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{{Short description|Seaside resort in East Sussex, England}}
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 | official_name            = Hove
 | type                     = City of Brighton and Hove
 | local_name               = of Brighton and Hove
 | population               = 91,900
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 | constituency_westminster = [[Hove (UK Parliament constituency)|Hove]]
 | unitary_england          = [[Brighton and Hove]]
 | lieutenancy_england      = [[East Sussex]]
 | region                   = South East England
 | country                  = England
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'''Hove''' ({{IPAc-en|h|oʊ|v}} {{respell|HOHV}}) is a seaside town in [[East Sussex]], England. Alongside [[Brighton]], it is one of the two main parts of the [[City status in the United Kingdom|city]] of [[Brighton and Hove]].

Originally a fishing village surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th century in response to the development of its eastern neighbour Brighton; by the [[Victorian era]] it was a fully developed town with borough status. Neighbouring parishes such as [[Aldrington]] and [[Hangleton]] were annexed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The neighbouring urban district of [[Portslade]] was merged with Hove in 1974. In 1997, as part of [[1990s United Kingdom local government reform|local government reform]], the borough merged with [[Brighton]] to form the Borough of Brighton and Hove; this [[unitary authority]] was granted [[City status in the United Kingdom|city status]] in 2000.

==Name and etymology==
Old spellings of Hove include Hou ([[Domesday Book]], 1086), la Houue (1288), Huua (13th century), Houve (13th and 14th centuries), Huve (14th and 15th centuries), Hova (16th century) and Hoova (1675).<ref name="VCH-Hove">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp265-268|title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes. The Borough of Hove|editor-last=Salzman|editor-first=L.F.|editor-link=Louis Francis Salzman|year=1940|work=[[Victoria County History]] of Sussex|publisher=[[British History Online]]|pages=265–268|access-date=9 September 2016|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310104502/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp265-268|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="EncH&Pv7p89">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, p. 89.}}</ref>  The etymology was disputed at length during the 20th century as academics offered several competing theories. Suggestions included an [[Old Norse]] word meaning "hall", "sanctuary" or "[[Tumulus|barrow]]", in reference to the [[Bronze Age]] barrow near the present [[Palmeira Square]]; an [[Old English]] phrase ''æt þæm hofe'' meaning "at the hall";{{#tag:ref|This suggestion was given in ''[https://archive.org/stream/placenamesofsuss00robeiala/placenamesofsuss00robeiala_djvu.txt The Place-Names of Sussex]'' (1914) by R.G. Roberts.|group=note}} the Old English ''hufe'' meaning "shelter" or "covering"; and the [[Middle English]] ''hofe'' meaning "anchorage". No other places in Britain are called Hove, and single-syllable names as a whole are rare in Sussex.<ref name="EncH&Pv7p89"/>  The modern name was originally pronounced "Hoove" ({{IPAc-en|'|h|uː|v}}). The present pronunciation ({{IPAc-en|'|h|oʊ|v}}) "is comparatively recent".<ref name="EncH&Pv7p69">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, p. 69.}}</ref>

==Geography and topography==
[[File:Hove Lawns - geograph.org.uk - 1326650.jpg|thumb|Hove Lawns is a large sea front garden situated to the west of the main Hove Esplanade]]
[[File:Hovebeach.jpg|thumb|right|Hove [[Esplanade|promenade]] facing towards [[Brighton]]]]
Northern parts of Hove are built on [[chalk]] beds, part of the [[Chalk Group#White Chalk Subgroup|White Chalk Subgroup]] found across southeast England. There are also extensive areas of clay and sandy soil: areas of [[Woolwich Formation]] and [[Reading Formation]] clay, pockets of clay embedded with [[flint]], and a large deposit of [[brickearth]] in the Aldrington area.<ref name="EncH&Pv7p89"/>  Hove's beaches have the characteristics of a [[storm beach]],<ref name="EncH&Pv7p90">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, p. 90.}}</ref> and at high tide are entirely [[Shingle beach|shingle]], although low tide exposes sand between the sea-defence groynes, varying in extent from beach to beach. The water is then very shallow and suitable for paddling. On spring tides a greater expanse of sand is exposed beyond the end of the sea defences. The [[Metres above sea level|mean height above sea level]] of land in the old parish of Hove varied between {{convert|22|and|190|ft|m}}. After Hove became a borough and expanded to incorporate land from neighbouring parishes, the highest point was approximately {{convert|590|ft|m}} above sea level.<ref name="EncH&Pv7p90"/>  There are no rivers in Hove, but Westbourne Gardens at the western boundary of the old parish is named after the "West [[Bourne (stream)|Bourne]]", which was still visible in the 19th century but which now runs underground, and a map of 1588 shows another stream called East Brook.<ref name="ASON1">{{Harvnb|s.n.|1998|p=1.}}</ref>

Until the 19th century the {{convert|778|acre|ha|adj=on}} parish was mostly agricultural. Three farms—Wick, Goldstone and Long Barn—dominated the area and owned most of the land, which was of good quality: agricultural writer [[Arthur Young (agriculturist)|Arthur Young]] described it as "uncommonly rich". Crops including oats, barley, corn and various vegetables were grown. Only in the 1870s were the last of the [[market garden]]s near Hove Street built over, and barley was grown near Eaton Road until the [[County Cricket Ground, Hove|county cricket ground]] was built. Water was provided by wells west of Hove Street and between the coast road and the sea (the latter was destroyed in the [[Great Storm of 1703]]). The [[chalybeate]] spring on the Wick Farm estate{{#tag:ref|Now the site of [[St. Ann's Well Gardens, Hove|St Ann's Well Gardens]].|group=note}} was also used, especially by shepherds who drove their sheep between Hove, the [[South Downs]] and nearby villages along ancient [[Drovers' road|drove roads]].<ref name="Middleton1–2">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|pp=1–2.}}</ref>  Some local shepherds supplemented their income by catching [[lark]]s and [[northern wheatear]]s and selling them for their meat; the latter were popular among fashionable visitors to Brighton. The birds were common on the hills and valleys around Hove, such as Goldstone Bottom. The practice died out when wheatears became a protected species in the late 18th century.<ref name="Middleton10–11">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|pp=10–11.}}</ref>  The urban growth of Hove has shifted sheep-farming to more isolated parts of the South Downs, but several drove roads survive today as roads or footpaths. Hove Street and its northward continuation Sackville Road were originally known as ''Hove Drove'' and led on to the Downs. A long west–east route which crossed [[West Blatchington]], Hove and Preston parishes on its way to [[Lewes]] now bears the names The Droveway, The Drove and Preston Drove. The section called The Droveway, on which the [[British Engineerium|Goldstone Waterworks]] was built in the 1860s, had to be maintained as a right of way when [[Hove Park]] was built. A long diagonal footpath once known as Dyer's Drove runs for several miles from Portslade-by-Sea on to the Downs, and Drove Road in Portslade village may have been used since Roman times.<ref name="EncH&Pv4p34–36">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 4, pp. 34–36.}}</ref>

A large [[Sarsen]] stone called the Goldstone stood on farmland northwest of the village, now part of [[Hove Park]]. Links with druids were claimed; and some 19th-century sources stated it was part of a ring of stones similar to [[Stonehenge]], and that the others were buried in a pond at Goldstone Bottom, one of the [[Combe|coombes]] (small dry valleys) between the Downs and the sea.<ref name="VCH-Hove"/><ref name="Middleton28">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|p=28.}}</ref>  The Goldstone was dug up and buried by a farmer, but was unearthed and re-erected in a new position in the park{{#tag:ref|At {{coord|50.839433|-0.173735}}|group=note}} in 1906.<ref name="Middleton29">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|p=29.}}</ref>

Hove has little ancient woodland. Only two small areas survive: one in [[St. Ann's Well Gardens, Hove|St Ann's Well Gardens]], and The Three Cornered Copse in the Tongdean area. The latter covers {{convert|11|acre|ha}} and belonged to the [[Marquess of Abergavenny]] until Hove Borough Council bought it in January 1935. Trees in the copse include ash, beech, elm and sycamore, although more than 120 mature beech trees were blown down in the [[Great storm of 1987]].<ref name="EncH&Pv14p23">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 14, p. 23.}}</ref>

