Black Rock is an area of undeveloped land located near

Brighton Marina Brighton Marina is an artificial marina situated in Brighton, England. It features a working harbour and residential housing alongside a variety of leisure, retail and commercial activities. The construction of the marina itself took place bet ...

in the city of

Brighton and Hove Brighton and Hove () is a city and unitary authority in East Sussex, England. It consists primarily of the settlements of Brighton and Hove, alongside neighbouring villages. Often referred to synonymously as Brighton, the City of Brighton and H ...

. It was previously the site of a swimming pool that was demolished in the 1980s. There is also an area just to the east of the Marina that is known as Black Rock. Here at low tides a vast area of black rocks can be seen that are excellent for nature observations for the likes of ecologists.

History

From at least the early 19th Century, Black Rock was the site of an inn and a few houses overlooking cliffs to the east of the then town of Brighton. In 1922, Ralph Seymor, signal officer for Admiral David Beatty during

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, committed suicide at Black Rock by jumping into the sea. Black Rock Pool 2 Brighton 1961

In 1936 an

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was constructed at beach level, but this was closed in 1978 and demolished in 1979. The area is served by an extension of the

Volk's Electric Railway Volk's Electric Railway (VER) is a narrow gauge heritage railway that runs along a length of the seafront of the English seaside resort of Brighton. It was built by Magnus Volk, the first section being completed in August 1883, and is the old ...

, which has remained in use thanks to the proximity of the marina, although the line was shortened when the marina and associated coastal defences were built in the early 1970s. The cliff-top houses were also lost to allow for the marina's approach roads. A new Black Rock railway terminus station was constructed in the 1990s, controversially slightly off-centre when compared with the terraces behind it which lead up to Lewes Crescent,

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Future

Brighton and Hove City Council have plans to develop the site with a predominantly leisure use. From 2007 there have been plans to construct a multi-purpose sports arena with adjacent ice rink, however in July 2012 the Council considered those plans were no longer viable and decided to seek a new development partner.

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Pictures and information about Black Rock
at My Brighton and Hove
Black Rock development
Brighton & Hove City Council
Volk's Electric Railway
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