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Designed by Newbury Trent, it was erected in 1912 and takes the form of an angel of peace holding an orb and an olive branch. The main seafront road passes the statue, and its size makes it impossible to miss.
The peace statue, some 30 ft tall, depicts an angel of peace, holding an orb and an olive branch. It is in fact a memorial to Edward VII, ‘The Peacemaker’, who convalesced several times in Brighton and restored some of the town’s fashionable reputation.
The Edward VII Memorial, commonly known as the Peace Statue or Peace Memorial, is a statue on the boundary of Brighton and Hove on the English south coast. The monument was built in 1912 and sculpted by Newbury Abbot Trent.
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If you walk along the Seafront from Brighton to Hove, the Peace Statue is an iconic piece of Art that brings the two towns together, worth a Gander
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But how aptly named is this statue to peace – marking where Brighton meets Hove, but more significantly for me, where visitors to Brighton turn back towards the bright lights and hubbub of the shops and Palace Pier, leaving the wide open esplanades and the calm, green expanse of Hove lawns to the locals.