Brighton & Hove - Public Space Public Life

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A N A L Y S I S · c i t y s c al e · m o v e m e n t

destinations An uneven spread Everyday destinations The spread of destinations in the city is different for visitors and residents. Residents make daily visits to a network of local centres broadly spread across the city. Leisure destinations Visitor destinations are concentrated to a limited number of major attractions. These attractions are mostly clustered along the seafront and in the city centre.

Withdean Stadium Park and ride Sainsburys

Parking Car park provision reflects this pattern. Car parking in the city centre is at a premium. The current off-street car parking capacity within the city centre is around 5,400 publicly available spaces, many of which are concentrated in and around the Lanes and Churchill Square. The fact that car parks are embedded in the city centre contributes to congestion, as visitors arriving by car queue to enter the city core. Relocating car parks to the edge of the city centre would relieve this problem.

Cricket Ground

leisure destinations

King Alfred Mall

everyday destinations city parking

Palace Pier Brighton Marina

countryside parking

30% almost

find it difficult to locate parking*

p r o b l e m

* ‘AB Research’ Joseph Harding Everyday destinations are spread evenly across the city

Leisure destinations and parking are centred around Brighton City Centre and the seafront

Parking mainly located in City Centre

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