Historic house · Brighton and Hove · East Sussex

Royal Pavilion

Royal Pavilion is a former royal residence located. Its place is inside Brighton and Hove’s built-up area. It is protected as a Grade I listed building.

Photo: Royal Pavilion, Qmin (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Brighton and Hove

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 1%

#62 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Historic house in Brighton and Hove

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#62 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (36 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Brighton and Hove

Royal Pavilion is inside Brighton and Hove’s built-up area, with 26 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade I listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Brighton and Hove has 1,208 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

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

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

In Brighton and Hove, June to September bring the warmest days: highs of 19–21°C.

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

Royal Pavilion

36 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Our list has 63 more places within 15 km; first among them is Brighton Pier, at 500 m.

Brighton and Hove’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade I listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 36 languages
Town: in Brighton and Hove
Official site: brightonmuseums.org.uk/royalpavilion

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

The map

Around Royal Pavilion, mapped

On this map, Royal Pavilion is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Of these 8 towns, the largest is Brighton and Hove (277,096 people). Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Brighton and Hove

277,096 people · 54 places to visit

2 · 6.9 km west of it

Southwick

12,242 people · 29 places to visit

3 · 8.1 km east of it

East Saltdean

2,892 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 9 km northeast of it

Kingston near Lewes

817 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Royal Pavilion is	People	Places to visit
Brighton and Hove	It’s in town	277,096	54
Southwick	6.9 km west of it	12,242	29
East Saltdean	8.1 km east of it	2,892	5
Kingston near Lewes	9 km northeast of it	817	10
Telscombe Cliffs	9.1 km east of it	4,237	6
Shoreham-by-Sea	9.2 km west of it	23,659	16
Fulking	9.8 km northwest of it	295	15
Peacehaven	10 km east of it	15,705	6

Make a day of it

Pair Royal Pavilion with these

A visit can add 2 museums, 2 piers and a theme park, from 63 places within 15 km.

Theme parkBrighton Pier500 m away 2

MuseumBrighton Museum & Art Gallery100 m away · 200K visitors a year 3

PierWest Pier1 km away 4

AttractionBrighton i360900 m away 5

MuseumBrighton Toy and Model Museum700 m away 6

Heritage railwayVolk's Electric Railway800 m away 7PierPierThe Royal Suspension Chain Pier700 m away 8

AquariumBrighton Aquarium400 m away

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

What people ask about Royal Pavilion

Where is Royal Pavilion?

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

What is Royal Pavilion?

Former royal residence located in Brighton, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Royal Pavilion?

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

Is Royal Pavilion a listed building?

Yes: Grade I listed building.

What else is there to see near Royal Pavilion?

Within 15 km: Brighton Pier (500 m), Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (100 m), West Pier (1 km) and Brighton i360 (900 m).

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
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
Brighton Aquarium: Robert-brook, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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