 19th-century Regency architecture residential estate in the east of in , England. It consists of Arundel Terrace, Lewes Crescent, Sussex Square, Chichester Terrace, and the Enclosures.

Locality
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is an inner-city area of , part of the English city and seaside resort of . 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.

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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.

St John the Baptist’s Church, Brighton

Latitude
50.81948° or 50° 49′ 10″ north
Longitude
-0.126° or 0° 7′ 34″ west
Open location code
9C2XRV9F+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 190853404
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­roman_catholic
Wiki­data ID
Q2323941
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St John the Baptist’s Church, Brighton”. Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.