Where to drink with the sea in view
From beach-level tins to a hotel bar with a proper martini: a working drinking map of the Brighton and Hove seafront, ordered west to east.
West to east
Hove Lawns. Beach huts, a flask, the calmest stretch of sand in the city. Bring your own and watch the i360 do nothing gracefully.
Under the Peace Statue. The unofficial border. Cold tins, warm stones, best sunset in Sussex.
The Kings Road hotel bars. For when the wind wins. Order a martini, sit facing the window, let the weather happen to somebody else.
Palace Pier arches. Fried food, terrible lager, absolutely essential once a summer.
Madeira Drive to the Marina. The long walk east that sobers you up, with a seafood room at the end of it and a taxi rank that actually exists.
One rule
Never drink facing inland. The whole point is the water.