New Mural and £25 Vouchers To Encourage Shoppers Back To Brighton Streets

Thursday, 24 March 2022 08:29

Independent businesses along Trafalgar Street in Brighton have been working on a new colourful wayfaring art trail for this week's English Tourism Week.

It runs until March 27th March and Visit Brighton, with the help of the EU Welcome Back Fund, have enabled traders on the street to apply for funding to encourage shoppers back following the pandemic.

The scheme has funded the removal of graffiti from the station underpass as well as a new mural recently completed by local street artist, Dave Pop, just outside Brighton Railway Station at the start of the underpass.

The eye-catching design, carnival style lettering and bold neon colours, will direct people to North Laine via Trafalgar Street. Those behind the project aim to make Trafalgar Street the most colourful street in the city.

Alongside the mural, local community art and design consultant, Richard Wolfstrome has created some fun designs which capture the colourful vibe of Trafalgar Street. Fabricated by Brighton based Lollipop Print, installation is due to commence Friday 25th March, 2022.

To celebrate this, Trafalgar Street shops, cafes and restaurants have got together to have a launch day on Saturday 2nd April - offering £25 off vouchers as raffle prizes to spend at local shops, including Oliver’s, Bluebell and Co, Mangetout, Le Baobab Cuisine, The Point, All About Audrey, Madhatters, Caffe Aldo, Red Fish Art and Coffee, The Laine Deli, Paint Pots, Molecule, Neoma, New Wave Exchange, a years family membership at the Toy Museum and many more.

All you have to do to enter is visit Trafalgar Street on Saturday 2nd April and make a purchase in a participating shop to be included in the grand draw.

Prizes will be drawn at a special event taking place in The Toy Museum at 7pm - doors open at 6.30pm with free admission for all those who entered the competition.

Jan Etches, Museum Manager, says:

"Trafalgar Street is the gateway to North Laine. This fabulous wayfaring, along with Dave Pop’s mural at the start of the street, will definitely make us the most colourful street on North Laine - come see for yourselves and win one of the many £25 vouchers being given away!"