Visit North Laine Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in North Laine

  

North Laine Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about North Laine

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North Laine history

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“Laine” is a Sussex dialect term for an open tract of land at the base of the Downs. It is derived from an Anglo-Saxon legal term for a kind of land holding. North Laine was once occupied by five open farming plots of a type that seem to have been unchanged since the Middle Ages.

1970s: Saved from demolition

Ken Fines (1923–2008) was Borough Planning Officer for Brighton from 1974 to 1983. He is credited with having saved the North Laine area from extensive redevelopment that could have seen existing buildings being replaced by new high-rise buildings. Fines felt the area had charm and pressured the local council to retain it.

You can visit North Laine places with Walkfo North Laine to hear history at North Laine’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo North Laine has 217 places to visit in our interactive North Laine map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout North Laine, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at North Laine places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to North Laine & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit North Laine Places Map
217 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo North Laine tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in North Laine

  

Best North Laine places to visit

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North Laine has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied North Laine’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo North Laine’s information audio spots:

St Luke’s Church, Queen’s Park, Brighton St Luke’s Church is an Anglican church in the Queen’s Park area of Brighton. It was designed in the 1880s by Sir Arthur Blomfield in the Early English style. It has been given listed building status because of its architectural importance.

Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Brighton The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Greek Orthodox church in Brighton. Built in 1838 in one of Brighton’s most notorious slum districts, Carlton Hill. It was an Anglican church for most of its life until it was declared redundant in 1980. It has been listed at Grade II since 1971.

St Mary the Virgin, Brighton St Mary’s Church is an Anglican church in the Kemptown area of Brighton. The present building dates from the late 1870s and replaced a church of the same name which collapsed while being renovated. The Gothic-style red-brick building is now a Grade II* listed building.

Church of the Annunciation, Brighton The Church of the Annunciation was built in the 1860s on behalf of Rev. Arthur Wagner. It served a new area of poor housing in what is now the Hanover district. The church is a Grade II listed building.

Royal Crescent, Brighton Royal Crescent is a crescent-shaped terrace of houses on the seafront in Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. Built in the late 18th and early 19th century as a speculative development on the open cliffs east of Brighton by a wealthy merchant. English Heritage has listed the crescent at Grade II* for its architectural and historical importance.

Waste House Waste House is a building on the University of Brighton campus in the centre of Brighton on the south coast of England. It was built between 2012 and 2014 as a project involving hundreds of students and apprentices. The materials consist of a wide range of construction industry and household waste. It is the first public building in Europe to be built primarily of such products.

St Wilfrid’s Church, Brighton St Wilfrid’s Church is a former Anglican church in the Elm Grove area of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It was declared redundant after less than 50 years as a place of worship, and was converted into sheltered housing with minimal alteration to the exterior.

Dorset Gardens Methodist Church Dorset Gardens Methodist Church is the third Methodist place of worship on the site. It replaced an older, larger church which was in turn a rebuilding of Brighton’s first Methodist church. Between them, the churches have played an important part in the history of Methodism in Brighton.

The Blind Tiger Club, Brighton The Blind Tiger Club was a mixed music, arts and community venue in Brighton, England, which opened in 2010. Time Out described the venue as “semi-legendary”, in its round-up of Brighton’s live music scene that year. Gigwise included the club in their list of the UK’s Greatest Lost Venues.

St Joseph’s Church, Brighton St Joseph’s Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Elm Grove area of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It is one of eleven Roman Catholic churches in the city. The church was built in several stages, and outstanding debts meant that its official dedication took place in 1979.

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