Brighton/East Sussex Area?
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Try looking for London to Brighton routes on here, and on any other car enthusiast sites. It's a popular run; most owners' clubs do a L2B each year and they often include some lovely backroads north of Brighton/Lewes 
As for tunnels, I know there's the Southwick Hill Tunnel on the A27 to the west of Brighton/Hove... but it's not much to write home about.
I'd link you to the L2B route that us vx220.org boys ran this year but the damned site is down at present
Enjoy anyway, Brighton's a wicked city
As for tunnels, I know there's the Southwick Hill Tunnel on the A27 to the west of Brighton/Hove... but it's not much to write home about.
I'd link you to the L2B route that us vx220.org boys ran this year but the damned site is down at present
Enjoy anyway, Brighton's a wicked city
Brighton is sometimes called London by the Sea. London has the Kenjestion Charge to deter visitors, and Brighton under the Labour friendly administration of the past couple of decades has decided that simply organising congestion on a grand scale (junction narrowing, bus lanes, sky-high parking charges) will have the same effect. 
Quite effective too.......
Quite effective too.......
Dogwatch said:
Brighton is sometimes called London by the Sea. London has the Kenjestion Charge to deter visitors, and Brighton under the Labour friendly administration of the past couple of decades has decided that simply organising congestion on a grand scale (junction narrowing, bus lanes, sky-high parking charges) will have the same effect.
Quite effective too.......
Bingo! Quite effective too.......
sapd said:
As for tunnels, I know there's the Southwick Hill Tunnel on the A27 to the west of Brighton/Hove... but it's not much to write home about.
Agreed, theres a REAL shortage of tunnels on the South Coast! Still, it's not so bad considering how many great twistys there are which more than make up for it 
Ditchling Beacon is worth driving up - just north of Brighton from Ditchling village up onto the downs, also the road over the Dyke (called Saddlecombe Road on here http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=publ... Dont follow it all the way into town tho' as it ends up in a buses only lane, go a bit off to the west and head for Hove.
Warning!!! If you are arriving on a sunny day, particularly if it's a Sat or Sun, make sure you have a map, or sat nav that doesn't force you on to the A23!!!
The A23 gets jammed up all the way from the outskirts of town, or before, all the way to the seafront, has 4,000,000 sets of traffic lights and is no fun at all.
Either approach on one of the roads mentioned above or, from the roundabout at the bottom of the A23, look for another route down to the seafront, anywhere but the A23 - there are plenty of alternatives and it's difficult to get too much lost, you will always bump into the sea at some point!
In fact, unless you just want to blast down there I would probably not even go onto the M23 from the M25, go off at junction 9 or 6 depending which way you are coming and enjoy the country routes.
Warning!!! If you are arriving on a sunny day, particularly if it's a Sat or Sun, make sure you have a map, or sat nav that doesn't force you on to the A23!!!
The A23 gets jammed up all the way from the outskirts of town, or before, all the way to the seafront, has 4,000,000 sets of traffic lights and is no fun at all.
Either approach on one of the roads mentioned above or, from the roundabout at the bottom of the A23, look for another route down to the seafront, anywhere but the A23 - there are plenty of alternatives and it's difficult to get too much lost, you will always bump into the sea at some point!
In fact, unless you just want to blast down there I would probably not even go onto the M23 from the M25, go off at junction 9 or 6 depending which way you are coming and enjoy the country routes.
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