Brighton, United Kingdom Travel Blogs

Brighton bound
Aug 2, 2006

National Express A23 accident, southbound traffic slowing down

Brighton
Sep 11, 2007 (6 photos)

Howdy all, Eb here! We're gonna do this entry 'tag-team' style! It basically covers the whole of Ireland. We've been through the UK and are now heading out to New York, so we've got a spot of catching up to do. First, a bit of a flashback.. (cue harp ...

Getting there!!
Jun 16, 2004

Yesterday I confirmed my flights so if all goes well I'll leave the UK on June 30th, after all the jabs and doctors appointments I've had I cant wait to get going!! I'm not really sure what to expect, the Lonely planet, and the Foreign office don't ...

Waiting to leave!!!! 3 months to go............
Feb 14, 2005 (1 photos)

... trip here is a rough outline of the itinerary. I'm sure we will miss all our friends, families and our great city of Brighton. Leave 06/06/05 for San Francisco - After a short stop for Kelly to be a bridesmaid we will begin our road trip up ...

Day 3
Oct 3, 2007 (2 photos)

... few days as a tourist, I wanted to go out and feel the city as a local. I took the first morning train to Brighton which is about one hour south of London. This city gets lot of tourists during the summer but the cold, rainy weather has shielded all but ...

Windy Brighton
May 20, 2006

... with bathroom - it's in a great location, close to all the bars, clubs and restaurants I want to check out. Brighton appears to be hugely popular as I had great difficulty in finding accommodation. I'm finding the accommodation to be extremely pricey ...

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
Jun 19, 2003 (4 photos)

... as I love our campervan, sometimes I just want to kick him in the proverbials -getting him started was becoming a right pain in the ass but on leaving Brighton we found out why - he needs a new starter motor. Well, that's at least what we've been told.

Happy Birthday Tracey
Jun 5, 2004 (2 photos)

... . Caused much hilarity back in London, look at those Australians who got sun burnt in England. haha. We went on the rides on the fun pier, went to Brighton Pavillion and checked out a few bars including, sadly, a walkabout (chain of "Australian" pubs)

London to Brighton Bike Ride 2007
Jun 18, 2007 (12 photos)

... last night, I managed about 5 hours sleep before heading to Clapham Common to meet Paul and join the London to Brighton Bike Ride.   Paul has been cycling to and from work every day, so has been "in training".  ...

bath time
Mar 12, 2004 (5 photos)

... trying to see all the sites). It's rainy too so more reason to be inside reading. I was in Bath prior to Brighton - the architecture there is cool. Lots of Roman pillars and such. view of Bath from hillside bath time for Spanky One of the ...

wander and ponder
Mar 12, 2004

As I wander around I see and hear some interesting things. Thought I'd jot down a few: * While in Edinburgh, I was walking down the street and there was a girl talking on her mobile phone with a total valley girl accent...only she had the Scottish accent ...

Finally, the end of the trip.
Jun 21, 2006 (1 photos)

Back to sunny England; A smooth enough trip. A little strange and bewildering to arrive back; took a walk to the convenience store for some household essentials, on the way I passed one of the pub's with its clear-glazed windows - couldn't help but ...

Katie
Mar 19, 2007 (3 photos)

2nd day in Brighton, 3th day London: We go to Brighton to meet Wes at Katies. Katie is a dear friend of Wes, whom we met once in Belgium. It is Wes' birthday and we go on an unexpected pubcrawl. In the afternoon, we go to Katies place, where she spoils ...

Monday 1 September
Oct 12, 2008 (3 photos)

... that perhaps it would be a good idea not to be around!   We organise with one of my old best friends to go to Brighton and stay overnight with her. Bev lives near the seafront in Hove - actually. She had 2 boys, Austin who is nearly 10 and Thomas ...

Tuesday 2 September
Oct 12, 2008

... a little wander around the town to show Holly and Zach and also showed them the pier.  We are intending to come back to Brighton soon to see other friends so we didn't actually go on the pier this time. It is a significant place for us as Steve and I ...

