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The Drive, HOVE, BN3 3PR

This retirement block along with Phillip Court occupies the area bounded by The Drive (B2185) to the west, Cromwell Road (B2120) to the north and Wilbury Road to the east. When the latter was laid out in the 1890s this area was given over to the Wilbury Road Lawn Tennis Club who retained occupancy of the area until the 1970s when it was closed and these blocks were built in its place. This view looks from Wilbury Road in a northerly direction towards Elizabeth Court.

Cambridge Grove is very reminiscent of the mews like streets of Kensington, a small mews that runs parallel with Cromwell Road (B2120) and the railway between Wilbury Villas and The Drive (B2185). All the houses are built on top of garages. The houses to the right form Cambridge Mews erected four years ago on the site of a former parcel depot. The light industrial units in the foreground to the right are part of the front view of Image] one of the first set up in Britain. This view looks west and was taken from my flat. On a clearer day the South Downs can be seen in the distance.

Taken from the junction with Cromwell Road. Not long after sunrise a few hardy souls are walking to work whilst much of the road and cars are under 8-10 inches of snow.

Late nineteenth century terracotta mansions with a touch of gothic built for the great and good of the era. Nowadays, like most top end Victorian buildings in this area, they have been subdivided into flats. The less fortunate have been demolished altogether and replaced by more modern faceless apartment blocks. The Drive is the B2185 that runs from the seafront to the A270 Old Shoreham Road. These houses are south of the crossroads with the B2120 Cromwell Road on the west side of the road. This view looks south.

Former late Victorian townhouse now subdivided into flats and located on the corner of Wilbury Road and Cromwell Road.