Hilton Brighton Metropole

Hilton Brighton Metropole

The hotel from the south-southwest
Location within Brighton
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°W / 50.821818; -0.148884Coordinates: 50°49′19″N 0°08′56″W / 50.821818°N 0.148884°W / 50.821818; -0.148884
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]

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 in the South of England, it was built in 1890 and has 340 bedrooms. The General Manager is Sascha Koehler who has worked with Hilton for 20 years. 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

  1. ↑ Collis 2010, pp. 200–201.
  2. ↑ "Hilton Brighton Metropole hotel". Hilton Hotels & Resorts. 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  3. ↑ My Brighton & Hove website, accessed 8 November 2011
  4. ↑ "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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