Lewes Crescent

South Garden, Lewes Crescent

Tranquil secrecy

By Paul Davey

"My chosen place is the south garden of the enclosures in Lewes Crescent in Kemptown, or rather, the view up into it from the private tunnel that leads under the seafront road.

What I especially like about it is the tranquil secrecy of it, and the way that you can step from the manic business of the seafront on a bank holiday, and right away imagine you are miles away in the middle of countryside, surrounded as you are by trees, lawns, flowers like daffodils, bluebells, my favourite solomon's seals, and even songbirds. Unfortunately I don't live there any more but still walk around the crescent."