Brighton & Hove
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| City of Brighton & Hove | |
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| Image:EnglandBrightonHove.png | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary authority, City (2000) |
| Region: | South East England |
| Historic County: | Sussex |
| admin. county: | East Sussex |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 259th 87.54 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Hove |
| ONS code: | 00ML |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density | Ranked 40th 251,400 3041 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 94.3% White 1.8% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
Brighton and Hove City Council http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.27(2)(b) |
| Control: | NOC (Conservative administration) |
| MPs: | Celia Barlow (L) David Lepper (L)/(Co-op) Desmond Turner (L) |
Brighton & Hove (or Brighton and Hove) is a unitary authority area and city on the south coast of England. It is England's most populous seaside city.
It was formed as a unitary authority area on 1 April 1997 by the merger of the East Sussex districts of Brighton and Hove. It immediately applied for and was granted borough status, which was followed by an award of city status by letters patent in 2000, as the joint winner of a competition to mark the Millennium. Thus Brighton & Hove is not part of the non-metropolitan county of East Sussex, but it is still part of the ceremonial county of East Sussex.
Brighton and Hove forms part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation, the 12th largest conurbation in the United Kingdom. Directly to the west is Shoreham-by-Sea, and a short distance to the east are Peacehaven and Newhaven. The city, district and urban areas of Brighton & Hove have the biggest populations in the South East England region.
Brighton and Hove themselves were results of amalgamations:
- Brighton was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1854, later becoming a county borough under the Local Government Act 1888; it covered the parish of Brighton and part of Preston
- Hove became a local board of health in the late 19th century, originally covering the parish of Hove
- in 1893 the parish of Aldrington was added to Hove local board
- Hove became incorporated as a municipal borough in 1898
- Hangleton, Preston Rural and West Blatchington added to Hove in 1928
- Ovingdean, Patcham and Rottingdean added to Brighton in 1928
- Portslade-by-Sea added to Hove in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 : both Brighton and Hove became non-metropolitan districts of East Sussex
The football team, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., predates the unification of the two boroughs by several decades.
On 15 October 2004, Brighton & Hove was granted Fairtrade City status. It is sometimes referred to as the "Gay Capital" of the UK, with many gay-oriented and owned business and services existing to serve a diverse and lively community.
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[edit] Council and Directorates
The leader of the council is Conservative, Brian Oxley. The current mayor of Brighton & Hove is Councillor Mrs Carol Theobald. The Chief Executive is Alan McCarthy. There are eight directorates in the council structure see here for details.
[edit] Towns and districts
The city of Brighton & Hove comprises the following areas (not necessarily directly corresponding to administrative wards or parishes):
- former borough of Brighton
- Bevendean
- Black Rock, Brighton
- Brighton
- Coldean
- Hanover
- Hollingbury
- Hollingdean
- Kemptown — built up around a self-contained development of 1823, Kemp Town
- The Lanes
- Marina
- Moulsecoomb
- New England Quarter - a large new mixed-use development
- North Laine
- Ovingdean
- Patcham
- Preston Park
- Preston Village
- Rottingdean Village
- Queen's Park
- Saltdean (West)
- Stanmer
- Westdene
- Whitehawk
- Withdean, East Sussex
- Woodingdean
- former borough of Hove
- Aldrington
- Brunswick — developed in a similar manner to Kemp Town (see above)
- Hangleton
- Hove
- Knoll
- Mile Oak
- Portslade by Sea
- Portslade Village
- Tongdean
- St Anne's Well
- West Blatchington
[edit] Census
The first census of Brighton was in 1801.
The resident population of Brighton & Hove at the 2001 census was 247,817 persons, comprising 114,479 households: 48.4% male, 51.5% female.
In the same census, Brighton & Hove had the highest percentage of citizens indicating their religion as “Jedi” among all principal areas of England and Wales).[1]
[edit] Wording of the Letters Patent
The Letters Patent of 2000 that confers City status is worded thus:
- "ELIZABETH the SECOND BY THE GRACE OF GOD OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND & OF OUR REALMS & TERRITORIES QUEEN HEAD OF THE COMMON WEALTH DEFENDER OF THE FAITH.
- To all to whom these Presents shall come Greeting. Whereas We for divers good causes and considerations Us thereunto moving are graciously pleased to confer on the Towns of Brighton and Hove the status of a city Now Therefore Know Ye that We of Our especial grace and favour and mere motion do by these Presents ordain declare and direct that the TOWNS OF BRIGHTON AND HOVE shall henceforth have the status of a CITY and shall have all such rank liberties privileges and immunities as are incident to a City. In witness whereof We have caused Our Letters to be made Patent Witness Ourself at Westminster the thirty first day of January in the forty ninth year of our reign.
- By Warrant under The Queens Sign Manual Phillips."
[edit] Economy
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Brighton and Hove at current basic prices published (pp.240-253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
| Year | Regional Gross Value Added[1] | Agriculture[2] | Industry[3] | Services[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2,656 | 3 | 407 | 2,246 |
| 2000 | 3,101 | 3 | 378 | 2,721 |
| 2003 | 3,952 | 4 | 476 | 3,472 |
[edit] See also
See the Brighton and Hove articles for descriptions of the twin towns, and the Brighton and Hove category for further articles about places and things in the district.
- List of notable Brighton and Hove inhabitants
- Brighton and Hove Issues Forum - Local discussion forum
Places with city status in the United Kingdom | |
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| England | Bath · Birmingham · Bradford · Brighton & Hove · Bristol · Cambridge · Canterbury · Carlisle · Chester · Chichester · Coventry · Derby · Durham · Ely · Exeter · Gloucester · Hereford · Kingston upon Hull · Lancaster · Leeds · Leicester · Lichfield · Lincoln · Liverpool · London (City of London and Westminster) · Manchester · Newcastle upon Tyne · Norwich · Nottingham · Oxford · Peterborough · Plymouth · Portsmouth · Preston · Ripon · St Albans · Salford · Salisbury · Sheffield · Southampton · Stoke-on-Trent · Sunderland · Truro · Wakefield · Wells · Winchester · Wolverhampton · Worcester · York |
| Scotland | Aberdeen · Dundee · Edinburgh · Glasgow · Inverness · Stirling |
| Wales | Bangor · Cardiff · Newport · St David's · Swansea |
| Northern Ireland | Belfast · Derry · Armagh · Newry · Lisburn |
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