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Where to stay in Brighton
Brighton is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 134,000 people. This guide covers 5 hotels in Brighton, with about 817 rooms between them. 4 of them carry a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 5
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- LGW37 km · London Gatwick Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Brighton
Brighton (, BRY-tən) is a seaside resort in the unitary authority area and city of Brighton and Hove, in East Sussex, England, 47 miles (76 km) south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods.
Brighton was a sleepy little fishing village, then known as Brighthelmstone, until Dr Richard Russell of Lewes began to prescribe the use of seawater for his patients. He advocated the drinking of seawater and sea-bathing in 1750. In 1753 he erected a large house near the beach for himself and for his patients. A further factor in Brighton's growth came in the early 19th century when the Prince of Wales built the Royal Pavilion, an extravagant Regency building designed by John Nash. But it was only with the development of the railways, around 1840, that Brighton truly started to boom.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Brighton
See
The Brighton Attractions Combi-Saver Ticket saves you up to 30% on tickets to the Royal Pavilion, i360 tower, and Sea Life Brighton. Purchase at i360 (or online 3 days in advance): adult £27.70 (£26.10), child (5-15 years) £14.75 (£13.95), child (4 years – under 4s go free): £8.00 (£7.20) (Nov 2017).
- Brighton Pier
- Brighton Beach
- Royal Pavilion
- Brighton Museum and Art Gallery
- Brighton Toy and Model Museum
- Komedia
- The Old Steine
- Preston Manor
- Roedean School
- Sea Life Centre
- Theatre Royal
- Jubilee Square
Do
- Brighton Theatres
- Sealanes
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- Sussex CCC
- Duke of York's Cinema
- Volks Railway
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Brighton
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leonardo Royal Hotel Brighton Waterfront hotel | 210 | 89/100 13,386 reviews |
| 2 | Leonardo Hotel Brighton hotel | 234 | 87/100 8,053 reviews |
| 3 | Travelodge Brighton Seafront hotel | 88 | 4.1/5 194 reviews |
| 4 | Travelodge Brighton hotel | 84 | 3.8/5 631 reviews |
1 more place to stay, without a published guest score
| Place to stay | Rooms |
|---|---|
| The Grand Brighton hotel | 201 |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Which part of Brighton to stay in
A general note on hostels in Brighton- research the place you're booking into thoroughly before committing. Some are not meant for travellers although marketed as 'hostels'. Hostelpoint on the seafront in particular has a rough reputation, being overcrowded with junkies and generally unsafe. Spend a couple of quid extra and go for a friendlier place, it's worth it.
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Where to stay
More hotels in Brighton
49 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Ocean | 1938 | 7.4 km |
| Royal Albion Hotel Britannia Hotels | 1826 | 0.1 km |
| Marlborough Pub and Theatre | 0.2 km | |
| Crown Hotel | 12.0 km | |
| Downs Hotel | 4.7 km | |
| hotel du vin & bistro | 0.3 km | |
| Pelham Arms Hotel | 11.4 km | |
| Princes Hotel And Attached Railings | 0.1 km | |
| Queens Hotel | 1846 | 0.2 km |
| Royal Crescent Hotel And Attached Walls And Railings | 1.0 km | |
| Shelley's Hotel | 11.5 km | |
| The Bevy | 3.3 km | |
| The Black Horse Hotel | 11.3 km | |
| The Blacksmiths Arms | 11.9 km | |
| The Bridge Hotel | 13.5 km | |
| The Cricketers Arms Hotel And Attached Iron Chain And Sign | 0.3 km | |
| The Druids Head Inn | 0.2 km | |
| The Holly Inn | 10.7 km | |
| The Market Inn | 0.2 km | |
| The Mucky Duck | 0.1 km | |
| The Rainbow Inn | 13.6 km | |
| The Richmond | 0.7 km | |
| The Ship Hotel | 13.4 km | |
| The Swan Inn | 6.3 km | |
| The White Hart Hotel | 11.9 km | |
| A Room With A View | 0.4 km | |
| Brighton Inn Boutique Guest Accommodation | 0.9 km | |
| Brightonwave | 0.2 km | |
| Cappadocia Guest House | 0.6 km | |
| Cavalaire Guest House | 0.6 km | |
| Drakes Hotel | 0.5 km | |
| Guest And The City | 0.2 km | |
| Hudsons | 0.5 km | |
| New Steine Hotel - B&B | 0.4 km | |
| Number14Brighton | 0.5 km | |
| Olde Place Hotel | 5.8 km | |
| One Broad Street | 0.2 km | |
| OYO Fab Guest House OYO Rooms | 0.7 km | |
| OYO Gulliver's OYO Rooms | 0.4 km | |
| Part Of The Greenwood Lodge Hotel | 0.5 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Brighton
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Brighton are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; November is the wettest, with about 112 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Brighton: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), about 37 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 76 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 77 km) are also within reach.
Getting around
Brightonians often give directions relative to a prominent landmark, the Clock Tower, which stands due south of the rail station where Queen's Road meets Dyke Road (oh yes it does), West Street, North Street and Western Road. The oldest part of the city is the Lanes, which is bounded by North Street, West Street and East Street, through which runs Middle Street, and Ship Street. Beware the spelling of the similar-named North Laine (meaning "north fields") which is a boutique and alternative shopping nirvana, to the north side of North Street.
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LGW · London Gatwick Airport
LHR · London Heathrow Airport
LCY · London City Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Brighton
Eat
Brighton has excellent food, especially for vegetarians. The most famous (and fairly expensive) vegetarian restaurant is Food for Friends in The Lanes. On the other end of the scale, there are many takeaways in Brighton catering for different kinds of tastes (pizza, Chinese, Mexican, Indian food). On the beachfront there are many stalls near Brighton Pier selling crêpes, doughnuts and ice-cream. Prices are usually fairly cheap and most are open until late. Preston Street on the border of Hove and Brighton has a string of low to mid priced ethnic restaurants.
Drink
There are many, many pubs and bars catering for all tastes. Any list of reasonable length will be far from complete; if there's a street in central Brighton there is likely to be a pub on it. LGBT-orientated pubs, bars and clubs are mostly in the Kemp Town area of the city, in the vicinity of St James's Street and Marine Drive. Look out for the spirit 'Tuaca', a sweet Italian brandy liqueur. Almost every bar in Brighton will have it (ask for a squeeze of lime!) but it's rare to see elsewhere in the UK.
Stay safe
Brighton is generally a safe place. That said, the city centre can get quite rowdy at weekends, and West Street is best avoided after midnight. The sheer volume of people on weekends combined with alcohol consumption make Friday and Saturday nights on this street potentially volatile. You can have a civilised Friday or Saturday night in other parts of the city. Brighton attracts quite a lot of homeless people, although most of these individuals are harmless. They will likely only ask you for money and, if you refuse, will simply go on to the next person. Drug-users often gather around London Road and the Level, although these places are perfectly safe before dark.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Brighton
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Questions
Brighton: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Brighton?
By published guest score: Leonardo Royal Hotel Brighton Waterfront (89 / 100 · 13,386 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Leonardo Hotel Brighton (87 / 100 · 8,053 reviews · www.leonardo-hotels.com (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Brighton Seafront (4.1 / 5 · 194 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Brighton?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Brighton are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22 °C; November is the wettest, with about 112 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Brighton?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Gatwick Airport (LGW), about 37 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 76 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 77 km) are also within reach.
Are there accessible hotels in Brighton?
2 places in this guide list accessible rooms.
What currency is used in Brighton?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Brighton
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.