The Pubs of Hove - part 1: Not Quite Hove
Not Quite Hove The Windmill at West Blatchington - despite the name, this is not a pub After surveying the pubs of Portslade last year and quite enjoying the process, if not always the beer, I decided this year that I would take on a larger challenge and strike out for Hove but not just Hove. I decided that my survey needed to cover the whole of BN3. BN41 covers just nine pubs; BN3, by contrast, covers over forty. It was necessary, therefore, to break the area down into sections and, after much study of an area map, I found that by drawing a line down the A2023 towards the sea - Sackville Road and Nevill Road to locals - I could isolate Hangleton, Aldrington and other areas that could be described as Not Quite Hove. This gave me 12 pubs to check up on. The other two chunks - Hove Actually and Nearly Brighton - will be covered in further blog posts, but for now let's head for the 'burbs! Hangleton Hangleton and West Blatchington occupy a sprawling area at