Hilton Brighton Metropole
| Hilton Brighton Metropole | |
|---|---|
|
The hotel from the south-southwest | |
| Hotel chain | Hilton Hotels & Resorts |
| General information | |
| Address | King's Road, Brighton BN1 2FU, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 50°49′19″N 0°08′56″W / 50.821818°N 0.148884°WCoordinates: 50°49′19″N 0°08′56″W / 50.821818°N 0.148884°W |
| Opening | 1890 |
| Cost | £57,000 |
| Owner | Topland Group |
| Management | Hilton Hotels |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 7 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Alfred Waterhouse |
| Developer | Gordon Hotels Company |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 340 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Parking | 250 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
| [1][2] | |
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The Hilton Brighton Metropole is a 4-star hotel and conference centre located on the seafront in Brighton, East Sussex.
The architect was Alfred Waterhouse, who also was architect of University College London and the Natural History Museum.[3]
Currently the UK's largest residential conference centre, it was built in 1890 and has 340 bedrooms. Since 2000, it has been operated by Hilton Hotels & Resorts (previously it operated under the Stakis brand), and previously owned by The Royal Bank of Scotland, its freehold is now owned by the Topland Group.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Collis 2010, pp. 200–201.
- ↑ "Hilton Brighton Metropole hotel". Hilton Hotels & Resorts. 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ↑ My Brighton & Hove website, accessed 8 November 2011
- ↑ "RBS sells Brighton seafront hotel for £39m". BBC News. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
Bibliography
- Collis, Rose (2010). The New Encyclopaedia of Brighton. (based on the original by Tim Carder) (1st ed.). Brighton: Brighton & Hove Libraries. ISBN 978-0-9564664-0-2.
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