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Your Best Western hotel in Brighton and Hove provides a perfect base for exploring the beaches, North Laine shops and lively nightlife.

Brighton and Hove Attractions

Discover the Pavilion's kitsch splendour and echoes of Victorian entertainment at Brighton Pier near your Best Western hotel. You'll find high-street shopping at Churchill Square, independent shops in the Lanes and designer bargains at Brighton Marina. Explore Kipling's Gardens in the author's former home in Rottingdean and catch a show at the Theatre Royal Brighton.

Fame and fortune in Brighton and Hove

Rudyard Kipling lived in Rottingdean for five years and wrote the Just So stories there. Today Brighton and Hove is home to columnist Julie Burchill, Jordan and Peter Andre, comedian Steve Coogan, DJ Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) and his TV presenter wife, Zoë Ball.

Brighton and Hove Fact

Many scenes for iconic British cult film Quadrophenia, depicting the clashes between Mods and Rockers in the 1960s, were filmed in the city.

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