King's Road, Brighton
Introduction
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King's Road, Brighton
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 11 Oct 2015
The road was built in 1821-22 joining together a number of cliff top tracks that necessitated journeys travelling east to west required meandering up and down Ship Street and West Street. This was the eastern end that accessed the main commercial centre of the town via East Street. The road became a back street when Grand Junction Road was completed in 1829 which allowed unhindered travel along the entire seafront from Kemp Town to Brunswick and now forms the A259. Dr Brighton's on the left was built in the 1780s as the Star and Garter Hotel who advertised themselves in the 19th century as Dr Brighton. At the end of the road is the former ABC cinema which opened in 1929 and closed in 2000 and has now been converted into a casino and restaurant. On the right is the northern side of Image
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Image Location
Latitude
50.819891
Longitude
-0.139513