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Portslade
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Portslade is a western suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. Portslade Village, the original settlement a mile inland to the north, was built up in the 16th century. The arrival of the railway from Brighton in 1840 encouraged rapid development of the coastal area and in 1898 the southern part, formerly known as Copperas Gap, was granted urban district status and renamed Portslade-by-Sea, making it distinct from Portslade Village. After World War II the district of Mile Oak to the north was added. Today, Portslade is bisected from east to west

Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.official_name
Portslade
UK place.static_image_name
PortsladeVillage-uk-09-11-05.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Portslade Village
UK place.unitary_england
Brighton and Hove
UK place.lieutenancy_england
East Sussex
UK place.region
South East England
UK place.constituency_westminster
Hove and Portslade
UK place.post_town
Brighton
UK place.postcode_district
BN41
UK place.postcode_area
BN
UK place.dial_code
01273
UK place.os_grid_reference
TQ255065

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Portslade downland
  • History
  • 19th-century residents
  • Administrative history
  • Amenities
  • Education
  • Rail transport
  • References
  • External links

Portslade is a western suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. Portslade Village, the original settlement a mile inland to the north, was built up in the 16th century. The arrival of the railway from Brighton in 1840 encouraged rapid development of the coastal area and in 1898 the southern part, formerly known as Copperas Gap, was granted urban district status and renamed Portslade-by-Sea, making it distinct from Portslade Village. After World War II the district of Mile Oak to the north was added. Today, Portslade is bisected from east to west by the old A27 road (now the A270) between Brighton and Worthing, each part having a distinct character.

== Geography ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Portslade” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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