IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Madeira Drive, BRIGHTON, BN2 1FY
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Madeira Drive, BN2 1FY by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Map
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Image Listing (303 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Tunnel Entrance
Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-481340-tunnel-entrance-including-embankments-
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 13 Jul 2013
0.00 miles
2
Lewis Carrol's tunnel from Sussex Square to the beach, Brighton
Author Lewis Carroll used to spend his summers in the salubrious setting of Sussex Square in Brighton. He particularly liked being in the secluded gardens that were created in the square and neighbouring Lewes Crescent. Carroll, whose real name was the Rev Charles Dodgson, was always fascinated by the secret tunnel which goes from the gardens under the coast road towards the beach and he immortalised it by using it in the opening scene of his classic children’s story Alice In Wonderland. Alice falls down a rabbit hole which quickly becomes a steep, long, narrow tunnel and starts her amazing adventures.
The gardens were used for military purposes during the Second World War and the tunnel was bricked up. It didn’t re-open until after renovation in 1952.
Several films have been shot there including part of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever starring Barbra Streisand.
Image: © Matt Harrop
Taken: 24 May 2015
0.01 miles
3
Tunnel into Sussex Square gardens
The view as you travel north, away from the seafront toward Sussex Square using the private tunnel and gardens that, supposedly, inspired Lewis Carroll's Alice In Wonderland.
Image: © Matt Harrop
Taken: 27 May 2015
0.01 miles
5
Kemp Town, lamp post
One of a series on Marine Parade; elaborate cast-iron castings, with a two-armed head. Those on the other side of the road have a similar shaft, but simpler head.
Image: © Mike Faherty
Taken: 22 Sep 2018
0.02 miles
7
Brighton: Marine Parade & Lewes Crescent
The white terraced houses to the left are on the east side of Lewes Crescent with their gardens in front, while the road is the A259 Marine Parade.
Image: © Nigel Cox
Taken: 8 Jun 2008
0.03 miles
8
An Alice In Wonderland moment...
As I surveyed the hidden corners of the gardens at Sussex Square, where Lewis Carroll, it is said, was moved to create Alice In Wonderland, I was rather amazed to see a rabbit. He looked at me, paused, and headed off toward the tunnel.
Image: © Matt Harrop
Taken: 27 May 2015
0.03 miles
9
Empty Building, Black Rock
On the former cliff opposite the Black Rock terminus of the Volks Railway. Built the same time as the original Kemp Town development the former cliffs were sloped and made into gardens accessed via a tunnel that came out at this point between two small cottages. The tunnel has long been blocked and for a while it was a reading room. Currently empty though a 'for let' sign on the building seems to want to convert the building into a cafe. The road in the foreground is Madeira Drive.
Image: © Simon Carey
Taken: 11 Jan 2009
0.03 miles
