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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Brighton

18 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Brighton, England

Updated August 28, 2025
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The Banqueting Room

Brighton, England

The Royal Pavilion

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
Anna’s Museum.

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Anna's Museum

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

Brighton, England

Madeira Lift

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
West Pier

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West Pier

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Train heading south into the Clayton Tunnel

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Clayton Tunnel North Portal

This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.
Brighton Beach Flint Sculpture Garden

Brighton, England

Brighton Beach Flint Grotto

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
The entrance.

Brighton, England

Old Time Amusements

A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.
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The Booth Museum of Natural History

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.
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Bake an old-timey cake from this handwritten cookbook.
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