Sussex Group visit to Brighton Hippodrome

Friday 24 April, 2pm to 3.30pm

Join us at Brighton's famous Hippodrome. After over a century hosting entertainment the venue has been silent for some years. Works have been ongoing to save the building and put it back into use for the 21st century. This is an exciting chance to see progress since our last visit three years ago.

The ceilings are now all fully restored and all scaffold removed. The fly tower is being adapted with a three storey steel frame for green rooms and so on. Hippodrome House is awaiting revised consent so is very much a demolition site with lift towers and new walls going up.

All will become clear on site but attendees might like to look at the planning application to see the latest proposals – 1 April is the date for consideration by the Planning Committee. Our tour will be with Andy Lambor of Matsim, the developer and owner of the building.

You will need

Please bring your own PPE ie hardwearing shoes and hard hat, but hi-viz will be provided.

How to get there

Brighton Hippodrome
Middle Street, Brighton, BN1 1AL

The site is a 15-20 minute walk from Brighton Station and well served by public transport. Parking in central Brighton is relatively easy but expensive.

Accessibility

This is a working construction site.
There will be limited facilities, dust, noise, uneven surfaces, obstacles and low passages and so on.

Anything we can do to make this event more accessible for you? Please email membership@spab.org.uk.

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Photo credit: Hippodrome interior CC 0 by Andy Li via Wikimedia Commons