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Old Shoreham Road, HOVE, BN3 6FG

The A270 taken from the junction with Silverdale Road with a looming rain cloud overhead. Prior to the Brighton by-pass opening this was the A27.

The houses are between Glendale and Silverdale Road. Old Shoreham Road was once the main A27 trunk road now superseded by the bypass. The road follows the course of an old Roman Road to a former ferry crossing at Shoreham.

Another view of Image which can be seen clearer in this picture. The spur links the West Coastway Line with the main London-Brighton line without having to go into Brighton.

Opened in 1879 to connect the west coast line with the main London-Brighton line without the need to reverse or change engines at Brighton. Viewed from Burton Walk footbridge and looking towards Old Shoreham Road Bridge with the southern portal of Cliftonville Tunnel visible beyond.

Crossing the Cliftonville Spur. After the biggest fall of snow in the city for 18 years public transport ground to halt so this was the first of many people walking to work this morning.

The fields are bounded by BHASVIC (Brighton & Hove Sixth Form College) to the east, the Cliftonville Spur railway line to the west, Old Shoreham Road to the south and Dyke Road Park to the north. The section in view is on the western side near the railway with the floodlights of the County Ground visible in the distance. For a long time there has been questions over the ownership of the land which was resolved over the summer of 2015 whereby the pitches adjacent to BHASVIC in the east belonging to the college and the rest under ownership of Brighton & Hove Council. Although not designated a public park it has long been used by the locals as an open space which at times has run into conflict with neighbouring Cardinal Newman School who use the field as extra space for PE lessons and are responsible for its maintenance. In 2013 the site was selected by Michael Gove as the preferred site of a new free school which at least united the various parties in opposition which was eventually successful. As such it remains an open space though since September 2015 the council has banned dogs from most of the fields particularly during the week when in use. The field was originally a large triangular piece of pasture between Old Shoreham Road and Dyke Road that had become allotments by 1911 then subdivided between Dyke road park to the north and playing fields to the south during the inter-war years.

This is taken on the western side with the railway behind the trees to the left and the tennis courts behind the fence. Marked on the local A-Z atlas as the site of a miniature rifle range though the trees seem to offer seclusion to those who wish to sit around to drink and leave their rubbish behind.

Looking north east from the A270 Old Shoreham Road at the very edge of the square.

Residential street that heads west off Silverdale Road then turns south to join Lyndhurst Road. Currently basking in a bit of sunshine before the coming raincloud arrives.

Bhasvic is the general term used for Brighton and Hove Sixth Form College. Although primarily a private facility, ease of access means many others use the fields too. At present there is talk of selling part of the fields for housing.