Kemptown
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Kemptown is a small, slightly bohemian community running along the King's Cliff to Black Rock in the east of Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.
Historically known as an actors' and artists' quarter, it has a sizeable gay community and a network of attractive streets with esoteric shops, plenty of small hotels, and a good range of pubs. It is named after the Kemp Town residential estate of the early 19th Century, but the one-word name now refers to an area larger than the original development and is more correctly King's Cliff. Travelling inland from Kemptown one finds Queen's Park and then the Craven Hill, Bristol and Whitehawk estates, collectively known as East Brighton.
[edit] Transport
Kemptown gained a railway station in 1869. The line, featuring two viaducts and a tunnel, was built at great cost partly to block the route for other railways from London. The railway lost out to bus traffic (the route from Brighton was longer than the road journey) and was closed to passenger traffic in 1933, surviving for freight until the 1970s.
[edit] Surrounding areas
To the north lies Queen's Park. Central is the Royal Sussex County Hospital.
