page_title: Bear Road, Brighton
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caption_attribution_description: Views of Brighton and Hove #9. This view looks slightly east of due south from near the top of Hollingbury Hill, 584 feet (178&#160;m) above sea level, towards the Bear Road/Coombe Road neighbourhood and beyond. Features (click to enlarge): The allotments separate the Bear Road area from the Bevendean estate. To the right of the allotments, roads such as Dewe, Redvers, Buller and Nesbitt Road run left-right towards the steeply sloping parallel Milner and Coombe Roads. The treeline going uphill in the centre of the picture runs between Milner and Coombe Roads. Above this, Elm Grove runs right across the picture from right to left below the large hospital buildings on the skyline. The sharply angled streets in the top right are the terraces running between Elm Grove and Hartington Road. On the skyline from left to right are Brighton Racecourse; Brighton General Hospital; new flats on Pankhurst Avenue; and the 1920s semi-detached houses of the Pankhurst Estate. In the foreground, right at the bottom, are semi-detached houses on The Highway at the bottom end of the Moulsecoomb estate. These face Lewes Road. On the other side of Lewes Road, the upper storeys of the Cockroft Building are visible. This is the main tower block of the University of Brighton. The remains of St Alban's Church at the junction of Coombe Road and Buller Road are marked. It was in the middle of being demolished at the time this picture was taken. Camera location50°&#160;51′&#160;10.53″&#160;N, 0°&#160;07′&#160;10.74″&#160;W&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: The Bear Road area is a largely residential area in the east of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. Centred on the steep west–east road of that name, it is characterised by terraced houses of the early 20th century, but Brighton's main cemeteries were established here in the 19th century and there is also some industry.
  Bear Road itself, a steeply sloping route running from the main Brighton–Lewes road eastwards towards Brighton Racecourse, divides the area into two contrasting sections. North of the road, the bare hillside was developed with densely populated streets of small houses from 1895 onwards. Development was effectively complete within 20 years, and most of the roads have names connected to the Boer War, giving the suburb "a strong sense of place". Other surviving buildings include some large early-20th-century factories, but an isolation hospital and the area's only church have both been demolished since 1990. South of Bear Road, a series of cemeteries and crematoria were built on a large, undulating area of farmland between 1850 and 1919.
context_section_description: The Bear Road area is a largely residential area in the east of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove.  Centred on the steep west–east road of that name, it is characterised by terraced houses of the early 20th century, but Brighton's main cemeteries were established here in the 19th century and there is also some industry.
  Bear Road itself, a steeply sloping route running from the main Brighton–Lewes road eastwards towards Brighton Racecourse, divides the area into two contrasting sections.  North of the road, the bare hillside was developed with densely populated streets of small houses from 1895 onwards.  Development was effectively complete within 20 years, and most of the roads have names connected to the Boer War, giving the suburb "a strong sense of place".  Other surviving buildings include some large early-20th-century factories, but an isolation hospital and the area's only church have both been demolished since 1990.  South of Bear Road, a series of cemeteries and crematoria were built on a large, undulating area of farmland between 1850 and 1919.
caption: The Bear Road area is characterised by dense terraced housing.  This view is taken from Hollingbury Hill on the other side of the Lewes Road valley.
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