Preston Park

Really nice park.
I do think that it is one of the biggest parks I have been in since I came to England. It has spaces for playing football, basketball and tennis courts as well.
There is lots of space so you don’t necessarily have to put up with screaming kids right in your face if you are trying to have a barbecue.

Para un español y andaluz acostumbrado a otro tipo de parques, esta pradera abierta las 24h es un lujo. En verano está algo más seca pero es perfecto para ir a hacer deporte o comer al aire libre.

Very pretty park.
I didn’t see or step in any piles of dog shit.
I believe I got talked into taking a BMF class here or I might have been laying around the lawns waiting for a friend to get done with a class.
Either way, it’s pretty and clean.

My wifes’ aunt lives in Preston Drove so we get to see them often and walk the dogs here. Open, spacious and we find always clean. You can meet all sorts of people round here. some better than others!

This was the first Pride I ever descended upon, back in 1998 when there was no Facebook and even fewer attractive women than there are today. Back then it was all community stalls, fairground rides and a solitary women’s tent. Well, good to see nothing much has changed! You know Pride is one of those events where I’ve had good/​bad times depending on the mood I’ve been in, the number of ex girlfriends I’ve bumped into and the level of sanitation I’ve queued for. This time around I had no heartbreak encounters, avoided blood curdling rides and found a flushing latrine = result!

Whether you want to take it easy in the sun, have a game of football or tennis or just go for a run or cycle, this park will more than cater for your needs. It’s a very expansive place and even though it borders the A23 entrance road into the city, you still can come down here and get that peaceful vibe of a park.
Being one of the largest parks in the city, it also hosts a number of cool events throughout the year including music and events during Pride and the performance fire and light show of the Brighton festival.
It really is a nice place that you can meet up with an eclectic mix of friends and keep everyone happy.

Preston Park is a marvellous place. A vast haven of green space, trees and sports, it achieves that crucial sense of tranquillity despite the busy main road that runs past it. Far enough out of town to avoid the rampant tourism that goes on in the town and beach, Preston is big enough at 63 acres to share, and a great way to escape the city. There are tennis courts, basketball courts, and a bowling green, and come early evening streams of classes — football, fitness, Frisbee, and martial arts — pass through. During the Pride weekend, the Park becomes a completely different beast — a festival site full of rides, stalls and big tents.

I always think this place is such a good advert for people arriving in Brighton for the first time (softens the blow before they see the shops on London Road). The park is huge and is so well kept with bowls greens and a huge set of tennis courts.
They have a lovely little café called the rotunder (its round) and they sell a really nice fry up in there. Just nearby there’s a really nice garden with its own little pond.
Ideal place to take the kids and dog for a nice picnic lunch and a sunbathe. Does get a little hectic around Gay Pride though!

Another place to avoid the tourists all year round is Preston Park.
A gorgeous 63 acre park that runs alongside London Road, it has a charming rose garden, an authentic clock tower and Rotunda building, an old skool café, a childrens playground, eight tennis courts and six bowling courts. The thing I value most however, is the huge, leafy trees and long stretches of unspoilt grass. If I had kids, this is where I would bring them to play football and cricket and burn off some of their energy. As it is, its where I go with a book and an iced coffee to enjoy some peace, quiet and sunshine!

Preston Park is the Easy Jet of parks; reliable, yet largely without the frills. The main strength is that the park is extremely large, especially in relation to the lack of space around the Brighton area.
Unfortunately, a lack of space does still come in to effect, as the park is located on the side of the main exit road from the city. Regardless of that minor pit fall, here you will find 8 extremely new tennis courts, a few football pitches, 2 cafes, a pond and a lot of open space.
The views aren’t great, there are the expected number of seagulls, but ultimately you could stage one hugely expansive game of football here.

Once a year, this gorgeous green space of bowling lawns, tennis courts and flowers is transformed into party central as Brighton Pride hits Preston Park. On the first Saturday in August, the park becomes absolutely crammed with death-​defying fairground rides, clothes stalls, outdoor bars, food stalls, live music and performance tents in addition tens of thousands of people. Such a blast!
During the rest of the year, Preston Park is rather more sober and a great place to head if you need a bit of a break from the city. Although it’s a really popular spot for picnics, sunbathing and general chilling out, it’s never anywhere near as busy as the beach during peak tourist time. Also, despite the fact that its outskirts are so close to the main road, you can quickly head deep enough into the park to escape most of the noise.
A great place for picnics, outdoor sports or even just relaxing with a good book in the sunshine, Preston Park is an excellent way to spend an afternoon off in the open air.

