Brighton Seafront : Best-Known Victorian Seaside Resort

Brighton is best known as a seaside resort and is positioned 76 km south of London. It was created from the neighbouring but formerly separately governed towns of Brighton and Hove.

In the Georgian era, Brighton developed as a highly fashionable seaside resort, encouraged by the patronage of the Prince Regent, later King George IV, who spent much time in the town and constructed the Royal Pavilion in the Regency era. Brighton continued to grow as a major centre of tourism following the arrival of the railways in 1841, becoming a popular destination for day-trippers from London. Many of the major attractions were built in the Victorian era, including the Grand Hotel, the Hilton Brighton Metropole, the Palace Pier and the West Pier.