Queen's Road, Brighton

Queen's Road is a major street in the seaside resort of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It was laid out in 1845, partly replacing a large area of poor quality slum housing, during a period when Brighton was growing rapidly following the arrival of the railway from London. The street's purpose was to connect Brighton railway station directly with the old town and the main commercial area, and the railway partly funded its construction and its subsequent widening. Queen's Road quickly took on a commercial character, with many hotels and pubs opening; several large warehouses were built; and it also became the centre of the town's medical profession. In the postwar era large offices began to predominate, and buildings including Brighton's first "super cinema" were lost. Several architecturally important buildings survive, though, and the street remains important as "the principal thoroughfare for visitors arriving ... by train".