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There is a three-phase regeneration plan for New Brighton seafront, which includes the building of a new 500 ft long pier on the site of the previous one.

This flint and brick village on the downs north of Brighton is now severed in two by the main A27.

We are looking east along a lively Brighton Beach towards the unfinished Palace Pier at the close of the 19th century.

Its railway and pier, both now gone, prompted ambitious plans to transform the town into a major seaside resort similar in size to Brighton or Bournemouth, but the scheme failed to make the grade.

By 1894 Brighton's West Pier had been extensively rebuilt, and a landing stage had been added together with a new pavilion.

The village of Pyecombe lies close to a long railway tunnel which passengers on the London to Brighton line will know well.

The Old Steine (pronounced 'steen') is the traditional centre of Brighton - in earlier times it was a broad grassy valley where fishermen dried their nets.

Richard Jefferies described Brighton's special quality of sun, wind and light in the 1880s: 'The wind coming up the cliff seems to bring with it whole armfuls of sunshine, and to throw the warmth and light

The High Street is part of the old London to Brighton route through Henfield, which lies to the east of the River Adur on a belt of Wealden clay behind the South Downs.

It later became part of Brighton College; Scott also designed its headmaster's house and chapel in the 1850s.

The bridge carried the London to Brighton road for many years; it was rebuilt in the 1970s.

At one time there were, ferries to New Brighton, Egremont, Seacombe, Birkenhead, Rock Ferry and Eastham, and before the tunnel opened, vehicle ferries also ran to Seacombe and Birkenhead.

The narrow hedge-lined lane with unspoiled views over the Brighton Road valley remained until the late 1920s when the lane was widened and houses rapidly appeared.

The village is situated at the crossing of the roads from Haywards Heath to Brighton and from Hurst to Lewes.

In 1830 a retired builder from Everton, James Atherton, bought 170 acres of sandhills on the northern tip of the Wirral, with the aim of creating a new seaside resort to rival Brighton.

He assembled a vast collection of rock plants from all over the world.At the time of the picture, the Five Ashes public house was offering customers ales from Tamplins, Brighton Brewery.

This is the entrance to Brighton's Aquarium, now the Sealife Centre, which opened in 1872.

Reigate Road presents an unfamiliar appearance, looking east towards Brighton Road, where the Galleon swimming pool has given way to a busy petrol station.

Beyond the motorcar the road turns sharply to meet the busy Brighton Road south of Coulsdon.

The King`s Head pub proudly advertises Tamplins beer (a Brighton- based brewery), together with an RAC badge over the door.

Before the arrival of the railway in 1841 it was a small settlement, but it grew around a station and busy junction on the London to Brighton line.

Its railway and pier, both now gone, prompted ambitious plans to transform the town into a major seaside resort similar in size to Brighton or Bournemouth, but the scheme failed to make the grade.

It made the corner for Somerset Avenue, a name which with others like Tennyson Avenue, Southwell Road and Holborn Street, might have brought a touch of the supreme Brighton.

Before the main A23 road was built, Cuckfield was busy with horse-drawn coaches on their way between London and Brighton.