Trip To Brighton
 

Hi, I have my family visiting for a few days and we would like to go to Brighton for a 'day at the seaside' on Tuesday 26th.

Are there any locals who can give us some pointers about activities, things to do, parking etc? Age range 11 to 70!! (3 kids, 4 adults and 1 OAP) :)

TIA ;)

Brighton pier is always a winner it has a range of rides /amusements
A bar and there are loads of choices for food and lots of it is inside if the weather turns poor !
You should be able to park on Madeira drive just along from the pier itself and from there you can also walk to the main shopping town
Hope you have a nice day

Thanks for the info :)

We're off to Hever castle today so I'll have a look at the map for Brighton when we get back this afternoon...

Walk round both The Lanes and North Laines (basically either side of North Street) - more interesting than the mall which just has the same old high street stuff as everywhere else.

The wheel is on the sea front by the pier, the sea life centre is there too. Brighton Pavillion if you fancy that kind of thing, lived 15 mins from brighton my whole life and never been in it but told its very impressive.

Or plenty of places to just eat and drink if you want to be lazy ;)

Be prepared to pay a small fortune on parking:sos:

the pier, sealife centre, bowlplex, Brighton eye, marina, laines,

if anyone is vegan/vegetarian ,celiac thdn go to infinity foods lovely food in the north laines on Gardner street :)

also london road is a nice little walk about and there's a cheapish car park behind London road

Nice one guys! Plenty for me to look into thanks :)

Just got back from Hever castle and we're all knackered after walking miles in the sun ;) Now just need a comfy chair and a :beer:

Wouldn't bother with the marina. Drove in and straight out again last time I was over that way.
Eastbourne marina is alot better and would be a good diversion home to grab a bight to eat and dream you could afford a nice motor cruiser.

I agree that there's more to Eastbourne Marina than Brighton - the only thing the Brighton one has is the cimema/casino and the boardwalk restaurants (which are all overly busy on a nice evening anyway!)

Thanks again for the suggestions :) Managed to find the cheap London Road car park and walk to the pier (more walking!!). Spent the day there before making the trip back to Orpington. I hate the M25 :waiting::notworking: