Our criminal past
For a taste of Brighton’s criminal past, weave through the lanes to the Old Police Cells Museum in the dank basement of Brighton Town Hall.
You can peek into the bleak cells, relive the events leading to the death of the Chief Constable who was murdered in 1844, and learn about some of the mods and rockers who were briefly incarcerated here after violence on the beaches.
Standing in a cold, dark cell bathed in a cold, blue light, with no access to pen and paper, many took advantage of the only blank canvass available to them: the cell wall.
Venture down into the sub-basement into the parquet-floored police clothing store where ‘capes’ and ‘breeches’ were kept and fearless ghost hunters can now spend a lonely vigil in the dark, silent hours before the dawn.
Many of our guests experience the heavy, brooding atmosphere prevalent in our subterranean domain.