Brighton was a sleepy fishing village until, in the middle of the 17th century, an East Sussex doctor proposed a seawater cure and recommended bathing in the sea. In 1783 the Prince Regent, later George IV, visited to try it himself. He was so taken with the town that he became a regular, attracting fashionable society to the town and eventually building the fabulous Royal Pavilion.
Much of Regency Brighton remains and is in use today. In fact, the look of Brighton, particularly near its seafront, dates from the Regency and Georgian era.
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 The Prince Regent and Future George IV |  The Royal Pavilion Brighton |  The Brighton Dome |  The Theatre Royal Brighton |
 Georgian Terraces on the Brighton seafront |
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