<p><i>Views of Brighton and Hove #4</i>.  This view looks southwestwards from Canfield Close, a residential cul-de-sac on the east side of the Lewes Road valley in the Bear Road area of Brighton.  Although it is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the city centre, this location provides an excellent view of it because of its elevation and open outlook.  Features (click to enlarge):
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<ul><li>The two tall tower blocks on the horizon are <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartwell_Court" class="extiw" title="en:Chartwell Court">Chartwell Court</a></i> (<span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.822712_N_-0.146976_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°49′22″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°08′49″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.822712_N_-0.146976_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.822712°N 0.146976°W</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">50.822712; -0.146976</span></span></span></a>) and <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex_Heights" class="extiw" title="en:Sussex Heights">Sussex Heights</a></i> (<span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.828873_N_0.138286_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°49′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°08′18″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.828873_N_0.138286_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.828873°N 0.138286°E</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">50.828873; 0.138286</span></span></span></a>).  The sea can be seen behind and to the left of them.  The tall block which appears immediately in front of them is actually a long way inland: it is <i>Theobald House</i> (<span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.828873_N_-0.138286_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°49′44″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°08′18″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.828873_N_-0.138286_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.828873°N 0.138286°W</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">50.828873; -0.138286</span></span></span></a>) on Blackman Street, next to Brighton station.</li>
<li>To the left of Chartwell Court, the church spire belongs to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Church,_Brighton" class="extiw" title="en:St Paul's Church, Brighton">St Paul's Church</a>, West Street (<span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.822038_N_-0.144649_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°49′19″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°08′41″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.822038_N_-0.144649_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.822038°N 0.144649°W</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">50.822038; -0.144649</span></span></span></a>).  The bulky building behind it is the Odeon Cinema (<span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.822038_N_-0.144649_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°49′19″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°08′41″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.822038_N_-0.144649_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.822038°N 0.144649°W</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">50.822038; -0.144649</span></span></span></a>).</li>
<li>The tall church below the seagull is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bartholomew%27s_Church,_Brighton" class="extiw" title="en:St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton">St Bartholomew's Church</a> (<span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.830872_N_-0.137072_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°49′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°08′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.830872_N_-0.137072_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.830872°N 0.137072°W</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">50.830872; -0.137072</span></span></span></a>) in the New England Quarter.  The long, straight road in front of it is Upper Lewes Road.  This leads to the Lewes Road Sainsbury's (<span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.837103_N_-0.125695_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°50′14″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°07′33″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.837103_N_-0.125695_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.837103°N 0.125695°W</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">50.837103; -0.125695</span></span></span></a>), which is the wide building in the very centre of the picture.</li>
<li>Above this is the roof of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton_railway_station" class="extiw" title="en:Brighton railway station">Brighton station</a> (<span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.830167_N_-0.141262_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°49′49″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°08′29″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct">﻿ / ﻿</span></a></span><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=50.830167_N_-0.141262_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.830167°N 0.141262°W</span><span style="display:none">﻿ / <span class="geo">50.830167; -0.141262</span></span></span></a>), and behind this are the houses of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Hill,_Brighton" class="extiw" title="en:West Hill, Brighton">West Hill</a>.  Between the station and St Bartholomew's Church are the new buildings of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Quarter" class="extiw" title="en:New England Quarter">New England Quarter</a>.</li>
<li>The curving streets to the right of the station are in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round_Hill,_Brighton" class="extiw" title="en:Round Hill, Brighton">Round Hill</a>.</li></ul><table class="toccolours mw-content-ltr layouttemplate commons-file-information-table" style="width: 100%;" dir="ltr" lang="en"><tbody><tr><th class="type fileinfo-paramfield">Camera location</th><td style="border:none;"><span class="plainlinks"><span class="plainlinksneverexpand"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=File:View_towards_Brighton_City_Centre_from_Canfield_Close,_near_Coombe_Road_(July_2010).JPG&amp;params=050.841225_N_-000.115744_E_globe:Earth_type:camera__&amp;language=en">50° 50′ 28.41″ N, 0° 06′ 56.68″ W</a></span></span> <a class="mw-kartographer-maplink no-icon" data-mw-kartographer="" data-style="osm-intl" href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Map/13/50.841225/-0.115744/en" data-zoom="13" data-lat="50.841225" data-lon="-0.115744" data-overlays='["_a21b293f1173d926b26de28a4b25d4bc91e268f9"]'><img alt="Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap." src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Openstreetmap_logo.svg/20px-Openstreetmap_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" title="Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap." width="20" height="20" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Openstreetmap_logo.svg/30px-Openstreetmap_logo.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Openstreetmap_logo.svg/40px-Openstreetmap_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="256"></a></td><td style="border:none;">View this and other nearby images on: <a class="external text" href="https://wikimap.toolforge.org/?wp=false&amp;cluster=false&amp;zoom=16&amp;lat=050.841225&amp;lon=-000.115744">OpenStreetMap</a></td><td style="border:none;"><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Geocoding" title="Commons:Geocoding"><img alt="info" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/OOjs_UI_icon_help.svg/18px-OOjs_UI_icon_help.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/OOjs_UI_icon_help.svg/27px-OOjs_UI_icon_help.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/OOjs_UI_icon_help.svg/36px-OOjs_UI_icon_help.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="24" data-file-height="24"></a><span class="geo" style="display:none"> 50.841225;   -0.115744</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
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