Georgian Brighton's Promenade

Where visitors and local people paraded  - the Steine at Brighton 1750-1800

The early story of the Steine, the open space which became one of England's first public promenades.

When the first visitors came to Brighton, the little resort lacked a seafront promenade and so visitors congregated on the open space to the east of the old town called the Steine.  It quickly became the fashionable part of the town.