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Coombe Road, BRIGHTON, BN2 4EQ

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

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.

This cycle lane in Brighton passes behind the bus stop, enabling cyclists to pass stationary buses more safely.

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.

Showing Halfords and Comet

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.

The original barracks were built in 1793 and extended southwards to include what is now Image Over the years various parts were added and included housing to the west, see Image At the end of the 1980s the southern part was sold off and became a retail park whilst the housing was sold to the council. All former buildings, with one or two exceptions, were demolished with this building constructed in the section to the north for use by the Territorial Army who continued using the site until the turn of the century. Since then the site has been derelict awaiting development, a few schemes were put forward but nothing materialised until 2014 when it was announced that the neighbouring University of Brighton will take it over and build new faculty buildings and student residences. The houses behind are part of Saunders Park View beyond which is the railway line and west of that some buildings are visible in the postwar Hollingdean estate.

A residential road that runs between Milner Road and Natal Road. The estate was developed in the 1900s and the road names have many connections to the Boer War, in the instance General Sir Redvers Bullers who also had the neighbouring street named after him.

Built in the late 1980s on the southern part of the old Preston Barracks demolishing virtually all the original surviving buildings from the late 18th century in the process. There are three retail units though only two were occupied at this time, Halfords in view and B & Q through the trees to the right, both have been here since the park opened. The empty unit was occupied by Comet from 1990 until the end of 2012 when they went bust. The park is looking very shabby at the moment.

A residential road that runs between Coombe Road and Natal Road and was built sometime in the early 1900s. The building on the left is the rear of the University of Brighton's Mithras House built in 1966 as an administration block for Allen West Ltd, an engineering works, and sold to the then Polytechnic in 1977