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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.

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.

Hove's genteel grandeur continued to appeal to those who found Brighton somewhat too lively, and the town expanded north into the Downs in tides of suburban housing.

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

Once a fishing village, Brighton was rescued by the late 18th-century fashion for sea air and sea bathing.

It was replaced by a housing estate, Belmont Heights, with access across the railway line from the Brighton Road, north of Belmont Station.

The Steine, originally marshy ground, became the focus of early Brighton development as houses were built for the fashionable visitors.

In 1798 Princess Amelia gave Worthing a genteel cachet, but coastal erosion (only cured by groynes) and early sewage problems probably prevented the town rivalling Brighton in popularity.

The corner building on the right, partly occupied by the Farm Shop Dairy, was once known as Terry's Corner after Mr Edward Terry, a draper from Brighton.

At the time of the picture, the Five Ashes public house was offering customers ales from Tamplins, Brighton Brewery.

This made it the ideal venue for the annual Miss New Brighton competition, which was first held in 1949 and continued for the next 40years.

Haywards Heath grew up as a commuter town on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, whose isolated 1841 station for Cuckfield formed its nucleus.

Not only did New Brighton attract vast numbers of visitors from Liverpool and Lancashire, but also hawkers too.

With acute business acumen, Penarth had rapidly established itself as possibly the most fashionable resort in Wales – bracketing itself with the likes of Brighton rather than with the brash vulgarity of