Lancing, Brighton, UK
Jun 12, 2007

Well we've set off on the first bit of the trip.  We had a decent trip down to Brighton on the Megas Bus.  A bit disappointed with the lack of facilities at the coach stop as there wasn't anywhere to leave our bags whilst we had a wander around ...

day trip to Brighton
Apr 9, 2006 (5 photos)

Yesterday I took the train to Brighton for the day, to meet up with a few friends. First order of business was to drop Jo's stuff off at the hotel. There were a few snags though: we didn't know the address of the hotel, were uncertain of the name, and didn ...

Yom asal yom basal
Sep 2, 2006 (2 photos)

... I was informed that I merely bruised my rib, and should take a rest of backpacking - so on that same evening I got here to Brighton as planned and I will be taking a rest in my wonderful new friends home, just till I get better.. -Oh, and I didnt ...

The British Museum & Funky Casablanca Club Night
Aug 2, 2008

... the buildings roofs. The air was crisp and cool, just like it normally is in England even in summer. The train ride to Brighton Station was enjoyable as always, and I grabbed the day's issue of The Guardian before hopping on the rail to Victoria Station. ...

the land of pints and pebble beaches
Feb 14, 2007

what can i say, a home away from home, a village with lanes and alles and a new adventure and friends to meet around every corner, no wonder i stayed here so dammed long

Flying high over Sussex and other adventures
Sep 5, 2007

... . That evening Jess had some business to take care of so Bec's and I headed out to Beachyhead, up the caost, east of Brighton, were we had dinner watching the sun, setting over the dark blue ocean, paint the white chalk cliffs with the most increadable ...

Oh I do like to be beside the Seaside
Jun 1, 2009 (3 photos)

... full advantage of it and take a trip down to Brighton for the day. Two hours south of london by bus. Had a look at the Birghton Pier, it's a cool place, think it opened in the early part of last century and they used to have big bands play there all the ...

Less than two weeks to go
May 19, 2009

... Angela is at home still packing boxes and sorting out everything we are going to take. I'm now in my last week in Brighton finishing off the project i started last December. Could really have done with finishing last week but too late now. The last month ...

The Beginning
Jan 3, 2008

... For the first time in my life I made my way to the beach when it was snowing. OK so I'm exaggerating slightly-this is Brighton, England, clearly not the same kind of beaches that are in California, and while I saw the ocean we mostly went straight to the ...

Weekend - Brighton and Thames Festival
Sep 19, 2005 (21 photos)

... for those who don't know, Emma is my cousin (Claire's sister, another daughter of Chester, and Alex is her husband). Brighton was fantastic, just how I imagined it would be. It was packed full of people down from London and around about because it was a ...

I have been slacking!
Mar 12, 2007

Hi everyone! Sorry for the HUGE gap between entries in this! I am about to embark this friday on a month long backpacking trip with my friend Colleen, so this will be the way I will communicate with you all for a bit. To catch you up on my life ...

Attack of the Culture Curve
Jan 15, 2008 (8 photos)

... On a positive note,here is the review of the club we went to last Wednesday. We went to Oceana, a club in downtown Brighton which has student nights on Wednesdays. Once we got through the monstrous queue outside and the extremely long coat check line as ...

Brighton Day Trip
Nov 12, 2005 (12 photos)

... most amazing tofu dish I have ever eaten. Next we headed through the streets towards the smell of the ocean until we reached the Brighton Pier, which had a small amusement park. We went into a haunted house and I got cotton candy on a stick, which I have ...

From Bath to Brighton
Aug 19, 2005 (5 photos)

... then on to Brighton to tour the Royal Pavilion built in the early 1800's for the Prince Regent. We spent the night in Brighton on the English Channel. It's pretty scary at this point to realize how quickly we're looking at prices in pounds and thinking ...

Day trip to Brighton
Jun 4, 2008 (6 photos)

Made it to sunny & breezy Brighton today......took hop-on/hop-off bus through town itself, as well as stroll along famous Brighton Pier, witnessed locals enjoying rocky/pebbly beach. Another lovely seaside town with a nice feel to it.