Favourite Sussex Town?

[Napier]

Lewes - I spent some of my younger years there.

 

[The Clamp]

Brighton is okay to visit but I wouldn't live there again for love nor money. So many better places in Sussex.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Simple really. What's your favourite town/village/area in Sussex? Why do you like it and what is there to do there?

Fairlight village where my grandparents used to live, and the nearby Firehills in the summer months of my yoof!

 

[Triggaaar]

Hove seafront. Just love walking along the promenade with the sun out a sea breeze looking out to the sea then stopping for an ice cream. Heaven

Gets my vote.

 

[Triggaaar]

Brighton is okay to visit but I wouldn't live there again for love nor money. So many better places in Sussex.

That depends on what you're after. There are many places offering things that Brighton doesn't offer, but if you want what Brighton has to offer, what place in Sussex (or anywhere in the world) offers a better version of it?

 

[LlcoolJ]

Lewes. Was a great place to be raised.

Yeah, totally agree. Have no idea what it's like to live there now, but growing up there (a long time ago) was brilliant.

 

[pb21]

Uckfield

 

[The Clamp]

That depends on what you're after. There are many places offering things that Brighton doesn't offer, but if you want what Brighton has to offer, what place in Sussex (or anywhere in the world) offers a better version of it?

Well yes, I don't disagree. I'm just saying I wouldn't live there anymore. It's a fantastic tourist spot and fun to live in during your twenties but not a great place to settle in. Criminally overpriced too.

 

[Chicken Run]

Arundel

 

[whitelion]

Shoreham.

Born in Brighton but lived in Hove/Portslade most of my life though in Southwick at the moment which I've grown to like.

Shoreham though has it all in a Sussex sort of way. Good pubs, the river, the sea, not bad shops etc. If I ever go anywhere from Southwick it's west rather than east. Worthing is a likeable place too.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Yeah, totally agree. Have no idea what it's like to live there now, but growing up there (a long time ago) was brilliant.

There's a lot of wealthy oddballs that just roam about moaning about anything and everything .

 

[Triggaaar]

Well yes, I don't disagree. I'm just saying I wouldn't live there anymore.

Understood.

It's a fantastic tourist spot and fun to live in during your twenties but not a great place to settle in.

Again, that depends. Some people like to settle somewhere peaceful, others like to see life going on around them all the time etc.

Criminally overpriced too.

Everywhere decent seems ridiculously expensive to be honest.

 

[Mackenzie]

Brighton.

 

[Gwylan]

Lewes - if I had the money I'd live there.

Despite living in Brighton, I spend more time in Lewes town centre than Brighton's: I went to college there, the kids and I play cricket there, the kids used to play rugby there, my son plays squash there, it's the place that Mrs Gwylan and I choose to drink in ... it's got everything going for it.

 

[The Clamp]

Understood.
Again, that depends. Some people like to settle somewhere peaceful, others like to see life going on around them all the time etc.
Everywhere decent seems ridiculously expensive to be honest.

True to a degree but it really is pricey. Not just housing.

Pint of Guiness:

Shoreham £3.40
Worthing £3.50
Steyning £3. 70
Brighton £4.90

Fish and chips

Shoreham £4
Worthing £4.80
Brighton £6.50

12.5 grams Amber Leaf

Shoreham £4.49
Worthing £4.49
Brighton £5.90

3 mile taxi ride

Shoreham £4.50
Worthing £4.70
Brighton £7.90

 

[Postman Pat]

Lewes - if I had the money I'd live there.

Despite living in Brighton, I spend more time in Lewes town centre than Brighton's. it's got everything going for it.

I agree with all of this. I love visiting Lewes in the summer, sitting in a pub near the river having a few drinks. Not many things better.

Much less pretentious than Brighton and far fewer muppets roaming around.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Steyning has a lot going for it. Nestling next to The Downs and the River Adur, 4 pubs and a decent High Street, good school and less than 20 minutes to The Amex.

 

[JC Footy Genius]

Steyning has a lot going for it. Nestling next to The Downs and the River Adur, 4 pubs and a decent High Street, good school and less than 20 minutes to The Amex.

Glad to hear it's improved.

#stillbitter

 

[Insel affe]

Mooch up to Lancing College and watch the planes coming in to land.

Not sure on that one.

 

[Boys 9d]

Although I now live a few hundred yards over the border in Lancing I still regard Shoreham as my home town. I totally agree with the benefits listed by previous posters though wish that some of the developments had not occurred and the town was still as it was 50 years ago when I was a lot younger.