Brighton Beach in East Sussex, England is a sand-free shingle beach (can you say pebbles?) and less than an hour away from London making it very similar to its namesake in New York. With seagulls swirling overhead in the sunlight, Brighton is a getaway for just about everyone. And this means it can get uber-crowded in [...]
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Here’s a beach and community that got its name from a contest. In 1868, William Engemen developed the area just east of Coney Island and held a contest in 1878 to name it. A local businessman won with the name Brighton, from the resort community bearing the same name in England. Being so close to [...]
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