Pocket Guide
Nº4 · Brighton (bayside)

Brighton bayside

Bay views back to the city and the famous striped bathing boxes.

FreeHalf dayBeyond the city

Draft trail. We haven’t walked this one yet to check every detail. Opening days, prices and paths can change, so check before you go.

Brighton’s beach has changed little in a century: a clifftop lookout, gardens above the sand and a row of colourful wooden bathing boxes along the shore. On a clear day the whole city skyline sits across the water.

Getting there
Sandringham line train to Brighton Beach station, about 300 m from Green Point.
How long
About 2 hours, 2 km on foot (1 h 25 min at the stops)
Cost
Free
Best time
Late afternoon, for the light on the boxes and the skyline.

The stops

  1. 1Green Point Lookout · Nature · 20 min
    A clifftop view across the bay to the city.
    Directions
  2. 2Brighton Beach Gardens · Nature · 20 min
    Lawns above the beach, good for a picnic.
    Directions
  3. 3Brighton Bathing Boxes · History · 45 min
    Eighty-odd painted wooden boxes along Dendy Street Beach.
    Directions
On the map
Walk Public transport (schematic) Drive

Tips

  • The bathing boxes are private property: admire, don’t climb.
  • Bring water and sunscreen; there is little shade on the sand.

Collect this trail’s stamp in your Passport by checking in at each stop.