Much of Hove is urbanised, but in 1994 there were {{convert|896|ha|acre}} of downland—about 37.5% of the total acreage of the then borough.<ref name="EncH&Pv7p80–81">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, pp. 80–81.}}</ref>  In common with other parts of the South Downs, much of land has been used as sheep pasture, but crop farming also takes place and large areas of land were claimed for military training during [[World War II]].<ref name="EncH&Pv13p82">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 13, p. 82.}}</ref>  Toads Hole Valley, a {{convert|92|acre|ha|adj=on}} triangular site south of the Brighton Bypass,<ref name="EncH&Pv14p28">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 14, p. 28.}}</ref> is "the last piece of unspoiled downland in Hove".<ref name="EncH&Pv8p35">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 8, p. 35.}}</ref>  It has been privately owned since 1937 and has been proposed for urban development for many years:<ref name="EncH&Pv14p28"/> in 2002 it was stated that "controversy rages over the future use of this land".<ref name="EncH&Pv8p35"/>

===Acreage===
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! Date
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|To 19th century
|{{convert|778|acre|ha}}
|Extent of original parish
|<ref name="VCH-Hove"/><ref name="EncH&Pv7p80">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, p. 80.}}</ref>
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|1874
|{{convert|785.5|acre|ha}}
|[[Ordnance Survey]] map of 1874
|<ref name="EncH&Pv7p80"/>
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|1894
|{{convert|1594|acre|ha}}
|Aldrington parish added
|<ref name="EncH&Pv7p80"/>
|-
|1 April 1928
|{{convert|4010|acre|ha}}
|Preston Rural, West Blatchington and Patcham (part) parishes added
|<ref name="EncH&Pv7p80"/>
|-
|1940
|{{convert|3953|acre|ha}}
|Reported in ''[[Victoria County History]] of Sussex''
|<ref name="VCH-Hove"/>
|-
|1994
|{{convert|5896|acre|ha}}
|
|<ref name="EncH&Pv7p80"/>
|}

===Climate===
Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year-round. The [[Köppen Climate Classification]] subtype for this climate is "[[Köppen climate classification#Group C: Temperate/mesothermal climates|Cfb]]" (Marine West Coast Climate/[[Oceanic climate]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=591135&cityname=Hove,+England,+United+Kingdom&units=|title=Travel Weather Averages (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|access-date=2 May 2018|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123082907/https://www.weatherbase.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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== History and development ==

=== Pre-Roman evidence ===
Fossilised remains from the [[Pleistocene]] era have been found in three locations in Hove: an {{convert|11|lb|2|oz|kg|adj=on}} [[Molar (tooth)|molar]] from ''[[Straight-tusked elephant|Elephas antiquus]]'', excavated from the garden of a house in Poplar Avenue; teeth from a juvenile elephant deep in the soil at Ventnor Villas; and a prehistoric horse's tooth in the soil near Hove Street.<ref name="EncH&Pv7p78">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, p. 78.}}</ref>

During building work near [[Palmeira Square]] in 1856–57, workmen uncovered a substantial burial mound.<ref name="Middleton51">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|p=51.}}</ref> A prominent feature of the landscape since 1200 BC,{{#tag:ref|[[Radiocarbon dating]] dated the coffin inside the burial mound to 1239 BC.<ref name="Middleton49"/>|group=note}} the {{convert|20|ft|m}}-high tumulus<ref name="Middleton49">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|p=49.}}</ref> yielded, among other treasures, the [[Hove amber cup]]. Made of translucent red Baltic amber and approximately the same size as a regular china tea cup, the artefact can be seen in the [[Hove Museum and Art Gallery]]. Only one other has been found in Britain. Also buried in the coffin in which the amber cup was found were a stone battle-axe, a [[Sharpening stone|whetstone]] and a bronze dagger whose appearance is characteristic of the [[Wessex culture]].<ref name="Middleton51"/>

=== Domesday Book ===
There are entries for Brighton and Portslade (Bristelmestune and Porteslage) and small downland settlements like Hangleton (Hangetone), but nothing for the location of Hove itself.

=== Middle Ages and Renaissance ===
The first known settlement in Hove was around the 12th century when [[St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove|St Andrew's Church]] was established. Hove remained insignificant for centuries, consisting of just a single street running north–south some 250&nbsp;m from the church, which by the 16th century was recorded as being in ruins.
[[Hangleton Manor Inn|Hangleton Manor]] is a well-preserved 16th-century [[flint]] manor building. It is believed to have been built {{Circa|1540}} for Richard Bel(l)ingham, twice [[High Sheriff of Sussex]], whose initials are carved into a fireplace, and whose [[coat of arms]] adorns a period plaster ceiling. The Manor is currently serving as a pub-restaurant and whilst it was once on open downland, it is now surrounded by the 20th-century [[Hangleton]] housing estate.

===18th century===
In 1723 a traveller, the antiquary [[John Warburton (officer of arms)|John Warburton]], wrote, 'I passed through a ruinous village called Hove which the sea is daily eating up and is in a fair way of being quite deserted; but the church being quite large and a good distance from the shore may perhaps escape'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sussexhistory.co.uk/sussex-coast/sussex-coast%20-%200284.htm |title=THE SUSSEX COAST |access-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210200159/http://www.sussexhistory.co.uk/sussex-coast/sussex-coast%20-%200284.htm |archive-date=10 December 2015  }}</ref> Nevertheless, in around 1702 The Ship Inn had been built at the seaward end of the main street, and was therefore vulnerable to erosion of the coast.

In 1724, [[Daniel Defoe]] wrote in reference to the south coast, 'I do not find they have any foreign commerce, except it be what we call smuggling and roguing; which I may say, is the reigning commerce of all this part of the English coast, from the mouth of the Thames to the [[Land's End]] in [[Cornwall]]."<ref>Defoe, Daniel (1724). ''A Tour Thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain: Letter III''. London.</ref>

The fertile coastal plain west of the Brighton boundary had significant deposits of [[brickearth]] and by c.1770 a brickfield had been established on the site of what would become Brunswick Square. Later, other brickfields were established further west, remaining until displaced by housing development.

=== Regency and Victorian developments ===
The census of 1801 recorded only 101 residents to Brighton's 7,339. By 1821, the year the Prince Regent was crowned [[George IV]], the population had risen to 312,<ref name="Middleton J. 1983">Middleton J. (1983) Hove in old picture postcards, introduction</ref> while that of Brighton, which became a highly fashionable resort during the Regency, had also trebled, to 24,429. <ref>The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol III, (1847), London, Charles Knight, p.&nbsp;809.</ref> The dwellings were then still clustered on Hove Street, surrounded by an otherwise empty landscape of open farmland. This relative isolated location of Hove, compared to Brighton, was ideal for smuggling and there was considerable illicit activity. Hove smugglers became notorious, with contraband often being stored in the now partially repaired St. Andrew's Church. Tradition has it that The Ship Inn was a favourite rendezvous for the smugglers, and in 1794 soldiers were billeted there. In 1818 there was a pitched battle on Hove beach between revenue men and smugglers, from which the latter emerged as the victors. As part of the concerted drive by Parliament to combat smuggling, a coastguard station was opened at the southern end of Hove Street in 1831, next to The Ship Inn.

[[Bull-baiting]] took place on [[Saint Andrew's Day]] and on the Tuesday after Easter Sunday, but the practice ceased after 1810 when a bull broke free and ran through the crowd. The [[bullring]] was between the coast road and the beach, southwest of Hove Street,<ref name="Middleton3">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|p=3.}}</ref> and the fights were promoted by the Ship Inn—which also organised cockfighting matches, even after this activity was made illegal.<ref name="EncH&Pv13p44">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 13, p. 44.}}</ref>

In the years following the Coronation of 1821 the [[Brunswick (Hove)|Brunswick estate]] of large [[Regency architecture|Regency]] houses with a theatre, riding schools and their own police was developed on the seafront near the boundary with Brighton. Although within Hove parish the residents of these elegant houses avoided the name of the impoverished village a mile to the west as an address.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} Straggling development along the coast loosely connected the estate to fashionable Brighton, so that name was used instead.

