Edition No. 24

Saturday, 31 October 2026

13 stories

Council

Councillors suggest a winter flagship event and a review of buses after midnight

A council panel's 27 ideas for getting visitors to come in winter and stay the night go to a scrutiny committee on Tuesday.

A group of Brighton & Hove councillors wants the city to create a flagship winter attraction, look into a Winter Fringe or Winter Pride, and review the night buses after midnight. These are three of 27 recommendations from the council’s Visitor Economy Task & Finish Group, which go to the Place Overview & Scrutiny Committee at 4pm on Tuesday 3 November.

They are proposals, not decisions. The committee is asked to note the report and refer it to the cabinet…

City

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Travel

No trains will stop at Lewes or Falmer from 5pm on Bonfire Night

On Thursday 5 November the last train from Lewes to Brighton leaves at 16:44. Normal stops return when services start on Friday.

Trains will not stop at Lewes, Falmer, Cooksbridge, Glynde or Southease from 5pm on Thursday 5 November, Lewes Bonfire Night. Normal stops return when services start on Friday morning.

The change comes in a joint notice from East Sussex County Council, Lewes District Council, Sussex Police, Southern Railway, Brighton & Hove Buses and the emergency services. They want to limit how many people travel into Lewes for the night, and they ask people who live outside the town to go to a fireworks event closer to home.

Food & Drink

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Wine

Fourth & Church in Hove holds a Beaujolais Nouveau dinner on 19 November

The Church Road wine bar will pour this year's Nouveau with a one-night four-course Lyonnaise menu on Thursday 19 November.

HoveFourth & Church, the restaurant and wine shop on Church Road in Hove, is marking this year’s Beaujolais Nouveau release with a dinner on Thursday 19 November. Tickets cost £60 a head and cover a four-course Lyonnaise menu and a glass of Beaujolais on arrival.

The menu is served for that one night only. The wine list will carry Nouveau from what the restaurant calls “some of our favourite producers”, plus other Beaujolais wines by the glass.

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Culture

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Art

Artists can rent a Phoenix gallery as a studio this winter for £450

Phoenix Art Space turns its galleries into shared studios from 6 January to 21 February. Applications close at noon on 16 November.

Phoenix Art Space is taking applications for its Winter Studio Residency, which turns the gallery on Waterloo Place into shared studios from Wednesday 6 January to Sunday 21 February 2027. A space for the six weeks costs £450, and applications close at noon on Monday 16 November.

The Main Gallery will be split into three areas of about 30 square…

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Sea & Downs

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Winter

A Brighton & Hove sauna session costs £16 at the median

Across 13 venues, a standard shared session runs from £8 to £20, and two saunas on Madeira Drive have the sea next door.

A standard shared sauna session in Brighton & Hove costs £16 at the median, according to the sauna price index on saunaandcoldplunge.co.uk. That covers 13 venues, with standard sessions running from £8 to £20.

The Shingle and saunaandcoldplunge.co.uk have the same owner. The directory lists venues for free, with no paid placement, copies each price from the venue’s own website and shows the date it was checked. The oldest price on its Brighton & Hove list was checked on 6 October 2026, so confirm before you book.

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