Welcome to the Brighton Community, UK 

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Motorbike parts & repairs in Brighton

Bikes of Brighton (Parts and repairs), 30 Preston Road - 01273 607635

Camping

Blackberry Wood Campsite has a reputation as one of the best sites in the UK. It's basic old school camping, you can buy logs, build a fire on your pitch & there are barbecues. Eight miles north of Brighton it's in the heart of the southdowns countryside, with plenty of good walking, the local pub's a 40 minute stroll. £5 per tent, then £5-7 per person.

Address: Blackberry Wood Campsite, Streat Lane, Streat, nr Ditchling, Brighton, East Sussex, BN6 8RS Map

Sheep Cote Valley Campsite is located half a mile north of Brighton marina, 15 minutes walk from the city centre. £5 per tent then £5-7 pounds per person.

Address: Sheep Cote Valley Campsite, East Brighton Park, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 5TS Map

Back packers

Baggies Back Packers, 33 Oriental Place - 01273 733 740 - Prices from £13 - Courtyard parking

Grape Vine, 75 Middle Street or 29 North Road - 01273 703 958 - Prices from £13

St Christopher's, 10 Grand Junction Road - 01273 202 035 - Prices from £16

Brighton YHA, Patcham Place, London Road (Patcham) - 01273 556 196 - Prices from £17

History

Imagine if you will Saxon hordes, they're Germanic for those who don't know, conquering the Sussex country side. One such warrior in the 5th Century, named Beorthelm liked the place so much he settled here, setting up a farm called "Beothelm's tun", which in time grew into the city of Brighton.

In 1514 it was the turn of our French cousins to come and visit, rather carelessly they burned the entire place to the ground, leaving the wooden thatched houses burned to cinders. Easily rebuilt the local people hatched a cunning plan, setting up a series of beacons that could be lit in the event of invading Gauls. Queue 1545, our French friends returned, the beacons were lit and the people from the surrounding countryside poured in, driving the soldiers out.

For many years Brighton survived as a fishing village, with farming throughout the downs, until suddenly in 1740 a doctor in Lewis declared the sea was good for the constitution. Gradually members of the rich and famous began to tune into this new age philosophy until it eventually spread to those gout ridden reprobate royals, with the prince regent building his holiday home here, the famous Islamic/Indian styled Brighton Pavilion. The railway arrived in 1841, opening the way for the hoi polloi to head to Brighton on day trips and the royals to desert. Victoria flogged the pavilion & Brighton slipped into a steady decline only to be rescued by the dirty weekend 1930's style, as Londoners booked into hotels feigning marriage. The iconic 1960's images of the mods & rockers fighting on the beach are a far cry from the peaceful, bohemian, hippie nature Brighton is famed for today, with its all welcome, anything goes liberal attitude.