Dating from 1822, the Brighton to Shoreham turnpike crossed the north of Hove parish along the route of the present Old Shoreham Road.

The Brighton and Hove Gas Company was established in 1825 and built a gasworks next to [[St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove|St Andrew's Church]] in 1832. Houses in Brunswick Terrace were the first to be lit by gas. Production moved to a new gasworks at Portslade in 1871 and the Hove works became a storage facility. The site at Portslade was close to Shoreham Harbour, so coal could be transported to it directly. Increasing demand for gas meant a new {{convert|154|x|40|ft|m}} gasholder, one of the largest in Sussex, was built on the Hove site in 1877. Of novel construction for the time, it was used until September 1994.<ref name="EncH&Pv6p4">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 6, p. 4.}}</ref>

By 1831 the development of the eastern end of the parish had increased the population to 1,360 <ref name="Middleton J. 1983"/> but this brought few economic benefits to Hove village itself, with the historian Thomas Horsfield describing it in 1835 as 'a mean and insignificant assemblage of huts'.

[[St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove|St Andrew's Church]] was reconstructed and enlarged to its present form in 1836, to the design of the architect [[George Basevi]] (1794–1845), and features prominently in the background of paintings of the period.<ref name="EncH&Pv12p24-25">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 12, pp. 24–25.}}</ref> About this time, a very substantial and tall wall was built between the churchyard and adjoining gasworks, remaining in place to this day.

The flat coastal plain was useful for sport as from 1848 to 1871 England's oldest county club, [[Sussex County Cricket Club]], used the [[Royal Brunswick Ground]] in Hove, situated roughly on the site of present-day Third and Fourth Avenues. In 1872 the club moved to the present [[County Cricket Ground, Hove]].

Two further large estates were developed between Hove village and Brunswick, and both avoided using the name Hove: Cliftonville was designed, laid out and initially developed under [[Frederick Banister]] from the late 1840s;<ref name="Federick Dale Banister">{{cite web|url=http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Dale_Banister|title=Federick Dale Banister|publisher=GracesGuide.co.uk|access-date=10 February 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927154258/http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Dale_Banister|archive-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> and West Brighton Estate in the 1870s.

West of Brunswick, the seafront of West Brighton Estate forms the end of a series of avenues, in numerical order beginning with First Avenue, mostly composed of fine [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] villas built as another well-integrated housing scheme featuring mews for artisans and service buildings. Grand Avenue, The Drive, and the numbered avenues were developed through the 1870s and 1880s, with many of the buildings constructed by [[William Willett]].

Hove's wide boulevards contrast with the bustle of Brighton, although many of the grand Regency and Victorian mansions have been converted into flats. Marlborough Court was once the residence of the [[Consuelo Vanderbilt|Duchess of Marlborough]], aunt of [[Winston Churchill]]. The Irish nationalist leader and Home Rule MP [[Charles Stewart Parnell]] used to visit his lover, the already married [[Katharine O'Shea|Kitty O'Shea]] at the house she rented in 1883 in Medina Villas, Hove. In the subsequent divorce action the cook alleged that Captain O’Shea returned home unexpectedly and Parnell beat a hasty retreat by climbing over the balcony and down a rope ladder.<ref name="Middleton J. 1983 p.37">Middleton J. (1983) Hove in old picture postcards, p.37</ref> Parnell died at Hove in 1891 after marrying Kitty following her divorce.

The [[Hove Club]], a private members' club located at 28 Fourth Avenue, was founded in 1882.<ref name="The Hove Club: About Us">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehoveclub.com/about-us-1/|title=The Hove Club - About Us|website=thehoveclub.com|access-date=2 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015200045/http://www.thehoveclub.com/about-us-1/|archive-date=15 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="The Hove Club: Contact Us">[http://www.thehoveclub.com/contact-us/ The Hove Club: Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110142240/http://www.thehoveclub.com/contact-us/ |date=10 November 2013 }}</ref>

=== Twentieth century ===
In the 1910s eleven cottages were built on the beach on the Western Esplanade between Hove Lagoon and [[Portslade]]. Named Seaside Villas, these houses have attracted a number of famous residents. [[War poet]]s [[David Jones (artist-poet)|David Jones]] and [[Robert Graves]] spent time there, as did the playwright [[Joe Orton]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review/1/1/Robert Graves's Favourite Poem? The One that Saved his Life |url=https://www.robertgravesreview.org/essay.php?essay=416&tab=6 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=www.robertgravesreview.org}}</ref> More recently it has been home to celebrities such as [[Adele]], [[David Walliams]], [[Zoe Ball]] and [[Heather McCartney]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Graves |first1=Kieran |last2=Drake |first2=Matt |date=18 April 2022 |title=Brighton Millionaire Row is 'Britain's answer to Malibu' |url=https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/news/sussex-news/western-esplanade-brighton-millionaire-row-6966924 |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=sussexlive |language=en}}</ref> Another resident, DJ [[Fatboy Slim|Fat Boy Slim]], owns the nearby Big Beach Cafe.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 January 2021 |title=Have you spotted Fatboy Slim working in the Big Beach Cafe in Hove? |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/18985800.turns-good-waiter-says-fatboy/ |access-date=31 July 2023 |website=The Argus |language=en}}</ref>

In 1966 [[Hove Town Hall]] designed by eminent architect [[Alfred Waterhouse]] burned down. It was replaced by a Brutalist building designed by local architect [[John Wells-Thorpe]].

===First World War===
[[File:Hove War Memorial (04).JPG|thumb|[[Hove War Memorial]] on Grand Avenue]]
{{main|Hove War Memorial}}
Over 600 men from Hove were killed in the First World War. After the armistice, the town established a war memorial committee to decide on commemoration of the dead. The committee commissioned [[Sir Edwin Lutyens]], the architect responsible for [[The Cenotaph, Whitehall|the Cenotaph]] on London's Whitehall which became the focus of [[national memory|national remembrance]] services. Lutyens proposed a similar cenotaph for Hove and went as far as constructing a wooden mock-up which was displayed on Hove Lawns but the committee rejected the design. The eventual result was a statue of Saint George atop a column, situated in the centre of Grand Avenue. The memorial does not contain the names of the fallen, which are instead recorded on a bronze plaque in [[Hove Library]].<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1187556 |desc=Hove War Memorial|access-date=27 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Skelton|first1=Tim|last2=Gliddon|first2=Gerald|title=Lutyens and the Great War|year=2008|publisher=[[Frances Lincoln Publishers]]|location=London|isbn=9780711228788|pages=75, 169}}</ref>

===Second World War===
At the outbreak of war, the recently completed Hove Marina [[leisure centre]] was immediately requisitioned as a training base for new officers of the [[Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve]] (RNVR) and was given the title {{HMS|King Alfred|1939 shore establishment|6}}. The establishment opened on 11 September 1939 and later expanded into [[Lancing College]]. By the end of the war, the base had trained 22,508 British, Commonwealth and allied officers for active sea service.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/King_Alfred_1.htm#.Xx25GpuSmUl |title=A History of HMS King Alfred |first=Drury|last=Tony |website=www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk |access-date=26 July 2020}}</ref>

