Preston Cafe

at , Brighton , BN1 6 United Kingdom

1. Park
2. Local Business

<p><b>Preston Park</b> is a park near <a href="/pages/w/106010706097382">Preston Village</a> in the <a href="/pages/w/115716011777990">city</a> of <a href="/pages/w/108695472488778">Brighton and Hove</a>, East Sussex, England. It is located in Preston Park <a href="/pages/w/164149093753880">ward</a> to the north of the centre of <a href="/pages/w/112710045409378">Brighton</a>, and served by the nearby <a href="/pages/w/173835209349199">Preston Park railway station</a>.</p><h2>Overview</h2><p>It is one of Brighton's largest parks, with of lawns, formal borders and rose gardens, bowling greens, tennis courts and a small pond. It was bought in 1883 by Brighton Corporation (then <a href="/pages/w/108695472488778">Brighton's local council</a>) from Mr <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bennett-Stanford" class="wikipedia">William Bennett-Stanford</a> who owned the <a href="/pages/w/134959749887570">Preston Manor</a> estate and had begun to develop the park as enclosed pleasure grounds. The costs of the purchase (£50,000) and initial layout (£22,868) were funded with a bequest of £70,000 from a local bookmaker, <a href="/pages/w/139518969415276">William Edmund Davies</a> in 1879. The park was formally declared open on 8 November 1884.</p><p>The Brighton and County <a href="/pages/w/103781696326559">Polo</a> Club, started by Lt. Col. Robert McKergow in 1904, was based in Preston Park. An earlier club, the International Gun and Polo Club, founded by George Mashall in 1874, used grounds in <a href="/pages/w/106010706097382">Preston</a>, probably Preston Park, though the club itself was based in the <a href="/pages/w/148679905149172">Bedford Hotel</a>.</p><p>The park remains green throughout the summer because of a non-drinkable underground water source, known as the Wellesbourne, which runs below Preston Park, London Road and The Level. The source dates back many centuries and is often referred to as Brighton's lost river. In 2000, after torrential rain, it rose and caused considerable damage.</p>

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Preston Cafe is Brighton based place and this enity listed in Park category. BN1 6.