Preston Park gets trumpeted around a lot as Brighton’s park of choice, the best place to sit, relax and enjoy a barbeque when the sun is high and the air is hot. However, it isn’t exactly my locale of choice when thinking about somewhere to sit, relax and enjoy the summer: a few to many people in the really hot months, you see, plus all of the things I reckon a park should have in droves are missing here… and it doesn’t beat the beach! But more on that later.
First things first: when it isn’t the high point of summer, and when people aren’t sitting around playing footie or throwing around a frisbee, it is empty apart from the ubiquitous ‘dog-​walking’ community. Basically, in months that aren’t May through to September, I wouldn’t recommend walking through here anytime after about 7 in the evening.
However, when summer does strike, it is perfectly pleasant, if you don’t require a nice café, a bathroom, or any of the other amenities you’d hope and expect for. Also, it’s hard to move for all the screaming toddlers, dogs and hippies, as well as the underage drinkers and the like. Generally, I’d recommend going into the centre of town, ie Pavilion Gardens, or the beach, where all this exists too, but it’s big enough to get away from the people you’d like to avoid. Plus, you’re always five minutes from the pub!

Preston Park est un grand parc public situé a la fin du nord de London Road. Son espace vert grand ouvert attire des promeneurs, les cyclists et les vacanciers, qui y va pour un soufflé d’air frais et pour laisser les vents sur la front de mer. Les jardins formels sont plantér avec les roses, et les jardins sauvages sont approchés avec les arbres et les chemins sinueux.
Le parc est bon pour relâcher dans l’été, et il y a événements souvent des extérieurs là. Cependent l’hiver c’est abandonné par la plupart des gens et vous pouvez marcher seul avec vos pensées. En plus, il y a des courts de tennis et des terrains de boules pour les gens plus énergiques. Après un jour en ville, c’est un joli place pour aller au crépuscule pour oublier la confusion un peu.

Another glorious park that we have the privilege of being able to play in. Preston Park cascades towards the roads with gentle expansive slopes. A hot bed of outdoor activity, you’ll often encounter tennis, boules and the running teams, all taking advantage of the natural facilities. There are some lovely flower gardens near the park café and ornate walkways link the paths together. I’ve had so many great picnics, barbeques, parties and lazy afternoons here. I cant wait for the summer to come again, which is when the park surges with vibrancy and vim.

What many people don’t know are the plans put in place during the 1920s that would’ve given Preston Park a decadent 6-​acre lake. If the scheme hadn’t been rejected in favor of other town projects I’m sure Preston Park would now be a national trust site attracting even more tourists to the area. However, you can’t complain because Preston Park is beautiful as it is. Nowhere else in the city offers such an expanse of flat, green, grassland. The football pitches and tennis courts make it a popular destination with sporty types whilst the cycle tracks and café make it equally popular with families. Definitely worth traveling up London Road for.

This is a great example of the spirit of Victorian parks. Big, green and with lots of facilities, there’s something for everyone here.
There are some formal gardens with hedges and flowers, sports facilities including bowling, tennis and football pitches, a cycle track round the edge, trees, and a wide expanse of glorious green grass.
In summer, many big groups set up here for the day with bbqs and gazebos, but it never feels crowded as it’s so huge.

Preston Park is a lovely place to stroll through the crunchy autumn leaves or lie down with a good book on a summer’s day. Besides the beach, this is definitely my favourite place in Brighton to laze around with friends and a picnic. There is even winter fun to be had here– on the infamous Snow Day of Feb 2009, Preston Park became a magical winter playground– I’ve never seen so many snowmen, and the bank which backs on to Preston Drove became a great (albeit small) sledging slope!
The park is big enough to feel like you’ve escaped from the city, but its not massive. There’s tennis courts, boules courts and plenty of space for walking the dog or throwing a Frisbee. The park is also home to a gorgeous rose garden and the Rotunda café, where you can enjoy tea and cake or an ice-​cream in the summer. Walk up towards the back of the park (Preston Drove side) and you will come across a beautiful red brick clock tower perched on the bank. I walked through this side of the park just the other day and the leaves are gorgeous right now– get yourself out for some fresh air before the trees are bare!

