Sussex Toy and Model Museum (Brighton)

Advantages: great location, cheap, nice rooms, excellent food
Disadvantages: no parking, quite dated

...was very impressed by the Royal Albion. Bars and Restaurants in the hotel: Jenny's Restaurant - serves a large selection of food for breakfast, lunch and dinner and has a nice view facing the pier and the beach. Pavilion Bar - again looks over the beach and serves a selection of drinks at a reasonable price. Sun Terrace - for sunnier days in the summer, has chairs and sun beds to sit on and get a nice tan. Attractions just a few minutes away: Hove cricket ground, home of Sussex CC The withdean stadium, home of Brighton FC Theatre Royal Sea-life centre Royal pavilion The 'Lanes' shopping Hove museum and art gallery Candy castle Brighton toy and model museum Brighton racecourse Brighton pier Brighton marina... Read review

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Advantages: I love where I live
Disadvantages: During the tourist season it is very crowded

.... The costs are: 'adults £3.00, children £1.80 (age 5-15), students, senior citizens and the unemployed pay £2.50, family tickets, (2 adults & up to 4 children), cost £7.85 and 1 adult & up to 4 children are charged £4.85)'. This is home that was built in the 1200's and refurbished in the early 1900's. It is covered with ivy and you are shown the servants' quarters, the kitchen, the children’s room as well as the rooms that the 'gentry' lived in. The Chattri Indian War Memorial is where the people from India were cremated after they died during the First World War. The Royal Pavilion, (it is also called the Brighton Pavilion), reminds me of buildings that were built in India. There is also the D-day Museum, Barlow Gallery and Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Sussex Toy and Model Museum. I haven't visited these yet but I know you... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of history and lots of family attractions
Disadvantages: Not the entertainment capital of England

...I have fond memories of Sussex. As a child we spent a few summer holidays on the South Coast. Resorts like Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings were so different from the holiday places which many people from the North West went to. Blackpool was always brash, Southport was sedate and Rhyl was bleak and dull. In those days the trek from Manchester to the South Coast took ages. Nowadays the area does not have the mass migration of tourists it had in the 1960s and 70s which is unfortunate because what it does have now is a whole series of attractions for the family. No longer would rainy days have to spent wiping condensation from the inside of the caravan whilst we tried to keep everything dry. As a child I was fascinated about the history of the Battle of Hastings. Of all the battles which have taken place on British soil this one we... Read review

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