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Aldrington

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Aldrington is an area of the city of Brighton and Hove, previously part of the old borough of Hove. For centuries it was meadow land along the English Channel stretching west from the old village of Hove to the old mouth of the River Adur, and it is now a prosperous residential area integrated within Hove.

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Aldrington
New Church Road,

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New Church Road
BN3 4JT , Aldrington
England, United Kingdom
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