Category:Brighton City Sightseeing Bus

Brighton's Grand Hotel [image info]

The Brighton City Sightseeing open-top double-decker tour bus operates for six to seven months of the year, typically between April and October. It provides a useful way to see much of the city, and provides a handy "base of operations" and jumping-off point for daytrippers and weekend explorers.

One full "loop" takes around fifty minutes, and the service runs hourly, half-hourly during peak months.

Hop-On, Hop-Off

Although the main stop ("1") is slightly to the West of the Palace Pier, once you've bought your ticket (or had your printed voucher scanned by the driver and given a ticket), you can get on and off the bus at any of the twelve stops. It's an all-day ticket, so you can use the bus as many times as yu like during the day. Some trippers might like to do a full loop first, and then (once they've familiarised themselves with the route) use the bus to move between points on their itinerary. The same tickets can also be used on any other Brighton&Hove Buses services.

Route

correct as 2021, might change in future

Stop 1-2 – Starts alongside the Palace Pier, then travels along the seafront West, past the Grand Hotel to the i360 and Upside-Down House.
Stop 2-3 – Past the Bandstand, Peace Angel statue and Hove Lawns, then turns up Hove's Grand Parade, stopping a little past the Hove statue of Queen Victoria.
Stop 3-4 – To Sussex Cricket Ground.
Stop 4-5 – To Hove Palmeira Square, and the Hove Floral Clock
Stop 5-6 – To St Anns Well Gardens
Stop 6-7 – Through Seven Dials, to Brighton Station (Stop B) and Brighton Toy and Model Museum
Stop 7-8 – Down Queens Road, and then turns left at the Clock Tower, along North Street.
Stop 8-9 – Passes the India Gate entrance to the Roya Pavilion and Pavilion Gardens, then turns left and stops outside the Royal Pavilion.
Stop 9-10 – Northward from alongside the Royal Pavilion, then turns right (Eastward), just missing North Gate and the statues of George IV and Queen Victoria, to head uphill on Edward Street into Kemptown, then zig-zagging onto Marine Parade.
Stop 10-11 – Passes along Marine Parade, past Brighton Marina, then doubles back and passes directly into the Marina, to Stop 11
Stop 11-12 – Passes out of the Marina again, and back down Marine Parade, past the Volks Electric Railway's Black Rock Station, the Madeira Lift and Royal Crescent, and back to the Sea Life Centre and Palace Pier