Black Rock (Brighton and Hove)
Black Rock is an area of wasteland located near Brighton Marina in the city of Brighton and Hove.
The former site of the lido is now used as a graffiti wall.[citation needed]
Part of the area is used as a cruising spot for gay men. In 2009 there were a number of violent homophobic attacks there.[1]
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[edit] History
From at least the early 19th Century[citation needed], Black Rock was the site of an inn and a few houses overlooking cliffs to the east of the then town of Brighton.
In 1936 an Art Deco Lido was constructed at beach level, but this was closed in 1978[2][3] and demolished in 1979, having been run down ever since its closure during World War II.[citation needed]
The area is served by an extension of the Volk's Electric Railway, which has remained in use thanks to the proximity of the marina, although the line was shortened when the marina and associated coastal defences were built in the early 1970s. The cliff-top houses were also lost to allow for the marina's approach roads. A new Black Rock railway terminus station was constructed in the 1990s, controversially slightly off-centre when compared with the terraces behind it which lead up to Lewes Crescent, Kemp Town.
[edit] Future
There are currently plans to build a multi-sports arena called the Brighton International Arena as part of a full redevelopment of the area.
[edit] References
- ^ Andy Chiles (2009-08-11). ""Rise in homophobic attacks at Brighton cruising spot"". http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4538739.Rise_in_homophobic_attacks_at_Brighton_cruising_spot/. Retrieved 2012-01-03. "The number of homophobic attacks at a well-known gay cruising spot have risen in the past year. Sussex Police said it had recorded an increase in the number of incidents at Dukes Mound, off Madeira Drive, Brighton."
- ^ Adam Trimingham (2011-07-18). ""No cash to splash"". http://www.theargus.co.uk/magazine/nostalgia/pastpresent/9141046.No_cash_to_splash/. Retrieved 2012-01-03. "It was a bad day at Black Rock when the famous open-air swimming pool closed in 1978 ... It was built in 1936 ..."
- ^ ""Rekindling love for the Lido"". http://www.bbc.co.uk/southerncounties/content/articles/2008/08/19/lido_feature.shtml. Retrieved 2012-01-03. "Brighton Black Rock Lido: Built 1936. Closed 1978."
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Coordinates: 50°48′53″N 0°06′02″W / 50.81472°N 0.10056°W
