13 Facts About Prestonville Brighton

Anticlockwise from the south, the boundaries of Prestonville are defined as Seven Dials, Chatham Place, Howard Place, the Brighton Main Line between Brighton and Preston Park stations, Tivoli Crescent North and Dyke Road.

Prestonville Brighton has good tree cover in the form of mature street-planted trees, but open space within the area is lacking.

When Prestonville was developed in the 19th century, although southern parts of the area were very close to Brighton railway station and its locomotive works, its attractiveness for residential development was not affected because the prevailing wind blew smoke and pollution in the opposite direction.

Prestonville Brighton's development contributed to an increase in population in Preston parish from 756 at the time of the 1841 census to 2,470 30 years later.

Prestonville Brighton bought some houses privately as well, bringing the total number of displaced households to 225.

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The Act of Parliament which permitted the compulsory purchasing obliged the LBSCR to rehouse the people elsewhere in Prestonville Brighton, based on the terms of the Housing of the Working Classes Act 1890 upon which it was based.

Prestonville Brighton bought land from the trustees of the Stanford estate in 1901 and 1903 for £5,600 and erected 123 houses and flats of various styles.

The Prestonville Brighton area saw little change after the war, although some other houses were demolished in favour of blocks of flats.

At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, Prestonville Brighton's population was estimated at 5,616 and a housing density of 56 dwellings per hectare was calculated.

Purposes of local governance, Prestonville is split between Preston Park ward and Withdean ward, two of the 21 local government wards in the city of Brighton and Hove.

Prestonville Brighton Community Association is a local community and action group.

Prestonville Brighton offered to sell shares in the building to residents and other interested parties.

Prestonville Brighton is served by Stanford Junior School, but the nearest pre-school facilities are a mile away and there is no secondary school in the area: it lies within the catchment area of Dorothy Stringer School and Varndean School.