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Ainsworth Avenue, BRIGHTON, BN2 7BG

A view of the modern part of the village that sprang up on Long Hill after 1919 initially as shacks and bungalows which were largely replaced by modern housing after the war. Built on a large former field called The South Laine according to Ovingdean's 1839 tithe map. The field in the foreground is Image, the road beyond Image, that running diagonally up the hill Image, and along the top Image In the distance is High Hill.

A residential road that runs diagonally down the western side of Long Hill between Image and Greenways. It was laid out in the 1920s following the line of a much older footpath and named after Victorian author Harrison Ainsworth who had resided in the village at Ovingdean Grange. Located on the site of a former field called The South Laine according to Ovingdean's 1839 tithe map. The old centre of the village can be seen in the distance beneath Cattle Hill. See also Image

A residential road that runs diagonally down the western side of Long Hill between Image and Greenways. It was laid out in the 1920s following the line of a much older footpath and named after Victorian author Harrison Ainsworth who had resided in the village at Ovingdean Grange. Located on the site of a former field called The South Laine according to Ovingdean's 1839 tithe map. The old centre of the village can be seen in the distance beneath Cattle Hill. See also Image

The modern part of the village as viewed from the eastern slope of Cattle Hill in almost monochrome due to the falling snow. The old centre of the village to the north is based around the 11th century church and continued that way until the 20th century when the land was sold from the last lord of the manor to pay off accrued gambling debts to Brighton corporation. Initially they undertook little building but shacks began to spring up along the ridge of what was known as Long Hill and this continued up to 1939. After the way the council took control of building removing many of the shacks and replacing them with modern buildings with utilities. Consequently the whole western slope of Long Hill has now been built upon.

A cul de sac off Image built in the mid 1960s.

Originally an ancient track that connected the village to Ovingdean Gap where the cliffs were low enough to allow access to the beach. The road runs up Greenway Bottom and was originally known as Greenway Road until it acquired its current name around 1933.

Viewed from the southern end where the road turns west and becomes Image with the junction of Image on the left. The road was laid out in the 1920s when Long Hill began to be populated with shacks and bungalows which were replaced after the war by more permanent structures. The highway heads north to a junction with Ovingdean Road on the eastern side of the hill.

A view from the surrounding hills

An ancient track now the principal route south out of Ovingdean to the A259. Prior to the existence of that road the route led to Ovingdean Gap a small dip in the cliffs lower enough to enable access to the beach below.

The name of the road, the southern most in Ovingdean, that links Greenways at the bottom of the hill with Longhill Road at the top. I'd imagine once the freeze set in this road was not the best for trying to drive up or down.