It's just not very lovely !! The approach gives me anxiety with its building works & severe sky…read morehigh concrete passes & barriers & parking impossibilities. Brighton of all places should have a funky marina a real destination - this one is clumsy uncomfortable and soulless

This is a cute area, but everything was either closed or appeared lackluster in comparison to what…read moreyou can find in London. Two of us came here in February on a Monday morning, granted this is off season, but nothing seemed open and the town itself seemed completely asleep all morning. The marina is beautiful and has a variety of food options, but not much opens until 11am or 12pm. The boats are shining and the water looks clean as the sun beams down across it all. The bathrooms are upstairs and the disability bathrooms are locked on the first floor which seems quite disappointing in case of emergency. The bathrooms upstairs surprisingly had a good electric dyson hand dryer and was clean, although inconvenient to get to. Tip/Takeaway: Would not recommend planning on spending much time here other than passing through to get to the Undercliff Walk and making a bathroom break upstairs.

If you think you are a football superstar, and have a few friends, then test your metal in the…read moreevening 4 a side leagues. In the top league it gets serious with rivalries stretching over a few years, otherwise you can have a friendly game but who doesn't take 4 a side football seriously?? with options for the younger ones during the day which include football, an adventure playground and birthday party options fun can be had by the kids and the big kids in the evening. I love playing in the leagues here when I have time and is a great way to relax after a difficult day at work. Get off the couch and get down there!

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I went to this swimming centre at 1am on Saturday night as part of Cine City's event during White…read moreNight festival. There was about 80 people splashing around in their bikinis and costumes whilst behind them a gigantic screen played film footage all centred around swimming and swimming pools. There were ushers selling popcorn and people queing to sit down and watch from the raised spectator seats. It was a quietly magical experience that definitely encouraged me to go back to Prince Regent and actually swim there. As well as having a proper pool with different swimming lanes for professionals and sports fanatics, there's a shallow pool for kids and beginners and a warm teaching pool for toddlers. There's also a sauna, steam room and gym apparently - all at extra cost on a daily or weekly basis. Will post photos of the Cine City / White Night event in a few hours for swimming movie fans!

This swimming pool complex is in a convenient location right next to Starbucks and Pizza Express…read more(Not the best places to go right after a swim but what can you do?!) nearby the north laines - and it has a car park, a fairly small car park but it's great for the nightmare that is Brighton. Plus it's free after 6. Bonus! This pool itself is fairly average - it's good if it's not busy and it has 2 other seperate pools for swimming lessons and aqua aerobics (which by the way I must say looks rather fun!) The gym part of the complex is situated right above the pool so you can look up at those on the treadmills - just as they can look down at you which I guess it adds a little amusement! The changing rooms are OK, there is a fair selection of sizes including family rooms (I know I shouldn't use these but it's so much nicer to have space!). The thing is it does smell a little, as do the toilets... If you live in Brighton and enjoy swimming, there's no reason not to go here, it's just not the cleanest of complexes.

James Dean dated a lot of hotties back in the day, and they didn't mind sharing. I asked so many…read moregirls out back in the 50s and they were like, "um, I'm Withdean." And indeed they were. Ahh. Oh well. First-Hand Experience: More info about my personal experience at this stadium - I didn't ever get to watch Brighton play at this stadium, and I haven't used the gym that is here. However since I'm obsessed with everywhere that British footy clubs play, I've been on these grounds a couple of times. Hard to believe that Brighton actually played here. In 2011 I toured the facilities and realized that it must have been really tough for the fans to deal with playing here. However it was worth the wait because their new stadium is one of the best in the country. I've been to most UK & US stadiums, due to lifelong obsessions with travel, sport & especially footy (soccer to Americans). Born & raised in England, I followed Oxford United (hometown team) to stadia all over the country at away games, and later Liverpool (fave team) around. Every stadium review - like all my reviews - are from first-hand personal experience, usually from several visits. In 2011, I was on music tour in the UK, and visited most stadiums for fun in my spare time. As recently as Fall 2014, when I was "stuck" in UK for 3 months, I went to hundreds yet again while travelling. I have pictures of me at most, which I'll post later. Also, when back in UK I'll take more pix, and add more stadia! *** return to regular review *** This is a really poor stadium, especially for a club as big as Brighton. It's good that the Albion only played there for 12 years, and my word, their new stadium could not be much more spectacular, could it? Withdean was built in 1936 and can only hold 8k people. 12 years in this stadium was actually probably hell for the Brighton fans but my goodness was it worth it when you see the Amex, amirite? And no, I wasn't a huge fan of John Kerry. I'd rather have gone withdean.

