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unusual facts about London to Brighton


Laura Rossi

Her credits include scores for films such as Paul Andrew Williams' London to Brighton and The Cottage, as well as being commissioned by the Imperial War Museum to write an orchestral score for the 1916 film The Battle of the Somme.


Arthur F. H. Newton

After this race he returned to England and ran the London to Brighton course in 5:53:43, beating the previous record by over an hour.


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Arthur F. H. Newton

When the London to Brighton race started as an annual event in 1951 the trophy for the winner was called the Arthur Newton Cup.

Gossops Green

Gossops Green is on the A23 trunk road which was the main London to Brighton route before the M23 motorway was opened in the 1970s, which by-passed Crawley.

Southgate, West Sussex

The A2219 Brighton Road, part of the original turnpike, coaching route and later main road from London to Brighton, runs through the heart of Southgate from north to south.

Streatham Park

It is bounded by Tooting Bec Common to the north, Thrale Road and West Road to the west, and the London to Brighton railway to the east.