On 22 September 1939, the second [[Anglo-French Supreme War Council]] was held at Hove Town Hall to discuss the progress of the war and define future strategy. The British delegation included the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], [[Neville Chamberlain]] and the Foreign Secretary, [[Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|Lord Halifax]], while the French party was led by the [[Minister of Defence (France)|Minister of Defence]] and [[Prime Minister of France]], [[Édouard Daladier]] and [[Chief of the Defence Staff (France)|Commander-in-Chief of the Armies]], [[Maurice Gamelin]]. Also present was Sir [[Alexander Cadogan]] who related that the town hall staff had only been told to expect some government officials, with the result that the prime minister was greeted with the exclamation; "Chamberlain! [[Wikt:cor blimey|Cor Blimey]]!".<ref>{{cite book |last=Moorhouse |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Moorhouse |date=2019 |title=First to Fight: The Polish War 1939 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8cx9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT130 |location=London |publisher=Bodley Head |page=182 |isbn=978-1847924605 |access-date=24 September 2020 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123082907/https://books.google.com/books?id=8cx9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT130 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Brighton and Hove area was subjected to heavy bombing by the ''[[Luftwaffe]]'' between 1940 and 1944, known collectively as the "[[Brighton Blitz]]", which resulted in the deaths of 198 civilians.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.culture24.org.uk/places-to-go/south-east/brighton-and-hove/tra27768 |title=In The Line Of Fire - Brighton in World War Two |last=Spicer |first=Graham |date=29 April 2005 |website=www.culture24.org.uk |access-date=26 July 2020 |archive-date=17 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817221509/https://www.culture24.org.uk/places-to-go/south-east/brighton-and-hove/tra27768 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Governance and politics==
{{see also|Public services in Brighton and Hove}}
[[File:Coat of Arms of Hove Borough, Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove (May 2020).jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|right|The Arms of the former Hove Borough on Hove Town Hall.]]

===Former Hove borough===
[[File:Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove (October 2012).JPG|thumb|[[Hove Town Hall]], completed in 1974]]
The [[Civil parish#Ancient parishes|ancient parish]] of Hove originally consisted of only {{convert|778|acres}} and in 1801 had a population of just 101.<ref name="VCH">{{cite book |editor-last=Salzman |editor-first=L F |date=1940 |title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp265-268 |location=London |publisher=Victoria County History |pages=265–268 |access-date=6 December 2019 |archive-date=6 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206141513/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp265-268 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1829, local landowners petitioned parliament for powers to improve the [[Brunswick, Hove|Brunswick Town]] area of Hove with paving, lighting and drainage, resulting in the appointment of a body known as the Brunswick Commissioners in the following year. Subsequently, further commissioners were appointed for West Hove and to administer the Hove Police, all three bodies being united by the Hove Commissioners Act of 1873. In 1893 the civil parish of [[Aldrington]] was joined to Hove and in 1894, the Hove Commissioners were replaced by an [[Urban district (England and Wales)|Urban District Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f2b9528c-09ad-45a6-9e98-b26a08618653 |title=Records of Hove Borough Council and its predecessors |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |access-date=27 July 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727221434/https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/f2b9528c-09ad-45a6-9e98-b26a08618653 |url-status=live }}</ref> Finally in 1898 the [[Municipal Borough]] of Hove received its [[royal charter]]. This was enlarged in 1927 by the addition of the parishes of [[Preston Village, Brighton|Preston Rural]] and [[Hangleton]] along with parts of [[West Blatchington]] and [[Patcham]]. The corporation consisted of a [[Mayors in England|mayor]], ten [[Alderman|aldermen]], and thirty [[councillor]]s, elected from ten [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|ward]]s. The first [[town hall]] was built in 1882.<ref name="VCH"/> On 1 April 1997 Brighton Borough Council and [[Borough of Hove|Hove]] Borough Council were merged to form [[Brighton and Hove City Council]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/about/history/history/ |title=History of East Sussex County Council |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.eastsussex.gov.uk |publisher=East Sussex County Council |access-date=27 July 2020 |archive-date=23 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823162432/https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/yourcouncil/about/history/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Coat of arms===
While it was still a separate entity, Hove had its own [[coat of arms]]. The [[Escutcheon (heraldry)|escutcheon's]] official heraldic description is "Tierced in [[Pall (heraldry)|pairle]]: 1. [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] a [[Saltire#Heraldry and vexillology|saltire]] [[Azure (heraldry)|azure]] voided [[argent]]; 2. [[Gules]] two pairs of leg-irons interlaced argent; 3. [[Check (pattern)|Checky]] or and azure three [[martlet]]s or, all in a [[Bordure|border]] [[Ermine (heraldry)|ermine]] [[Charge (heraldry)|charged]] with six martlets or". The design incorporates several features relevant to Hove's history. The ships of the French raiders who repeatedly attacked the coast in the Brighton and Hove area in the 16th century are represented by the crest. The [[saltire]] of [[Andrew the Apostle|Saint Andrew]] and the leg-shackles of [[Leonard of Noblac]] refer to the ancient [[parish church]]es of Hove and [[Aldrington]], [[St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove|St Andrew's]] and [[St Leonard's Church, Aldrington|St Leonard's]] respectively.  [[William de Warenne, 1st Earl of Surrey]] held land in the [[Rape of Lewes]] at the time of the [[Norman conquest of England|Norman Conquest]] including the territory covered by Hove; his colours were blue and gold, represented by the chequerboard pattern in the background of the shield.<ref name="Willy32">{{Harvnb|Willy|1978|p=32.}}</ref>

== Commercial ==
The town centre received substantial renovation in the late 1990s when the popular George Street was pedestrianised. Some concern about the pedestrianisation and its impact (supposedly killing trade) was expressed by residents, the local newspaper ''[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]'', and small locally owned shops. However, these fears proved unfounded. In 2003 these small shops were joined by the centre's first large supermarket (a [[Tesco]]), built on the site of a former [[gasometer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6728127.the-great-tesco-takeover/|title=The great Tesco takeover|website=The Argus|date=8 September 2003 |language=en|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524084918/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6728127.the-great-tesco-takeover/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[Image:Uk FloralClockHove.jpg|thumb|right|Floral Clock, [[Palmeira Square]]]]

== Landmarks and attractions ==
===Places of worship===
{{See also|List of places of worship in Brighton and Hove|List of demolished places of worship in Brighton and Hove}} 
[[File:All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove (April 2014).JPG|thumb|right|[[All Saints Hove|All Saints]] is the [[Church of England parish church]] of Hove.]]
Ecclesiastically, Hove was part of a joint parish with [[Preston Village, Brighton|Preston]] between 1531 and 1879. The newly separate parish of Hove was then split several times in the late 19th and 20th centuries as the population grew and more [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] churches were built.<ref name="VCH-Hove"/>  [[St Andrew's Church, Church Road, Hove|St Andrew's Church]] near the top end of Hove Street was the ancient [[parish church]] but was in ruins by the 1830s, when it was rebuilt<ref name="VCH-Hove"/> in a [[Neo-Gothic]] style.<ref name="Dale73">{{Harvnb|Dale|1989|p=73.}}</ref>  [[St Helen's Church, Hangleton|St Helen's Church]] at Hangleton, lightly [[Victorian restoration|restored]] in the 1870s, retains the style of a simple Sussex downland church.<ref name="VCH-Hangleton">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp277-281|title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes. Parishes: Hangleton|editor-last=Salzman|editor-first=L.F.|editor-link=Louis Francis Salzman|year=1940|work=[[Victoria County History]] of Sussex|publisher=[[British History Online]]|pages=277–281|access-date=9 September 2016|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309190809/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp277-281|url-status=live}}</ref>  [[St Peter's Church, West Blatchington|St Peter's Church]] was abandoned and fell to ruins in the 17th century when West Blatchington became depopulated, but it was rebuilt in the 1890s.<ref name="VCH-WestBlatchington">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp242-244|title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes. Parishes: West Blatchington|editor-last=Salzman|editor-first=L.F.|editor-link=Louis Francis Salzman|year=1940|work=[[Victoria County History]] of Sussex|publisher=[[British History Online]]|pages=242–244|access-date=9 September 2016|archive-date=6 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806115009/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp242-244|url-status=live}}</ref> [[St Leonard's Church, Aldrington|St Leonard's]], the parish church of Aldrington, was also ruinous until 1878 when local population growth necessitated its restoration.<ref name="VCH-Aldrington">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp275-276|title=A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes. Parishes: Aldrington|editor-last=Salzman|editor-first=L.F.|editor-link=Louis Francis Salzman|year=1940|work=[[Victoria County History]] of Sussex|publisher=[[British History Online]]|pages=275–276|access-date=9 September 2016|archive-date=6 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306213646/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/sussex/vol7/pp275-276|url-status=live}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|The dedication is incorrectly recorded as ''St Nicholas'' in the ''Victoria County History of Sussex''.|group=note}}

