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Foredown Tower

Look for Foredown Tower, a museum, in Brighton and Hove. Nearby, 25 more places to visit are within 5 km. Close by, Royal Pavilion is 6.3 km away.

Where

In Brighton and Hove

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Museum in Brighton and Hove

Inside Brighton and Hove

Foredown Tower is inside Brighton and Hove’s built-up area, with 25 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Afternoons in Brighton and Hove peak at 19–21°C, June to September.

Jan8° / 3°87 mm

Feb8° / 3°62 mm

Mar10° / 4°52 mm

Apr13° / 6°48 mm

May16° / 9°48 mm

Jun19° / 12°53 mm

Jul21° / 14°57 mm

Aug21° / 14°64 mm

Sep19° / 12°62 mm

Oct15° / 9°97 mm

Nov11° / 6°102 mm

Dec9° / 4°99 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Brighton and Hove, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Brighton and Hove. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Brighton and Hove’s full climate →

About

Foredown Tower

Museum.

In Brighton and Hove, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Town: in Brighton and Hove
Official site: brighton-hove.gov.uk/libraries-leisure-and-arts/museums-and-attractions/foredown-tower-learning-and-visitor-centre#

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Foredown Tower on the map

Orange shows Foredown Tower; numbers mark the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns that list Foredown Tower

Home to 277,096 people, Brighton and Hove is the largest of these 4. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Brighton and Hove

277,096 people · 54 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km southwest of it

Southwick

12,242 people · 29 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km southwest of it

Shoreham-by-Sea

23,659 people · 16 places to visit

4 · 4 km north of it

Fulking

295 people · 15 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Foredown Tower is	People	Places to visit
Brighton and Hove	It’s in town	277,096	54
Southwick	1.1 km southwest of it	12,242	29
Shoreham-by-Sea	2.2 km southwest of it	23,659	16
Fulking	4 km north of it	295	15

Make a day of it

What else is near Foredown Tower

61 more lie within 15 km, 2 museums, a historic house and a theme park among them.

Historic houseRoyal Pavilion6.3 km away 2

Theme parkBrighton Pier6.6 km away 3

MuseumBrighton Museum & Art Gallery6.2 km away · 200K visitors a year 4

PierWest Pier5.6 km away 5

Castle · English HeritageBramber Castle8 km away 6

AttractionBrighton i3605.6 km away 7

MuseumBrighton Toy and Model Museum5.8 km away 8

Heritage railwayVolk's Electric Railway7.1 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions people have about Foredown Tower

Where is Foredown Tower?

Foredown Tower is in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Foredown Tower?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Foredown Tower?

June to September are the warmest months in Brighton and Hove, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Foredown Tower?

Within 15 km: Royal Pavilion (6.3 km), Brighton Pier (6.6 km), Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (6.2 km) and West Pier (5.6 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Royal Pavilion: Qmin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Pier: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
West Pier: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bramber Castle: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton i360: Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brighton Toy and Model Museum: Eric Baird, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Volk's Electric Railway: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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