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Mayo Road, BRIGHTON, BN2 3RJ

Mainly original black bricks form the pavement built with the houses at the end of the 19th century. The kerbstones and gutter setts are igneous diorite brought from Guernsey.

Once the Victoria public house which opened in the late 1880s and closed in 2008 whereupon it was converted into two residences. Located on the corner of Richmond Road and Mayo Road.

A residential road that runs north from Richmond road then turns west as Image It was developed in the 1880s though only the eastern and north western side remains. On the left is Mayo Court built on the site of Mayo Laundry which closed sometime in the 1970s.

A residential road that runs from Ditchling Road to the corner in the distance where it becomes Image It was developed in the early 1880s and ascends then descends the brow of Round Hill opening up the view towards Bevendean at this point.

A residential road that runs from the corner of Image to the junction with Princes Crescent. It was developed in the early 1880s.

The industrial estate was built in 1986 on the site of the former Kemp Town branch railway that had operated between 1869 and 1971. The railway left the East Coastway line just out of shot to the right travelled over Lewes Road and Melbourne Road on a viaduct, Hartington Road by a smaller viaduct before tunnelling underneath the Hanover district and reaching its destination in Eastern Road. It was closed to the public in 1932 but retained its goods service until its closure. Part of the viaduct was removed in 1975 whilst the western half remained until 1983. A signal box behind this business unit remained until the late 1980s.

A residential road that links Roundhill Crescent to Richmond Road that was developed in the early 1880s.

Built on the site of the former Kemp Town branch railway, see Image for a full history. This part of the line was a coal yard until its closure in 1971 with the first station, Lewes Road, roughly where the white building is in the distance. This opened in 1873 and closed in 1932 when the line itself was closed to passenger traffic. The platforms remained in situ until the end and were removed in 1983 along with the last remaining portion of the viaduct.

See Image for a full history of the site built on the former Kemp Town branch railway. The current East Coastway line is beyond the fence whilst the unit on the far side is a recently erected building constructed on the site of a former council depot and municipal abattoir.

A view of the suburb from Race Hill with the arc of Roundhill Crescent visible in the foreground whilst Richmond Road and Wakefield Road follow the same trajectory but further up the hill. On the left the white roof belongs Brighton Railway Depot. On the right the high rise flats are Nettleton Court whilst to its left is Brighton Council's waste transfer station.