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Woodland Drive, HOVE, BN3 7RA

viewed from Goldstone Crescent

Residential road that links Nevill Road, the A2023, with Dyke Road Avenue. The road here dips into the former Goldstone Bottom then climbs to the peak of Red Hill. The line of trees in the distance to the left is Three Cornered Copse, the titular woodland.

Begins at Nevill Road, the A2023, then dips into what was once Goldstone Bottom before ascending the slopes of Red Hill to its final destination Dyke Road. Very much a rat run along what is one of the more upmarket areas of the city. This is the section that forms the boundary with Hove Park which is beyond the trees to the right and heads towards the crossroads with Goldstone Crescent. Started developing in the late 1930s and again in the 1940s after the war.

A view across the junction with Woodland Drive at the northern point of Hove Park.

This is the western loop of the small railway opened in 1951. The southern loop is near The Droveway with the main station and sheds somewhere in between. The railway is not due to reopen until the end of March.

Viewed from the junction with Woodland Drive and having followed the eastern side of what was once Goldstone Bottom it now descends to run along the former valley floor for the rest of its course. The path on the right is the start of a bridleway that goes to Red Hill and Dyke Road. It connects Old Shoreham Road, the A270, with King George VI Avenue, the A2038, and consequently has been known to have been a bit of a rat run though this has lessened since the building of the bypass. As part of the deal in buying the land for Hove Park, the Nevill family had an option to develop what was soon known as Goldstone Crescent being marked as such on 1911 map. However, development was taken up until the 1920s and most of the length of road had been built upon by the end of the 1930s.

The cottages are former staff houses for workers for the former waterworks which is now the British Engineerium museum which is located behind the photographer on Woodland Drive.

2000 foot long track run by Brighton and Hove Society of Miniature Locomotive Engineers and opened to the public on set dates during the summer. http://www.hoveparkrailway.co.uk/

Looking back towards the junction with Goldstone Crescent with Woodland Avenue continuing beyond. Developed in the 1930s.

Cul-de-sac built in 1978 on the site of an old water board depot.