Following our walk from Brighton pier to Marine Parade we planned to return to the pier on the Volks Electric Railway, however accessing the station proved problematic. All walkways to the station platform were blocked off due to regeneration of the area. Rather than walk a very long way round we decided to follow the [...]
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Volks Electric Railway
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2023
St John the Baptist’s Church was the first Catholic Church in Brighton. The building of the church was funded by Maria Fitzherbert a wealthy widow from Shropshire who became the secret first wife of George, Prince of Wales who later became King George IV. The marriage was kept secret because at that time it was [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 27th 2023
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henry Van Dyke
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 23rd 2023
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Brighton i360
Brighton i360 was designed by the architectural company Marks Barfield, which also designed the London Eye. The building was conceived as a “vertical pier”. The tower is located at the shore end of the ruined West Pier, and the design recreated the original Italianate ticket booths of the West Pier, placed on either side of the entrance, serving [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2023
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The Grand Hotel, Brighton
In Brighton we stayed in a fabulous room with a view, just perfect for our special celebration.
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 15th 2023
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The Collector Earl’s Garden
The garden is a memorial to the 14th Earl of Arundel, an avid art collector. The garden has a central canal with a domed pergola and fountains. The centrepiece of the garden is a rockwork mountain planted with palms and ferns to represent another world. A green oak version of ‘Oberon’s Palace’ flanked by two [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2023
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Arundel Castle Water Gardens
The water gardens at Arundel Castle openened in 2020. The gardens feature three ponds connected by a boardwalk and rustic bridge. The ponds are historic ’stew ponds’ that originally contained fish to supply the castle and nearby Dominican Friary.
Head gardener Martin Duncan has re-designed the historic ‘stew ponds’ at Arundel Castle, keeping the original framework [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 6th 2023
