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Lyndhurst Road, HOVE, BN3 6FZ

Tucked into the angle created by the main west coastway and Cliftonville spur railway junction.

Looking from Wilbury Villas bridge towards the point where the Cliftonville Spur leaves the West Coastway Line to join with the main London-Brighton line south of Preston Park. This was the first line to built in Sussex connecting Brighton to Shoreham and was opened in 1840, the Cliftonville Spur was added in 1879 to avoid changing at Brighton for those travelling to London.

Looking down towards the western end of the road with Lyndhurst Court the block of flats beyond.

Opened in 1905 by the London Brighton & South Coast Railway on the line from Brighton to Portsmouth, this station was adjacent to the site of Hove's first railway station, immediately behind the camera position. See Image In turn, this station, which had two parallel platforms built of timber, closed in 1956. Access was down steps from the Holland Road overbridge. View west towards the current Hove station and Portsmouth. No trace apparently remains.

On the left are Image whilst beyond are numbers 77-91 which were built in 1880 and originally known as Doone Terrace. Much of the northern part of the road had been built by 1900 the southern side was not completed until the 1930s.

A small footpath that links Wilbury Avenue with Silverdale Road, taking itself over the Cliftonville Spur railway line in the process. This view is taken from the Silverdale Road end looking north west over the footbridge. The house at the far end is the only residence in Burton Walk. The exit is around the corner just beyond.

Starts at the point where Lyndhurst Road turns 90 degrees north takes two turns to the east before ending at Silverdale Road. This section runs parallel with the Cliftonville Spur railway line which is to the left. This view looks north easterly from the first bend in the road.

Taken from left hand side of here, Image] this spot marks the site of the former station which was an intermediate stop between Brighton and Hove. The platforms were wooden and access was down a flight of stairs on each side from Holland Road. The station was closed in 1956 and nothing remains of its existence today. The line is the west coast one which links Brighton to Portsmouth and it is joined by the Cliftonville Spur, a link that enables trains to bypass Brighton Station, just behind the flats to the right. The bridge in the distance is this, Image] .

Viewed from footbridge at Silverdale Avenue Image

The road heads north before turning east towards a junction with Silverdale Road. About 10cm of snow fell overnight and by the looks of things nothing has attempted to drive down this road.