East Brighton Park

About East Brighton Park

The attraction of East Brighton Park is the feeling of open space. The wide open expanses of grass give you an air of freedom, with the local nature reserve Sheepcote Valley beyond.

The park covers approximately 60 acres just behind Brighton Marina.

The park is always open.

Things to see and do

East Brighton Park is home to one of the biggest and most dramatic municipal bulb displays in the country. 420,000 bulbs were planted in the autumn of 2008 to give a continuous but changing display of colour from February through to May.

The park is also home to a new woodland plantation containing hundreds of new saplings planted as part of ‘Trees for Cities’, a mass tree planting event involving schools, businesses and local volunteers.

As the saplings mature into woodland, further plants will be added to enhance the site, in keeping with the natural development of the new woodland.

For more information on the park, go to the review of East Brighton Park.

In Sheepcote Valley there is also a racing horse gallops and a caravan and campsite. Grazing is gradually being re-introduced to some of the slopes.

Shared road through the park

The shared road through the park provides access to:

• the South Downs National Park
• the Brighton Caravan and Motorhome Club campsite
• Brighton College Jubilee sports facility
• Whitehawk FC

It's also used by the South East Coast Ambulance Service to land air ambulance emergencies for delivery to Royal Sussex Hospital.

Camping

No camping or sleeping overnight in vehicles is allowed. To camp in the park, use the Brighton Caravan and Motorhome Club campsite.

Cafe

The cafe is open in the summer:

• Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm
• Saturday to Sunday, 8:30am to 8pm

The cafe is open in the winter:

• Wednesdays, 9am to 4pm
• Saturday to Sunday, 9am to 5pm

Sports facilities

• children's playground
• football pitches x2
• cricket fields x2
• tennis courts x2
• all-weather sports pitches

Accessibility

The park is laid out mostly on the flat, however there are sloping areas.

While the pathways don't feature any steps some of the paths in sloping areas of the park may not be accessible to all.

A small number of benches are featured along the paths.

At present neither the playground nor the pavilion/café are accessible.

There are 2 car parks, a small parking area at the front of the park and a larger one just past the pavilion by the cricket field.

There are limited parking spaces in this park and priority use must be given to disabled park visitors.

The nearest accessible toilet is at Whitehawk Library.

Parking in East Brighton Park

The number of vehicles parking in East Brighton Park is causing access problems for the South East Coast Ambulance Service and Brighton Caravan Club which share the access road through the park with park users.

The volume of traffic is also affecting the look of the park and eroding areas of grass where vehicles are unable to pass due to obstruction from other vehicles.

As a result, parking restrictions have been introduced in the park including:

• pay and display parking
• double yellow lines
• parking spaces for disabled badge holders