BRIGHTON & HOVE FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL

Hove Lawns

Easter Weekend 2014

Eat drink and be merry in the glorious sunshine. I arrived just as everyone was finishing setting up and starting to cook. The smells starting to surface were wonderful, so of course for the purpose of my blog and energy/stomach I had to try a broad selection. 

Scotch egg, chicken and ham crusty pie, huge donut, Turkish cake ........... my mouth waters as I recall. 

Driving back past the festival a while later I saw heaps more people had arrived, which was pleasing. I think it is important to eat well and less processed foods and just as important to support local small businesses.

And as they say " the proof was in the pudding" !!!

Hove Lawns

Hove Lawns is the official start to Hove (Brighton and Hove City) , and stretches along to Hove Lagoon. A beautiful seafront esplanade with pebble beaches 

and iconic statements; The Peace Angel marks the boundary between Brighton and Hove..actually!!!.

The majestic Bandstand designed by Phillip Lockwood and completed in 1884, the signage declares it to be "considered one of the finest examples of a Victorian bandstand still surviving in England today". 

The beach huts stand loud and proud. Available to purchase from anything from £11,500-£14,000 and rentable on a daily tariff of £50 or weekly £200.

The West Pier was Brighton's second pier, joining The Royal Suspension Chain Pier in 1866. Built by Eugenius Birch it was later closed to business in 1975 and has been left deteriorating, awaiting renovation ever since. It has not weathered well and suffered incredible damage now standing as a skeleton after experiencing countless storms and two terrible fires the latest being in 2003.  Owned by the West Pier Trust and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund various plans to renovate have been opposed by local residents and the previously supportive !!!, Noble Organisation owner of the (Palace) Brighton Pier; who felt "major concerns with the impact of commercial operations".  

In july 2008 the West Pier Trust stated "that it was confident of the West Pier's rebuild" and originally planned to re-establish the structure as a major tourist attraction along with the i360, a futuristic observation tower.

I feel saddened when such beautiful historic icons are left to die ...