[[St Andrew's Church, Waterloo Street, Hove|A second church dedicated to St Andrew]] opened on the Brunswick estate in 1828.  [[St John the Baptist's Church, Hove|St John the Baptist's]] was built on [[Palmeira Square]] in 1852, followed by [[St Patrick's Church, Hove|St Patrick's]] nearby in 1858 and [[Holy Trinity Church, Hove|Holy Trinity]] in central Hove in 1864.  [[St Barnabas Church, Hove|St Barnabas]] served the poorer areas around Sackville Road from 1883; [[All Saints Hove|All Saints]] on Eaton Road dates from 1889 to 1891;<ref name="VCH-Hove"/> [[St Philip's Church, Hove|St Philip's]] was built in 1895 as a second church for Aldrington,<ref name="VCH-Aldrington"/> and opened a mission hall (now Holy Cross Church) in the Poets' Corner area in 1903;<ref name="EncH&Pv12p151–152">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 12, pp. 151–152.}}</ref> St Thomas the Apostle opened on Davigdor Road in 1909;<ref name="EncH&Pv12p103">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 12, p. 103.}}</ref> St Agnes was built north of Hove station in 1913;<ref name="VCH-Hove"/> [[Bishop Hannington Memorial Church]] opened in West Blatchington in 1939;<ref name="NHLE-1298638">{{NHLE|num=1298638|desc=Bishop Hannington Memorial Church, Holmes Avenue (east side), Hove|grade=II|access-date=6 December 2019}}</ref> and The Knoll estate has been served by St Richard's Church since 1961, replacing a 1930s church hall.<ref name="EncH&Pv12p153">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 12, p. 153.}}</ref>  Four of these churches have closed: St Agnes in 1977,<ref name="EncH&Pv12p21">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 12, p. 21.}}</ref> St Andrew's in Brunswick Town in 1990,<ref name="EncH&Pv12p36">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 12, p. 36.}}</ref> St Thomas in 1993<ref name="EncH&Pv12p103"/> and Holy Trinity in 2007.<ref name="Argus-11730073">{{cite web |title=Plans to convert derelict church into surgery back on |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11730073.Plans_to_convert_derelict_church_into_surgery_back_on/ |last=Yeomans |first=Emma |publisher=[[Newsquest|Newsquest Media Group]] |date=16 January 2015 |work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |access-date=16 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628180348/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11730073.Plans_to_convert_derelict_church_into_surgery_back_on/ |archive-date=28 June 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>  All Saints Church, a Grade I-listed building by [[John Loughborough Pearson]], became the parish church of Hove in 1892.<ref name="VCH-Hove"/>

The [[Church of the Sacred Heart, Hove|Church of the Sacred Heart]] was Hove's first Roman Catholic church. It was founded in 1876 by [[St Mary Magdalen's Church, Brighton|St Mary Magdalen's Church]] in Brighton, whose first priest left money in his will for a church in Hove. Work was delayed by disputes over the site, but after land on Norton Road was secured construction started in 1880 and the west end was finished in 1887.<ref name="TS-Hove">{{cite web|url=http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Arundel-and-Brighton/Hove-The-Sacred-Heart|title=Hove – The Sacred Heart|publisher=Catholic Trust for England and Wales and [[English Heritage]]|year=2011|access-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113546/http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Arundel-and-Brighton/Hove-The-Sacred-Heart|archive-date=24 February 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>  The Sacred Heart in turn founded a mission church in 1902 to serve the Aldrington and Portland Road areas of Hove. St Peter's Hall was used until the "startling" [[basilica]]-style red-brick [[St Peter's Church, Aldrington|St Peter's Church]] was opened in 1915.<ref name="TS-Aldrington">{{cite web|url=http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Arundel-and-Brighton/Hove-St-Peter|title=Hove – St Peter|publisher=Catholic Trust for England and Wales and [[English Heritage]]|year=2011|access-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527231826/https://www.webcitation.org/6kOlySlpS?url=http://taking-stock.org.uk/Home/Dioceses/Diocese-of-Arundel-and-Brighton/Hove-St-Peter|archive-date=27 May 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>  [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]] was said in Hangleton from the 1940s in a hall and at the Grenadier pub, but in the 1950s land on Court Farm Road was bought for a church and St George's Church opened in 1968. It serves West Blatchington and Hangleton,<ref name="EncH&Pv12pp77–78">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 12, pp. 77–78.}}</ref> and is now part of a joint parish with [[Southwick, West Sussex|Southwick]] and [[Portslade]].<ref name="Directory92">{{Harvnb|The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton|2016|p=92.}}</ref>

Hove was included in the Lewes and Brighton [[Governance of the Methodist Church of Great Britain|Methodist Circuit]] from 1808, although at times during the 19th century no Methodists ([[Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)|Wesleyan]], [[Primitive Methodist Church|Primitive]] or [[Bible Christian Church|Bible Christian]]) lived in the area. A secondhand [[tin tabernacle]] was erected on Portland Road for Wesleyans in 1883, and the present [[Hove Methodist Church]] was built on the site in 1896.<ref name="EncH&Pv9p37">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 9, p. 37.}}</ref>  A Bible Christian chapel was built in 1905 on Old Shoreham Road but never thrived; it closed in 1947 and was sold to a charity.<ref name="EncH&Pv9p36">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 9, p. 36.}}</ref>  Primitive Methodists worshipped at a large chapel on Goldstone Villas from 1878 until 1933. It was converted into offices in 1968.<ref name="EncH&Pv9pp35–36">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 9, pp. 35–36.}}</ref>

Hove's [[General Baptists|General Baptist]] congregation developed in the 1870s and met in a gymnasium and a [[tin tabernacle]] until [[Holland Road Baptist Church]] opened in 1887.<ref name="EncH&Pv2p9">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 2, p. 9.}}</ref>  A deacon from the church started holding Baptist meetings in a new church building on the Hangleton estate in 1957. It now has the name Oasis Church.<ref name="EncH&Pv2p9"/>  A former [[Congregational church#United Kingdom|Congregational]] mission hall in Aldrington, built in 1900, is home to the Baptist-aligned New Life Christian Church.<!--Add ref for this-->  Stoneham Road Baptist Church was founded in 1904 by the Holland Road church to serve the Poets' Corner area.<!--Add ref for this-->  It closed and was demolished in 2008.<!--Add ref for this-->  Baptists also met in Connaught Terrace from 1879, and Strict Baptists worshipped at Providence Chapel on Haddington Street from 1880 until 1908.<ref name="EncH&Pv2p9"/>

[[File:Central United Reformed Church, Ventnor Villas, Hove (December 2016).JPG|thumb|right|Central United Reformed Church was built 1870 for [[Congregational church#United Kingdom|Congregationalists]].]]
A [[Congregational church#United Kingdom|Congregational]] chapel was built on Ventnor Villas in 1870, and 41 years later St Cuthbert's Presbyterian Church opened on Holland Road. After the two denominations merged in 1972 to form the [[United Reformed Church]], the congregations came together in 1980 at the Ventnor Villas premises. These were renamed Central United Reformed Church and continue to serve as the main centre for that denomination in Hove. St Cuthbert's was demolished in 1984.<ref name="EncH&Pv3p72–73">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 3, pp. 72–73.}}</ref><ref name="EncH&Pv12p76–77">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 12, pp. 76–77.}}</ref>  In 1938 trustees of the Congregational chapel founded another on the Hangleton estate.  [[Hounsom Memorial Church]] is also now part of the United Reformed Church.<ref name="EncH&Pv7p72–73">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, pp. 72–73.}}</ref>

