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Brighton’s historic naturist beach and a popular LGBTQ+ seaside gathering place
Brighton Naturist Beach is the city’s officially designated naturist beach at Black Rock, between central Brighton and Brighton Marina. Opened in 1980, it was the first public naturist beach in the UK and remains one of the country’s most accessible. The beach has a long-standing following among Brighton’s LGBTQ+ community and is especially popular with gay visitors during warm and sunny weather. It offers a relaxed place for sunbathing, swimming and socialising beside the sea. Large banks of pebbles provide screening and clearly separate the naturist section from the surrounding beach. Signs indicate where the designated area begins. The beach is approximately one mile east of Brighton Palace Pier and can be reached on foot along Madeira Drive. During the operating season, visitors can also take Volk’s Electric Railway to Black Rock station.
A relaxed and informal pebble beach where naturism is accepted. The crowd varies with the weather but often includes local naturists, LGBTQ+ residents and visitors enjoying Brighton’s seafront.
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Brighton Naturist Beach
Black Rock, Madeira Drive, Brighton, BN2 1FG, United Kingdom
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