One of the five centres my gym membership covers, Withdean Sports Complex is massive, the home to…read moreBrighton Seagulls at the moment but not for long as the new shiny stadium is nearly finished in Falmer. As well as the stadium there are tennis and squash courts, a gym and exercise classrooms. I cycled up there the other day to partake in the Body Conditioning class, and left limping and aching. Being a member of the Kinetika gyms means I can visit this one as well as the nearer Prince Regents, alongside the others in the Brighton and Hove area. The gym is much better than the Prince Regents one, if a bit dark, it's bigger, got more equipment, and less smelly and sweaty, which is always a good thing. The fact that it's a 2 mile bike ride to get to means that by the end of my class/gym session I really feel like I've worked out.

I have been using this sports centre since I was 5 years old and have spent most of my childhood…read moreusing it's facilities! It seems that this place is always open and offers absolutely anyone an opportunity to get involved in sport and fitness activities. The packages they offer and the expertise they have is vast. The manager and assisstant manager have been there fore almost as long as I have been alive so they know what they are doing. I would discuss the facilties they have but would go on forever so check the website out and get involved.

The Manor is a council owned community activities centre. It offers an array of sporting activities…read moreincluding Football, Basketball, Badminton, Gymnastics, Dance, Boccia, Aerobics, Tai-chi and Pilates. The venue itself consists of sports hall, a small kitchen, a meeting/art room, showers facilities and of course the surrounding playing fields. Its fab for kids as they have so much going gone particularly in the school hols. The venue is home to lots of local sports teams including Saltdean united FC. As well as offering a wealth of kids activities there also some fitness classes for the mums and dads, and adult sports teams. If your a family new to the area this is an ideal place to socialise in the heart of the community or if you just looking to get fit then the Manor is the place for you.

While I have not used the leisure centre itself, I have used the fields out behind the centre. It's…read morelovely - the staff that set them up are generally nice (we did have trouble once where they called us liars about the field being set up). But the first time that I came through the center and needed help finding the fields, a worker there walked me all the way over towards the fields (not a small trip). So win some, lose some. There is some parking for the center, which is nice as it's a bit out of town. The fields are amazing - well kept, and the lighting is good. Overall lovely place to call "soccer home" for my time in the UK.

This Sports centre has lots to offer. Great fitness facilities and sports halls to do what you want…read morein. On Friday evenings there is a roller disco which is great fun for teenagers, I have been when I was younger and had a cracking time. Old and young can use the facilties here and in my opinion keeping fit is the foundations of a great lifestyle. You can keep fit with friends or work out on your own with help from qualified professionals. Fishersgate train station is a 5 minute walk away but for those who want to really keep fit jog there for your warm up.

The sauna has now been broken for 8 weeks and the members of staff know absolutely nothing about…read morewhen it's going to be fixed. The vague update is that it will be part of the refurbishment but that was meant to take place in December 2016. When I was in the gym last week, 3 screens for the exercise equipment were not working and the member of staff on duty said there was a very long wait for an engineer.

Buildbrighton is one of a loose network of independent hackspaces around the world. It works a lot…read morelike a gym for geeks: you pay a monthly fee (whatever you think the services are worth to you) and you get access to the equipment and facilities at the space. It's a little hard to find, as the main entrance to their workshop is inside a place called Rodhus, an arts/crafts workshop space. To get in you have to find the back entrance to Rodhus and ring a bell located on a cartoon robot! There's three areas in BuildBrighton, a large co-working/open plan desk area with a kitchen, a wood- and metal-working shop (with welder, lathes, saws etc), and a computer-controlled manufacturing shop (with laser cutter, 3D printers etc). Everyone involved with the community is very friendly, their Thursday open-evenings are usually full of people asking eachother advice about various making-related skills.