[[The Salvation Army]] have worshipped in Hove since 1882 and occupy a citadel built in 1890 on Sackville Road.<ref name="EncH&Pv12p161">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 12, p. 161.}}</ref>  [[Jehovah's Witnesses]] meet in Aldrington at a [[Kingdom Hall]] which was built in 1999 to replace a hall of 1950.<ref name="EncH&Pv8p35"/>  A [[Nondenominational Christianity|non-denominational]] [[Gospel Hall Assemblies|gospel hall]] stands on Edward Avenue in the Goldstone Valley area. The Christian Arabic Evangelical Church meets in a converted bungalow on Old Shoreham Road in Aldrington.<ref name="EncH&Pv1pp40–41">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 1, pp. 40–41.}}</ref>  A former Anglican church of 1909 on Davigdor Road has served [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox Christians]] from a wide area since 1994, when it was rededicated as [[St Mary and St Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church, Hove|St Mary and St Abraam Church]] by [[Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria]].<ref name="EncH&Pv12p103"/>  [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] have a cultural centre and place of worship at a former convent near Furze Hill.<ref name="EncH&Pv15p193">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 15, p. 193.}}</ref>  Other former churches in Hove include an [[Elim Pentecostal Church|Elim Pentecostal]] chapel (in use 1929–1994) on Portland Road,<ref name="Elleray35">{{Harvnb|Elleray|2004|p=35.}}</ref> the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventist]] chapel on Hove Place, whose congregation now meet at Hove Methodist Church,<!-- add ref for this --> and a former mission hall in the Poets' Corner area which was used until {{circa}} 1981 as a chapel for the local [[Society of Dependants]] sect.<ref name="EncH&Pv3p83">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 3, p. 83.}}</ref>

=== Hove Museum of Creativity ===
[[Hove Museum and Art Gallery|Hove Museum of Creativity]] is a municipally owned museum which houses a permanent collection of toys, contemporary crafts, fine art and local history artefacts, as well as holding temporary exhibitions of contemporary crafts.

== Education ==
Hove's [[primary school]]s are: West Blatchington Primary and Nursery School, St. Andrew's CE School, Hove Junior School, Benfield Junior School, Goldstone Primary School, Hangleton Junior School, Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic School, Mile Oak Primary School, Bilingual Primary School, Brunswick Primary School and Aldrington CE School. There are four [[secondary school]]s serving the area: [[Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College|Blatchington Mill School]], [[Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Hove|Cardinal Newman Catholic School]], [[Hove Park School]] and [[King's School, Hove|King's School]].

[[Brighton Hove & Sussex Sixth Form College]] (BHASVIC), formerly Brighton, Hove & Sussex Grammar School, is a dedicated place of [[further education]], along with the Connaught Centre, Hove Park Sixth Form Centre and Blatchington Mill Sixth Form College.

Brighton is also the location of private colleges such as Hove College. Founded in 1977, Hove College is a non-profit private higher education institution and offers courses accredited by OCN London.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Hove has a number of [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private schools]] including [[Deepdene School]], Lancing College Preparatory School (formerly Mowden School) The Montessori Place, The Drive Prep School and St Christopher's School (now part of Brighton College). There are also language schools for foreign students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brighton Language Schools {{!}} Study in Brighton |url=https://www.visitbrighton.com/plan-your-visit/about-the-area/study |access-date=2025-06-23 |website=Visit Brighton |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Sport and leisure ==
The home of [[Sussex County Cricket Club]] is at [[County Cricket Ground, Hove]]. It is used for county, national and international matches, music concerts, fireworks displays, and has found resurgent popularity with the introduction of [[Twenty20]].

Until 1997 Hove was home to the [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.]]'s [[Goldstone Ground]]. The football club is known as The Seagulls and a seagull crest has been used since 1977. In September 2007, planning permission was confirmed for the club's new ground, at [[Falmer]], still within the city limits but on the Brighton side. The new stadium started development in late 2008, with the first game being played in August 2011.

Hove is home to a detachment of the Sussex [[Army Cadet Force]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sussex Army Cadets |url=https://armycadets.com/county/sussex-acf/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Army Cadets UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> a volunteer youth organisation, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, which accepts cadets aged between 12 and 18 years of age.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-26 |title=The Ministry of Defence cadet forces |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-cadet-forces-and-mods-youth-work |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>

[[Brighton & Hove Hockey Club]] is a [[field hockey]] club and its home ground is based in Hove.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightonandhovehockeyclub.net/how_to_find_us/ |title=How To Find Us |access-date=10 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214221927/http://www.brightonandhovehockeyclub.net/how_to_find_us/ |archive-date=14 February 2013  }}</ref>

[[File:View across Hove Park, Hove (October 2010).JPG|thumb|Southward view across [[Hove Park]], a popular site for sports and recreational activities]]
There are a number of parks in Hove including [[Hove Park]] and [[St. Anne's Well Gardens, Hove|St. Anne's Well Gardens]] which has many native and exotic trees and a scented garden. The [[King Alfred leisure centre|King Alfred Centre]] which is currently a [[leisure centre]] with swimming pool and a couple of gyms on the seafront. In March 2007 Brighton and Hove City Council gave planning permission for a £290 million development designed by [[Frank Gehry]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1411202.Government_gives_King_Alfred_thumbs_up/ |title=Government gives King Alfred thumbs up |publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |date=19 May 2007 |access-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202004510/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1411202.Government_gives_King_Alfred_thumbs_up/ |archive-date=2 February 2017  }}</ref> This project was scrapped in January 2009 when the developer pulled out.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/frank-gehrys-king-alfred-scheme-scrapped/1918760.fullarticle |title=Frank Gehry's King Alfred scheme scrapped |publisher=The Architects' Journal |date=10 November 2008 |access-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306221917/http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/frank-gehrys-king-alfred-scheme-scrapped/1918760.fullarticle |archive-date=6 March 2016  }}</ref>  

Hove Promenade parkrun, situated by Hove Lawns started in July 2015 and is one of five such free, timed 5&nbsp;km runs across the city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.parkrun.org.uk/hovepromenade |title=Hove Promenade parkrun|website=parkrun |access-date=17 January 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227185334/https://www.parkrun.org.uk/hovepromenade/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Hove Lawns is a stretch of lawns along the seafront divided into two parts – Brunswick Lawns and King’s Lawns.

The [[Monarch's Way]] long-distance footpath threads south-eastwards across the town from the Downs, before heading west along the seafront towards its terminus at [[Shoreham-by-Sea]].

=="Hove, actually"==

A well-known reply by residents of Hove, usually humorous, when asked if they live in Brighton is "Hove, actually" thus maintaining a distinction with their neighbour.<ref name="Actually">For example, "Hove Actually, as the place is often known because this is the way its residents distance themselves from the inhabitants of its racy, raunchy twin Brighton ..."  [https://www.theguardian.com/sport/1999/aug/03/cricket3 The light young things] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508022726/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/1999/aug/03/cricket3 |date=8 May 2014 }}, Paul Weaver,''The Guardian'', 3 August 1999; p. 24.</ref> One source has identified the locally resident actor [[Laurence Olivier]] (who lived in Brighton) as the origin of the phrase.<ref name="Olivier">Cally Law, "Time for a change of scene", ''Sunday Times'', 2 March 2003, p. 4.</ref> In the 1990s the Hove borough council used the slogan "Hove, actually" to promote the town for tourism.<ref name="Tourism promotion">Alex Bellos, "Town sees red over shotgun marriage", ''The Guardian'', 24 March 1995, p. 6.</ref>

