Preston Park, Brighton

at , Brighton , BN1 6 United Kingdom

1. Park
2. Landmark

Description

Preston Park is a park near Preston Village in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. It is located in Preston Park ward to the north of the centre of Brighton, and served by the nearby Preston Park railway station. Preston Park is also one of the wards of Brighton and Hove City Council. The population as of the 2011 census was 14,911.OverviewIt is one of Brighton's largest parks, with 63acre of lawns, formal borders and rose gardens, bowling greens, tennis courts and a small pond. It was bought in 1883 by Brighton Corporation (then Brighton's local council) from Mr William Bennett-Stanford who owned the Preston Manor 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, William Edmund Davies in 1879. The park was formally declared open on 8 November 1884.The Brighton and County Polo 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 Preston, probably Preston Park, though the club itself was based in the Bedford Hotel.

Opening time

• Mondays: 09:00- 18:00
• Tuesdays: 09:00- 18:00
• Wednesdays: 09:00- 18:00
• Thursdays: 09:00- 18:00
• Fridays: 09:00- 18:00
• Saturdays: 09:00- 18:00

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Summary

Preston Park, Brighton is Brighton based place and this enity listed in Park category. BN1 6. Contact phone number of Preston Park, Brighton: +44 845 127 2920