accommodation

GETTING TO BRIGHTON

BY TRAIN

By train from London Victoria Station, the fastest service takes 49 minutes. Regular services run to Brighton from Bedford (north of London) via Luton, London King's Cross and London Bridge. There are also direct services from Scotland, the North England, the Midlands, the West Country and South Wales in addition to a good coastal service.

You can travel by Eurostar from Paris, Brussels or Lille to London Waterloo and then on to Brighton via London Bridge.

The rail station is only 10 minutes walk from the Brighton Centre, located on Kings Road.

Go to www.railtrack.co.uk for details of train times from Railtrack.

BY COACH

An express coach service runs between London Victoria Coach Station to Brighton and takes about 2 hours. There are connecting services from Victoria to over 1200 UK destinations.

A regular Jetlink service connects London Heathrow (1½ hours) and London Gatwick (45 minutes) airports with Brighton.

Go to www.nationalexpress.co.uk for more details from National Express and Jetlink.

BY ROAD

By car the A/M23 connects Brighton & Hove to the M25 London orbital motorway in about 45 minutes. The M25 links up with the motorway network to most parts of the UK including the Scotland, Cumbria, the West Country, Kent and the Channel ports, the Cotswolds, Englands North Country and Wales.

East to west, the main A27 links the city with towns along the coast: Newhaven, Eastbourne and Hastings to the east and Chichester, Portsmouth and Southampton to the west.

We advise you not to use the coast road from Dover, Folkestone and the Channel Tunnel but to take the the M20 / M26 / M25 / M23 route which takes about 1Â½ to 2 hours.

BY AIR

Travelling by air our nearest airport is London Gatwick, 30 minutes away by train, car, coach or taxi. London Heathrow Airport is 90 minutes by car, coach or taxi, depending on the traffic but it will take longer by train using London Underground and mainline train services.

Gatwick International Airport. – www.baa.com/main/airports/gatwick

Heathrow International Airport. - www.baa.com/main/airports/heathrow

Shoreham Airport - www.shorehamairport.co.uk for light aircraft and helicopters, is 5 miles to the west of the city.

If you are arriving into the UK by air and need advice on how to get from the airport to Brighton, you can either travel by coach (a regular Jetlink service connects Heathrow and Gatwick – visit www.nationalexpress.co.uk) or by train (visit www.railtrack.co.uk). A regular Thameslink service links to Brighton from Gatwick. From Heathrow, take the underground into London Victoria station where you can pick up a direct service into Brighton.

BY SEA

By sea, across Hoverspeed (www.hoverspeed.com) operates a 2 hour Channel crossing by Seacat from Dieppe to Newhaven (April to October) and Transmanche Ferries (www.ferryfind.co.uk) operates a 4-hour conventional ferry all year round. Connecting bus and train services to bring you into the centre of Brighton.

The Channel Tunnel and other major ports - Dover, Folkestone, Portsmouth and Southampton - are between 1 and 3 hours away by motorway. Seafrance (www.seafrance.com) operates a Calais - Dover service.