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Coombe Road, BRIGHTON, BN2 4EA

A residential road that links Lewes Road to Bevendean Road and as such is a bit of a rat run as those using this route avoid the Vogue Gyratory. The road was developed in stages with the western end in view completed during the 1900s and the eastern end further up the hill not finished until the early 1920s.

A residential road that runs between Coombe Road and Bear Road that was developed in the 1900s.

This is the view north down Ewhurst Rd which runs from Bear Rd to Coombe Rd

A residential road that runs between Baden Road and Dewe Road with this section to the west built in the 1900s and the eastern section not completed until the early 1920s. Like many roads on the estate named after those with connections to the Boer War, in this instance Sir Alfred Milner, British Commissioner in South Africa.

A residential road that runs between Coombe Road and Ladysmith Road. Developed in the early 1910s like most roads on the estate it is named after a connection with the Boer War.

A former factory building that has now been converted into flats. It was built at the end of the First World War specifically to employ disabled war veterans and initially occupied by Oppenheimer's National Diamond Works. Opened in 1918 the venture lasted only a few years being hit by the post war depression and the death of Bernard Oppenheimer and was wound up around 1924. It later became the home of Dentsply, who manufactured false teeth, until 1991 when they too closed. After a few years standing empty the building was totally refurbished and converted to residential use around 2000. There is another on the southern side of Coombe Road of which this is an extension that is also standing but is current used as a storage facility.

Located opposite Lewes Road retail park at the junction with Coombe Road

Much of the estate to the north of Bear Road is built on Bear Hill and these steps linking Kimberley Road to Coombe Road give some kind of idea of hosw steep in places the hill is. The view looks across the valley containing Lewes Road towards the railway line, hidden amongst the trees and the postwar housing estate built in Hollingdean.

A residential road that runs in an arc off Ladysmith Road to the south. It was developed in the early 1910s and like many roads on the estate named after connections with the Boer War.