Location notes
Just to the East of Hove station, near Brighton a bridge crosses over lines where the Brighton and London lines split overlooking Hove station.
Railway type and traffic
Southern Class 377, SouthWest Trains 158, 159, 450, Limited First Great Western 158s.
There is also occasional charter traffic.
There is also occasional charter traffic.
Environment
Inner city road bridge with fairly busy road close to Hove town centre. No problem at this location in the past.
Road directions
Take the A23 into Brighton past Preston Park. Go underneath the railway viaduct and turn right at Preston Circus onto New England Road. This takes you to the Severn Dials Roundabout where you must take the 4th exit on the roundabout onto Goldsmid Road which you follow along into Hove. Follow for about half a mile and the Drive should be on the right going up to the Bridge.
Hove, The Drive map co-ordinates
Hove, The Drive map co-ordinates
Parking
The best place for parking is Hove station.
Public transport
Hove railway station is nearby which also has plenty of Brighton and Hove buses serving it from Churchill square.
From the station turn left onto Station approach and follow round onto Denmark villas for 50 meters and turn left into Cromwell road. Another 50 meters takes you to the Crossroad of the Drive and turn left which takes you right onto the bridge.
From the station turn left onto Station approach and follow round onto Denmark villas for 50 meters and turn left into Cromwell road. Another 50 meters takes you to the Crossroad of the Drive and turn left which takes you right onto the bridge.
Amenities
Church road which has many shops and amenities which is the south end of Church road about a quarter of a mile or at Hove station.
Accommodation
Brighton has many Hotels and Guest house available.
Where on the map
Sun Compass
Open this Image in a new window and use as a sun compass with the links below.
Streetmap links
Hove, The Drive general view map
Hove, The Drive close up map
Multimap links
Hove, The Drive on new multimap
Hove, The Drive general view map
Hove, The Drive close up map
Hove, The Drive aerial view (where available)
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Hove, The Drive
Some areas not available at all zoom levels,.
Helpful location information
Railway Gen Group
Photographic notes
Good shots both ways but best West in the morning and east in the Afternoon and evening.
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If you do find this information useful then please feel free to mention how you 'found' the location on your website or magazine submission.
Offical Guidelines for Railway Enthusiasts
British Transport Police Guidelines for rail enthusiaist
Network Rail Guidelines for rail enthusiasts
ATOC/National Rail Guidelines for rail enthusiasts
If you see anything suspicious the British Transport Police can be contacted on their crime telephone number:
0800 405040
Help all us railway enthusiasts get a better name by helping the British Transport Police catch the cable thief's and vandals.
Network Rail Guidelines for rail enthusiasts
ATOC/National Rail Guidelines for rail enthusiasts
If you see anything suspicious the British Transport Police can be contacted on their crime telephone number:
0800 405040
Help all us railway enthusiasts get a better name by helping the British Transport Police catch the cable thief's and vandals.
General views - All photographs © Nick Martin unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Fig 2 - Looking east
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavor to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window.
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