17-440: Preston Park may refer to: In UK Preston Park, Brighton Preston Park railway station , Brighton Preston Park (Brent) , London Preston Park, Stockton-on-Tees In USA Preston Park, Pennsylvania Preston Park, Roanoke, Virginia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
34-437: A Facebook community page relating to the campaign which received over 4,000 likes in two days. In January 2016 British Cycling announced that it would contribute £110,000 of the £160,000 needed to repair and reopen the track, with the remainder of the required funding coming from Section 106 financial contributions made by developers as part of planning applications. In 2007, a statue of athlete Steve Ovett by Peter Webster
51-537: A concert specially designed for the canine ear; the UK premiere of Lou Reed Drones , an installation of Anderson's late husband's guitars and amps in feedback mode, which she described as "kind of as close to Lou's music as we can get these days", a re-enactment of every onstage death from the plays of William Shakespeare from Brighton-based Spymonkey and Tim Crouch ; and Blast Theory & Hydrocracker's immersive undercover police drama Operation Black Antler. In 2020,
68-447: A curved bend at each end, Preston Park velodrome has four straights of unequal length. A single lap is 579.03 metres (633.23 yards). In January 2015 British Cycling issued a statement indicating that they had assessed the track as being unfit for racing, and that they would not sanction competition at the velodrome for the summer of 2015. Soon after, a 'Save Preston Park Cycle Track' campaign started. Local cyclist Rupert Rivett started
85-517: A non-drinkable underground water source, known as the Wellesbourne , which runs below Preston Park, London Road and The Level . The source dates back many centuries and is often referred to as Brighton's lost river. In 2000, after torrential rain, it rose and caused considerable damage. The park is host to various annual events including the festival at the end of the Brighton & Hove Pride parade ,
102-454: A small pond. It was bought in 1883 by Brighton Corporation (then Brighton's local council ) from Mr William Bennett-Stanford who owned the Preston Manor estate and had begun to develop the park as enclosed pleasure grounds. The costs of the purchase (£50,000) and initial layout (£22,868) were funded with a bequest of £70,000 from a local bookmaker, William Edmund Davies in 1879. The park
119-406: A spectacular light display using projection-mapping, Dr Blighty set the city and social media abuzz and drew audiences of almost 65,000 over its five-day run. The festival regularly commissions new work from some artists and companies. The 2016 Brighton Festival featured 54 commissions, co-commissions, exclusives and premieres, including the UK premiere of Laurie Anderson 's unique Music for Dogs ,
136-556: Is a park near Preston Village in the city of Brighton and Hove , East Sussex, England. It is located in Preston Park ward to the north of the centre of Brighton , and served by the nearby Preston Park railway station . Preston Park is also one of the wards of Brighton and Hove City Council . The population at the 2011 census was 14,911. It is one of Brighton's largest parks, with 63 acres (250,000 m ) of lawns, formal borders and rose gardens, bowling greens, tennis courts and
153-600: Is distinct from the further outlying Preston Village . Preston Park Velodrome , situated in the north-east corner, is the oldest velodrome in the UK having been opened on 12 May 1877, and is the oldest, working velodrome in the world. It was constructed by hand by the British Army and originally had a surface of cinders, replaced in 1936 by a tarmac surface. During the 1950s, Bank Holiday events would attract large crowds to watch riders such as Reg Harris race. Unlike most modern velodromes which have two straights separated by
170-460: The UK, alongside performances by Laurence Olivier and Yehudi Menuhin . In the introduction to the 1968 Festival programme, Ian Hunter explained the original intentions of the festival: “The aim of the Brighton Festival is to stimulate townsfolk and visitors into taking a new look at the arts and to give them the opportunity to assess developments in the field of culture where the serious and
187-430: The apparently flippant ride side by side.” In 2016, the Brighton Festival celebrated its 50th year. The festival's biggest talking point was Nutkhut's Dr Blighty , an ambitious, large-scale, free immersive, outdoor experience co-commissioned in partnership with Royal Pavilion & Museums and 14–18 NOW , which highlighted the story of wounded Indian soldiers hospitalised in Brighton during WW1. Ending each night with
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#1732855189801204-617: The city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex , England, each May. In 1964, the first moves were made to hold a festival in Brighton, and Ian Hunter, the eventual artistic director of the Festival, submitted a programme of ideas. This was followed by a weekend conference in 1965, and the board of the Brighton Festival Society was born. The inaugural festival was held in 1967, and included the first ever exhibition of concrete poetry in
221-745: The start of the Brighton Marathon, a circus during the Brighton Festival , a large starting event for the Take Part sports festival, and, from 20 April 2013, Parkrun , a free 5 km run open to all runners and joggers at 9am every Saturday. Opposite the park, across the main London Road, is The Rockery —the largest municipal rock garden in Britain built up the side of a steep railway embankment. Various pathways and streams wind through its grounds. It
238-478: The title Preston Park . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Preston_Park&oldid=637389301 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Preston Park, Brighton Preston Park
255-577: Was formally declared open on 8 November 1884. The Brighton and County Polo Club, started by Lt. Col. Robert McKergow in 1904, was based in Preston Park. An earlier club, the International Gun and Polo Club, founded by George Mashall in 1874, used grounds in Preston , probably Preston Park, though the club itself was based in the Bedford Hotel . The park remains green throughout the summer because of
272-436: Was originally a wooded area which had been purchased along with the land used for the main park; it was landscaped into its present form in 1935 by Captain B Maclaren. Originally, the area was known as "The Rookery ", referring to the tall trees in the former wood which were frequented by rooks . Over time, the name was modified into "The Rockery". The surrounding neighbourhood is also widely referred to as Preston Park . It
289-642: Was stolen by a 44-year-old woman, of no fixed address . The woman was later arrested. Part of the statue, which had been sliced off at the ankle, was recovered but police believe that it had been sold to scrap dealers. 50°50′29″N 00°08′52″W / 50.84139°N 0.14778°W / 50.84139; -0.14778 Brighton Festival Brighton Festival is a large, annual, curated multi-arts festival in England, first held in 1967. It includes music, theatre, dance, circus, art, film, literature, debate, outdoor and family events, and takes place in venues in
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