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Orchard Gardens, HOVE, BN3 7BH

Linking Orchard Road with Nevill Road, the small estate was built in the 1920s on the site of a former apple orchard some of whose trees survived in the back gardens of the newly built houses.

Linking Orchard Road with Nevill Road, the small estate was built in the 1920s on the site of a former apple orchard some of whose trees survived in the back gardens of the newly built houses.

On the western side of Hove Park. The small estate that is bounded by Old Shoreham Road, Nevill Road, the Greyhound stadium and the park was built on the site of an old apple orchard in the 1920s.

Hove Park's great claim to fame, the Goldstone, lies in its southwest corner. This huge rock, weighing about 20 tons, is commonly believed to have been used by the Druids for worship. http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/index.cfm?request=c1001368

I believe that I have placed this allegedly druidic stone "The Goldstone Dolmen" in the correct location, my recollection is that it was in the corner of the park opposite the old football ground.

A series of semi-detached houses lining the northern side of the A270 that were built in the late 1920s/early 1930s. Beyond is Hove Park with the new Park Lodge development in the far distance.

Linking Orchard Road with Orchard Gardens, the small estate was built in the 1920s on the site of a former apple orchard some of whose trees survived in the back gardens of the newly built houses. The works on Orchard Gardens are the rear of Dugard Precision Engineering who front out onto Old Shoreham Road. The Dugard family have had a long association with Eastbourne Eagles speedway team.

Situated in the south western corner legend has it the stone dropped onto the site whilst the Devil was digging his dyke in the Downs to the north. The big stone is set in a smaller ring of stones and was believed to be an ancient druids' meeting point. However, during the early part of the 19th century the contemporary farmer, whose land the stone was on, got so incensed by the continual visits of the 19th century druids and supporters he buried it in a secret location. This remained so until 1900 when it was finally located, dug up, and in 1906 placed in its current spot in the newly opened Hove Park.

The road has been blocked off to prevent it becoming a rat run for those avoiding the traffic lights at the A2023 and A270 junction. Orchard Road is the northern boundary of a small estate that was built in the 1920s on the site of a former apple orchard, a few trees did survive in the back gardens of the new houses. Hove Park is beyond the turn in the road.

A small parade of shops occupied by a deli, Indian restaurant and chartered surveyor, that were built in the late 1920s.