== Transport ==
{{main|Transport in Brighton and Hove}}
Hove has several [[Great Britain road numbering scheme#A roads|A-roads]]. The [[A259 road|A259]] runs along Kingsway, forming the main seafront road in Hove. The A270 Old Shoreham Road, another major west–east route further north, was originally part of the [[A27 road|A27 trunk road]] before the Brighton bypass was built. The A2023 runs north from the A259 through central Hove and West Blatchington, meeting the A2038 on the edge of Hangleton and continuing to a junction with the A23 London–Brighton road. Other main routes, all with [[Great Britain road numbering scheme#Other classifications|B-road status]], include Grand Avenue and The Drive (B2185), Cromwell Road and Davigdor Road (B2120) and New Church Road, Church Road and Western Road (B2066).<ref name="HighwaysMap">{{cite web|url=https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/parking-and-travel/roads-and-highways/highway-search-information-map|title=Highway search information map|publisher=[[Brighton and Hove City Council]]|year=2023|access-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518150301/https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/parking-and-travel/roads-and-highways/highway-search-information-map|archive-date=18 May 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="EncH&Pv2p119–120">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 2, pp. 119–120.}}</ref>

There were {{convert|34.28|mi|km}} of roads in Hove borough in 1906, rising to {{convert|74|mi|km}} in 1948. Even in the latter year some were still paved with wood.<ref name="EncH&Pv11p32">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 11, p. 32.}}</ref>

===Buses===
[[File:Conway Street Bus Garage, Conway Street, Hove (March 2020) (4).JPG|thumb|[[Brighton & Hove (bus company)|Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company]] has a depot and workshop at Conway Street.]]
Many bus routes serve central Hove, and Church Road/New Church Road and Blatchington Road/Portland Road are important bus corridors.<ref name="BusStopMap">{{cite web|url=https://images-brightonhove.passenger-website.com/2022-04/Hove%20Centre%20Bus%20Stops%20updated%20210422.pdf|title=Hove centre bus stops|date=April 2022|publisher=[[Brighton & Hove (bus company)|Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company Ltd]]|access-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807155321/https://images-brightonhove.passenger-website.com/2022-04/Hove%20Centre%20Bus%20Stops%20updated%20210422.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>  Most services are operated by [[Brighton & Hove (bus company)|Brighton & Hove]], a bus company which has been owned by the [[Go-Ahead Group]] since November 1993.<ref name="EncH&Pv2p10">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 2, p. 106.}}</ref>  Routes include the 1 and 1X to [[Whitehawk]] and [[Mile Oak]], the 2 to [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Steyning]] and [[Rottingdean]], the 5, 5A and 5B to the [[Hangleton]] estate and the [[Hollingbury]] and [[Patcham]] estates in Brighton, the 6 to [[Brighton railway station]], the 7 to [[Brighton Marina]], the 21 to the Goldstone Valley estate and Brighton Marina, the 25 to the Universities of [[University of Sussex|Sussex]] and [[University of Brighton|Brighton]], the 46 to [[Southwick, West Sussex|Southwick]] and Hollingbury and the 49 to [[Moulsecoomb]].<ref name="BusStopMap"/>   [[The Big Lemon]] operates a circular route serving Portslade, the Knoll Estate and Hangleton<ref name="BigLemon16">{{cite web|url=https://thebiglemon.com/16-1/|title=Route 16/16A|year=2023|publisher=[[The Big Lemon]]|access-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804024855/https://thebiglemon.com/16-1/|archive-date=4 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> and another serving Knoll Estate and Hangleton and continuing to Brighton railway station, central Brighton, Brighton Marina, Rottingdean and [[Saltdean]].<ref name="BigLemon47">{{cite web|url=https://thebiglemon.com/47-1/|title=Route 47/47A|year=2023|publisher=[[The Big Lemon]]|access-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330040622/https://thebiglemon.com/47-1/|archive-date=30 March 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>  [[Stagecoach South]] operates the [[Coastliner 700]] route through Hove, serving Brighton to the east and Shoreham-by-Sea, Worthing and [[Littlehampton]] to the west, with connections to [[Bognor Regis]], [[Chichester]] and [[Portsmouth]].<ref name="Coastliner700">{{cite web|url=https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/south/unpublished-coastliner|title=The Coastliner 700, your sunshine service to the sea!|publisher=[[Stagecoach South]]|year=2023|access-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014052038/https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/south/unpublished-coastliner|archive-date=14 October 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>  Several [[National Express Coaches|National Express]] coaches on route 025 (Worthing–London) serve Hove each morning, calling at a stop on the A259 near the [[King Alfred Leisure Centre]].<ref name="NEX025">{{cite web|url=https://timetables.nationalexpress.com/routes/NX/025/Worthing-London/I|title=025|publisher=[[National Express Coaches|National Express]]|year=2023|access-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323075135/https://timetables.nationalexpress.com/routes/NX/025/Worthing-London/I|archive-date=23 March 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hove's first bus service ran from the Ship Inn on Hove Street to [[Black Rock (Brighton and Hove)|Black Rock]] near [[Rottingdean]] and started on 11 May 1853. Seven return journeys ran daily. Local businessman A.C. Elliott became a licensed bus operator in 1879 with ten vehicles, 12 conductors and 13 drivers, running services between Hove and central Brighton. Other operators soon started running buses in competition, and the Hove Commissioners "[kept] a tight rein on things" by issuing and renewing licences once a year. From 1901, horse-drawn buses began to be replaced with petrol-driven vehicles and, from 1908, by experimental electric buses as well.<ref name="EncH&Pv2p22–23">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 2, pp. 22–23.}}</ref>  [[Thomas Tilling]] became a major operator in Hove after gaining licences for Portslade–Brighton routes in 1912.   He operated from premises on Holland Road until new garages and offices were built on Conway Street in 1916.<ref name="EncH&Pv14p24–26">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 14, pp. 24–26.}}</ref>  The company was renamed the Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Company in 1935,<ref name="EncH&Pv2p105">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 2, p. 105.}}</ref> and the Conway Street premises were rebuilt in 1939–40 to the design of H.R. Starkey.<ref name="EncH&Pv2p107">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 2, p. 107.}}</ref>  By 1927 [[Southdown Motor Services]] was another major local operator: Hove Council licensed 100 of its vehicles for local and longer-distance work, and the company's main works was at Portslade. It became part of the [[National Bus Company (UK)|National Bus Company]] in 1968 along with the Brighton, Hove and District Omnibus Company. As a result, the latter's works at Conway Street closed in 1969.<ref name="EncH&Pv13p83–84">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 13, pp. 83–84.}}</ref>  The companies separated again in 1986 and the former Tilling operations became the [[Brighton & Hove (bus company)|Brighton & Hove Bus and Coach Company]], now the city's main operator. The Conway Street premises were retained as a bus garage.<ref name="EncH&Pv2p104–107">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 2, pp. 104–107.}}</ref>

===Railways===
[[File:Main Building at Hove Railway Station, Station Approach, Hove (NHLE Code 1187584) (November 2015).JPG|thumb|right|Hove railway station is in central Hove at the top of Goldstone Villas.]]
The first railway station named Hove opened at the top of Holland Road on 12 May 1840 on the Brighton to Shoreham-by-Sea line (now the [[West Coastway line]]). It closed on 1 March 1880, but a new station named [[Holland Road Halt railway station|Holland Road Halt]] opened on approximately the same site on 3 September 1905. Its two timber platforms were still in place when it closed permanently on 7 May 1956.<ref name="EncH&Pv7p64">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, p. 64.}}</ref>

