Whitehawk is a suburb in the east of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It is located south of Bevendean and north of Brighton Marina. The area is a large, modern housing estate built in a downland dry valley historically known as Whitehawk Bottom. The estate was originally developed by the local council between 1933 and 1937 and included nearly 1,200 residences. Subsequently, the Swanborough flats were built in 1967, and during the 1970s and 1980s much of the estate was rebuilt by altering the road layouts and increasing the number of houses. Whitehawk is part of the East Brighton ward of Brighton and Hove City Council, represented (as of 2019) by Nancy Platts (Labour), Nichole Brennan (Labour) and Gill Williams (Labour).