Outside of London this is one of the best parks I’ve been to in the UK. It use to be part of the Preston Manor estate so still has a lot of weird a wonderful features once used by the insanely rich man of the manor. The features include the Clock Tower, Rose Garden, Rookery Rock Garden and the Rotunda building with café.
Its a real landmark on the way into the city as it spreads along the length of a lot of London Road. It greats to lose yourself in on a sunny afternoon, I often indulge in a little Pimms picnic with my pals who live nearby. Facility wise is also has six bowling greens, a croquet lawn and 12 tennis courts within the 63 acre grounds
Its great for dog walking and a right little adventure for the kiddies (particularly the pond with stepping stones if they’re big enough), there’s also a children’s playground if the scenery isn’t enough to keep them entertained.

Green green grass, trees and more trees! You don’t realise how good all the green makes you feel until you are surrounded by it again. Preston Park is the most beautiful park about fifteen minutes walk (or ten if you march around like me) from the North Laines. It is a lovely feeling walking from London Road, under the railway arches (so beautiful!), to the southern most corner of the park– it’s like entering another world. The first part of the park that you walk into if you come from the town end is the rose garden. I insisted that my parents come visit me in July so that they could see this carefully maintained rose garden in its full staggering glory– roses of every colour and an amazing scent of flowers. Next to the rose garden is the rotunda café (see my later review) and further into the park are eight impeccable tennis courts– all free before 10am and £6 for a court during the day (concessions for students and OAPs). Past the tennis courts and the park opens up to its full glory– around 60 acres apparently– of glorious green fields lined with huge trees. This is the perfect place to come and read, walk your dog, play football. Lots of people come during the summer to have barbecues with their portable barbecues or put up little marquises to have birthday parties. If you have never made the trip take the time one weekend to relax in this amazing public space– we are so lucky to have such expanses of green.

This is just down the road from me and is great for a brisk walk around, lovely flowers in the spring, great trees for falling leaves in the Autumn and at anytime a lovely round café that serves great snacks and coffee.
It is used to its full size potential during gay pride when the funfair arrives and every patch of grass is covered and the whole population of brighton it seems descends on it for the festivities. Its also bursting at the seems for Party in the Park though a severe lack of loos at either occasion means we trek home foe a while. Great vista to look out on away from the crassness of the seafront pier. An oasis of calm normally away from the hubub of the city. Also houses the chinese state circus when it comes to town so if you visit pop into newsagent and the tourist info centre as they always have discounts for the circus.

Parque enorme y muy bien cuidado, como la mayoría de los parques en inglaterra. Buen sitio para hacer algo de deporte, tirarte en el cesped a descansar. Siempre te encontrarás a alguien corriendo o a niños jugando al futbol, la verdad es un buen lugar para pasar una tarde.

Un parque muy bonito donde puedes pasar la tarde disfrutando con sus diferentes atractivos.

Preston Park is Brighton’s largest and oldest planned city park. Funded by a bequest from a local bookmaker, William Edmund Davies, the park opened on 8 November 1884.
The park is located on the main A23 road from London to Brighton, a mile and half north of the city centre, and next to Preston Manor. The main park is over 60 acres in area and includes wide open spaces of parkland with trees, formal beds along the side of the A23 road, and at the south end is a formal rose garden. Next to this is the Rotunda Café, which is open Monday-​Friday 9.15−16h and weekends 9.30−17h.
Moving northwards are 4 bowling greens and 8 tennis courts, mutli-​sports areas with basket ball courts, a 500m velodrome, a children’s playground, 4 soccer pitches and 2 cricket pitches. In the centre of the park is the Chalet Café, open daily 10−17h. Despite the all organised sport provided for, many come here just to walk or for picnics, or for nothing in particular at all.
Other items of interest include a clock tower and the Hansel and Gretel-​like tiled house (sadly now with its windows protected with wire mesh).
As well as general recreation, the park is the location for many events during the year. The largest is the event after the Brighton Pride parade, which finishes at the Park, regarded by many as the premier free Gay Pride event in the UK. It regularly attracts over 120,000. (It takes place on 2^nd August in 2008). Other events are held during the year, including concerts and family days.