The present [[Hove railway station]], {{convert|1|mi|35|chain|km}} west of Brighton station, opened at the top of Goldstone Villas on 1 October 1865 with the name Cliftonville; it was renamed West Brighton in 1879, Hove and West Brighton in 1894, and received its present name in 1895.<ref name="HoveStation">{{Harvnb|Body|1984|p=115.}}</ref>  Further west, {{convert|1|mi|71|chain|km}} from Brighton, [[Aldrington railway station]] opened with the name Dyke Junction Halt on 3 September 1905, taking the name Aldrington Halt from 17 June 1932 when the platforms were resited and rebuilt.<ref name="AldringtonStation">{{Harvnb|Body|1984|pp=31–32.}}</ref>  [[Portslade railway station]], serving Aldrington and West Hove as well as Portslade village and Portslade-by-Sea, opened with the line on 12 May 1840 but was closed between 1847 and 1857. Its original station buildings survive, but goods facilities were withdrawn in 1968. It is {{convert|2|mi|73|chain|km}} west of Brighton. There is a level crossing at the west end.<ref name="HoveStation"/>  All three stations are managed and served by [[Southern (Govia Thameslink Railway)|Southern]].<ref name="HOV">{{cite web|url=https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/station-information/HOV/Hove|title=Hove (HOV)|publisher=[[Govia Thameslink Railway]] Ltd|year=2023|access-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603140617/https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/station-information/HOV/Hove|archive-date=3 June 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AGT">{{cite web|url=https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/station-information/AGT/Aldrington|title=Aldrington (AGT)|publisher=[[Govia Thameslink Railway]] Ltd|year=2023|access-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603151436/https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/station-information/AGT/aldrington|archive-date=3 June 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="PLD">{{cite web|url=https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/station-information/PLD/Portslade|title=Portslade (PLD)|publisher=[[Govia Thameslink Railway]] Ltd|year=2023|access-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323233522/https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/station-information/PLD/Portslade|archive-date=23 March 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of 2024, during the off-peak Monday -Saturday, [[Hove railway station|Hove station]] sees half hourly services to [[London Victoria station|London Victoria]] (via [[Haywards Heath railway station|Haywards Heath]]), at least quarter hourly service to [[Brighton railway station|Brighton]], services every half an hour to [[Southampton]], at least half hourly to [[Littlehampton railway station|Littlehampton]] and at least hourly services to [[Bognor Regis railway station|Bognor Regis]] and [[Portsmouth & Southsea railway station|Portsmouth and Southsea]].

Immediately west of Aldrington station, the [[Brighton and Dyke Railway]] branched off and headed north through West Blatchington and Hangleton to a terminus at [[Devil's Dyke, Sussex|Devil's Dyke]] on the [[South Downs]].  [[Golf Club Halt railway station (England)|Golf Club Halt]] opened in 1891 to serve Brighton and Hove Golf Course, and [[Rowan Halt railway station|Rowan Halt]] opened in 1933 on Rowan Avenue to serve the Hangleton and West Blatchington areas. The {{convert|3|mi|40|chain|km|adj=on}} branch line opened on 1 September 1887; it closed permanently on 31 December 1938, having already been closed for three years from 1917.<ref name="AldringtonStation"/>

The [[Cliftonville Curve]] opened in 1879 to connect the West Coastway line with the [[Brighton main line]], allowing trains to travel between the lines without reversing at Brighton station. It passes through a {{convert|535|yard|m|adj=on}} tunnel.<ref name="Middleton54–55">{{Harvnb|Middleton|1979|pp=54–55.}}</ref>  There is also a {{convert|220|yard|m|adj=on}} tunnel between Brighton and Hove stations.<ref name="HoveStation"/>

===Taxis===
The first [[Hackney carriage]] licences were issued by the Hove Police Commissioners in 1859. Within 30 years passengers could choose between a wide range of vehicles, including first- and second-class cabs, hand-pulled invalid carts, goat-drawn [[chaise]]s, [[Landau (carriage)|landaus]] and [[Brougham (carriage)|broughams]]. The first motor cab was licensed in 1908, but horse-drawn carriages persisted until after 1925.<ref name="EncH&Pv7p1">{{Harvnb|Middleton|2002|loc=Vol. 7, p. 1.}}</ref>  Hackney carriages are now licensed by the city council are coloured white and aqua. Fares are also regulated by the council.<ref name="BHCC-HackneyCarriages">{{cite web|url=https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/parking-and-travel/travel-transport-and-road-safety/information-hackney-carriage-and-private|title=Information on Hackney carriage and private hire taxis|year=2016|publisher=[[Brighton and Hove City Council]]|accessdate=10 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616071903/http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/parking-and-travel/travel-transport-and-road-safety/information-hackney-carriage-and-private|archivedate=16 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>  There are 17 [[Taxicab stand|taxi ranks]] in Hove,{{#tag:ref|Including Hangleton and West Blatchington, but excluding Portslade.|group=note}} including two which operate at night only.<ref name="BHCC-TaxiRanks">{{cite web|url=https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/parking-and-travel/travel-transport-and-road-safety/taxi-ranks-brighton-hove|title=Taxi ranks in Brighton & Hove|year=2016|publisher=[[Brighton and Hove City Council]]|accessdate=10 October 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630211425/http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/parking-and-travel/travel-transport-and-road-safety/taxi-ranks-brighton-hove|archivedate=30 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
*[[Luigi Arditi]] (1822–1903), Italian composer.
*[[Jonathan Bailey]] (born 1988), actor.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://manabouttown.tv/products/jonathan-bailey-cover-man-about-town-2020-chapter-ii|title=Jonathan Bailey cover Man About Town 2020, Chapter II|journal=Man About Town|date=2020|accessdate=25 May 2022}}</ref>
*[[Charles Busby (architect)|Charles Busby]] (1786–1834), architect.
*[[Vivien Chartres]] (1893–1941), violinist and musical child prodigy.
*[[Carl Cox]], house and techno DJ.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Cox is still searching for his perfect techno sound |url=https://djmag.com/cover-features/carl-cox-still-searching-his-perfect-techno-sound |website=DJmag |access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Carl Cox: “While I was DJing, I saw people dying in front of me” |url=https://mixmag.net/feature/carl-cox-oh-yes-autobiography-interview-venezuela |website=Mixmag |access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref>
*Rear Admiral Sir [[John Hindmarsh]] (1785–1860), naval officer and first Governor of [[South Australia]].
*Sir [[Jack Hobbs]] (1882–1963), cricketer.
*[[Thomas Gardner Horridge]] (1857-1938), [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] politician and judge.
*[[Ann James (artist)|Ann James]] (1925–2011), English-born Canadian artist and educator.
*[[Richard Jefferies]] (1848–1887), nature writer, lived at [[87 Lorna Road]], Hove, from 1882 to 1884 and wrote there his spiritual autobiography "The Story of My Heart" (1883).
*[[Belle Delphine|Mary-Belle Kirschner (Belle Delphine)]] (born 1999), South African-born English [[Internet celebrity]] and model.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
*[[Charley Mitchell (boxer)|Charley Mitchell]] (1861–1918), boxer.
*[[Charles Stewart Parnell]] (1846–1891), [[Irish nationalism|Irish Nationalist]] politician.
*[[Margaret Powell]], writer (1907–1984), born in Hove; there is a bus named after her and a [[blue plaque]] on her house.<ref>{{cite web |title=837 Margaret Powell |url=https://history.buses.co.uk/history/fleethist/837mp.htm |website=Brighton & Hove names on buses |publisher=history.buses.co.uk |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="B_hist">{{cite web |title=Brighton and Hove people: P |url=https://www.brightonhistory.org.uk/people/people_p.html |website=Brighton history |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[Howard Kemp Prossor]] (1867–1959), art connoisseur and inventor of the "colour cure" for shell shock.
*[[Marguerite Steinheil]], Baroness Abinger (1869-1954), French [[demimonde]], later British peeress.
*[[Anthony Trafford, Baron Trafford]] (1932–1989), physician and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.
*[[Bernard Youens]] (1914 in Hove-1984), actor (notably as [[Stan Ogden]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'').

== See also ==
*[[Grade I listed buildings in Brighton and Hove]]
*[[List of conservation areas in Brighton and Hove]]
*[[List of landmarks and notable buildings of Brighton and Hove]]
*[[List of people from Brighton and Hove]]
*[[List of places of worship in Brighton and Hove]]
*[[Hove Borough Council elections]] for the political history of the former borough council which governed the town from 1974 to 1997.

== Explanatory notes ==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk Brighton & Hove official website]
* [http://www.journeyon.co.uk/ Official City Transport site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703052924/http://www.journeyon.co.uk/ |date=3 July 2014 }} with live bus times, car parks, and further information
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170915063524/http://mapofbrighton.com/ Map of Brighton & Hove] Interactive map of Brighton & Hove, with locations of businesses and other points of interest
* [http://www.brightonandhovenews.org Brighton and Hove News]
* [https://www.brightonhistory.org.uk Brighton history]

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