Where we are

Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts

University of Sussex
Gardner Centre Road
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9RA

Email: boxoffice@attenboroughcentre.com

what3words address: goal.silver.recall

Visit by train

The nearest station is Falmer (approx 5 minutes’ walk from our building) and the train takes less than 10 minutes from both Brighton and Lewes

Trains run regularly during the day (about every 15 minutes) and the last train leaves Falmer at 23:45 for Lewes and 00:25 for Brighton. See National Rail for further information.

From the train station follow signs to University of Sussex – walk under the underpass and follow the footpath until you reach a zebra crossing. Turn left here until you reach Gardner Centre Road on your right. Turn right up Gardner Centre Road to find the main entrance of the building. The Attenborough Centre is the building with round red brick towers.

Click here for a photo route from Falmer station to the venue.

See top of the page for a video route from Falmer station to the venue.

Visit by Bus

The Number 25 and 25X bus brings you from central Brighton all the way to University of Sussex campus. Alight at the ‘Sports Centre and Attenborough Centre’ bus stop and you will see Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts (building with round red brick towers) through a stretch of tall trees across the lawn. There is a pavement leading from the bus stop to the front doors of the building.

Later at night

There is a night bus. Route N25, which runs to and from the campus to the centre of the city, is hourly from 12am to 5am all week. The fare is £2.60 each way. If you miss the night bus there is a special discount fare using Streamline Taxis (Tel: 01273 747474) from the centre of Brighton to the University which costs £12.

Getting here by bike

We encourage you to visit us by bike. There are bike lanes most of the way towards the University campus from Brighton or Lewes and the cycle takes about 25 minutes from both. There are bicycle racks on the University of Sussex campus around Falmer House and at the Sports Centre, both a short walk from Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts. Our box office staff can help guide you or answer any questions.

You can also hire bikes in the city to use for your journey.

For more information see the University’s transport FAQs.

Car parking prices

Parking charges apply for visitor car parking on University of Sussex campus now 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This system is managed by PayByPhone.

If you are visiting for an event at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, we can waive the visitor car parking charges. In order to make use of this benefit, please report to staff working at the box office (before, during or after the event) so they can enter your vehicle registration number into the system.

Otherwise, the following car parking charges will apply:

Please note that PayByPhone is now enabled in University of Sussex car parks. This means you can pay parking charges by calling 01273 785599, online at www.paybyphone.co.uk or via the mobile app.

The Sports Centre car park is the closest car park to our venue.

(P5 Sports Centre – PayByPhone location 800720)

Parking is available at other campus car parks also. Payment possible via the PayByPhone app using the following location numbers.

P4 Sussex House – location 800803

P5 Sports Centre – location 800720

P6 Ridge – location 805953

P7 Jubilee Multi-Storey – location 800850

P10 Falmer Sports Complex – location 800804

For further information, please visit the University’s Parking for Visitors page.

Car parking on campus

There is car parking available at the Sports Centre Car Park (P5), Sussex House Car Park (P4) and Biology Road Car Park (P3), all of which are within a couple of minutes’ walk from the Attenborough Centre.

The routes from the car parks to the Attenborough Centre are accessible for wheelchair users. There is one disabled parking bay reserved for blue badge holders closer to the front doors of Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts - at the top of Gardner Centre Road on the right hand side.

Please see the campus map for the location of car parks on campus.

There is one blue badge parking bay on Gardner Centre Road opposite the venue, and there are two disabled bays for blue badge holders in the Sports Centre Car Park - these are available on a first-come, first-served basis (as they are often shared with Sports Centre users).

General parking is not allowed immediately outside the Attenborough Centre (other than blue badge holder in the designated parking bay), nor on Gardner Centre Road. There are double yellow lines along these roads and tickets will be issued to vehicles parked there.

Vehicles (including taxis) are welcome to drop off outside the venue.

There is a barrier at the end of Gardner Centre Road, so the driver will need to press the intercom button (silver button) to talk to the University’s Security team, who will then raise the barrier. The barrier opens automatically on the way back out.

Parking on match days at AMEX

The University occasionally shares some of its car parking spaces at the front of campus with Brighton & Hove Albion, who play at the AMEX stadium (opposite the University). We try to avoid programming events when there is a football match on, but sometimes clashes are unavoidable.

If you are coming to the Attenborough Centre at the same time as a football match, please note that the front of campus next to the Attenborough Centre gets very busy. The closest car parks (for example, the Sports Centre and Sussex House car parks) are often closed, so please allow extra time for your journey and to park. Head for the Jubilee Multi-Story (P7), Park Village (P8) or Lewes Court (P9). Use the Knights Gate Road entrance (off the A27) to campus to access these car parks.

See the University’s Parking for Visitors, Parking on Football Match Days and Where to Park on Campus pages for further details.

Map of car park locations on University of Sussex campus

Parking for matinee weekday performances

The campus car parks get very busy, particularly on weekdays between 9am and 5pm. We strongly recommend using another form of transport if you are attending a weekday matinee performance. If you do decide to drive, please allow more time for your journey.