List of conservation areas in Brighton and Hove

As of 2020[update], there are 34 conservation areas in the city of Brighton and Hove,[1] a seaside resort on the English Channel coast in southeast England.

Hove Borough Council designated the first two, in 1969: Charles Busby's expansive self-contained Brunswick Town estate,[7] with a twin-terrace centrepiece "as grand as anything in St Petersburg",[8] and the rapidly developed mid-19th-century suburb of Cliftonville, characterised by Italianate villas and large Tudorbethan houses.

[15] Carlton Hill, an inner-city area in the east of Brighton which descended into poverty-stricken slum conditions in the early 20th century,[16][17] is the most recent addition to the list; about 4 acres (1.6 ha) of its historic centre was designated on 4 July 2008.

[13] In contrast, areas such as Sackville Gardens and Cliftonville are small-scale, piecemeal suburban developments with varied architectural styles and few or no listed buildings.

[22][23] Woodland Drive and Tongdean have large 20th-century houses,[24][25] while the Engineerium conservation area consists of formerly industrial buildings.

[26] The government encourages but does not require local authorities to produce studies appraising the character of conservation areas.

[119] The East Cliff conservation area's northern boundary is Eastern Road, but in 2010 consideration was given to extending it north of this at Upper Bedford Street to incorporate Thomas Lainson's Grade II-listed Pelham Institute, a High Victorian Gothic building of the 1870s, and the neighbouring Fitzherbert Centre—a disused early-20th-century school.

Brunswick Terrace is part of the Brunswick Town conservation area.
In 1970, nearly 50 acres (20 ha) of Ovingdean —an ancient village east of Brighton—was designated a conservation area . [ 29 ]
The houses of Kings Gardens, on Hove seafront, are in The Avenues conservation area.
Regency Square is at the heart of the conservation area of the same name.
Stanmer (park and church pictured) is a rural area on the edge of the city.
Two-storey brick houses with decorative ironwork and gables characterise the Preston Park conservation area.
Round Hill has mid-19th-century terraced houses.
The expansive gabled houses of the Pembroke & Princes conservation area date from the late 1890s.
The former Goldstone Villas Methodist Church, in the Hove Station conservation area, was converted into offices in the 1960s.
This 19th-century drinking fountain is one of several distinctive structures in Queen's Park .
Topographical features can add to a conservation area's character. Round Hill Crescent, seen from Hartington Road to the east, "curves and changes height dramatically along its length". [ 30 ] The Preston Park conservation area is beyond.
1 Tilbury Place, built in about 1815, is one of several "fragments of early 19th-century Brighton" in the substantially redeveloped Carlton Hill area. [ 31 ]
Preston Manor , rebuilt from its 13th-century origins in 1738, is at the heart of the Preston Village conservation area.
East Cliff has many 19th-century squares and terraces, such as Eastern Terrace.
Clifton Terrace is part of the Montpelier & Clifton Hill conservation area.
Valley Gardens has buildings of various ages, sizes and uses, including the "elegant" Neo-Georgian Allied Irish Bank at 20–22 Marlborough Place, Brighton . [ 32 ]
The East Cliff conservation area may be extended to include the Fitzherbert Centre (foreground) and the Pelham Institute .