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| Keywords: Views of Brighton - View down Ryde Road, Brighton (towards North End of Hollingdean) (July 2010).JPG Views of Brighton and Hove 6 This view looks north-northwestwards from the south end of Ryde Road a residential street running north from the major road Elm Grove Features click to enlarge The housing estate running right across the midground and background consists of the later 1970s/1980s northeastern extension of Hollingdean The four-storey blocks at the front are around Tavistock Down 50 8438 -0 1236 the long dark-red terraces are in Uplands Road 50 8548 -0 1240 and the smaller houses behind are in Lynchet Close 50 8482 -0 1222 the very edge of the estate Behind them is Hollingbury Golf Course and the site of Hollingbury Fort which is actually much higher than the surrounding land despite the flattening effect of the zoom The large expanse of greenery in the foreground with the roofs behind it is the Brighton and Preston Cemetery The roofs belong to houses in Bear Road 50 8373 -0 1178 A small number of graves can just be made out above the chimneys in the bottom right which belong to houses on Hartington Road; the cemetery is bounded by Hartington and Bear Roads to the south and north respectively This photograph indicates how deep the Lewes Road valley is and how high the Elm Grove and Hollingdean areas are in contrast The elevation of the point at which the picture was taken is about 88 ft m ; even though Ryde Road is quite short it has already dropped to about 68 ft m by the other end Bear Road midground; roofs are just visible rises steeply from left to right; at the centre of the photograph it is at about 60 ft m The Coombe Road residential area which should be right in the centre of the picture is completely swallowed up because its elevation is about 50 ft m The next buildings that are visible the rows of houses in Hollingdean in the background then rise steadily from about 80 ft m to over 110 ft m and the open ground of Hollingbury Golf Course in the background rises to a peak of 178 ft m Lewes Road follows the tree line in front of the Hollingdean houses; it lies along the valley floor and its elevation appears to be only 25 ft m 50 83176 -0 117227 own 2010-07-31 The Voice of Hassocks Views of Brighton and Hove July 2010 in England Bear Road area Brighton Elm Grove Brighton Cc-zero | ||||
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