Editing Brighton (section)

===Retail and shopping===
Brighton is well known for its high number of independent shops, which add to the character of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Brighton Lanes – Shopping Review |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/shops/brighton/brighton-lanes |access-date=2023-05-19 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US}}</ref>

Walking from Brighton station towards the seafront, first, is the [[North Laine]] area, stretching from Trafalgar Street, Kensington Gardens, Sydney Street, Gardner Street and Bond Street and is mostly pedestrianised. It is a retail, leisure and the residential area immediately north of the Lanes. Its name derives from the Anglo-Saxon "Laine" meaning "fields",{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} although the misnomer "North Lanes" is often used to describe the area. The North Laine contains a mix of businesses dominated by cafés, bars, theatres, and over 400 shops independent and avant-garde shops including an erotic shop and indoor flea markets.
[[File:The Lanes, Brighton - geograph.org.uk - 633351.jpg|thumb|The Lanes is a tourist attraction occupied by small independent shops.]]

[[The Lanes]] which is characterised by a labyrinth of narrow alleyways form a retail, leisure and residential area near the seafront, following the street pattern of the original fishing village. The Lanes contain predominantly clothing stores, jewellers, antique shops, restaurants and pubs.

[[Churchill Square (Brighton and Hove)|Churchill Square]] is a shopping centre with a floor space of {{cvt|470000|ft2|m2}} and over 80 shops, several restaurants and 1,600 car-parking spaces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.churchillsquare.co.uk/index.php?id=271 |title=Churchill Square Shopping Centre: Churchill Square Food |access-date=20 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204134551/http://www.churchillsquare.co.uk/index.php?id=271 |archive-date=4 December 2004}}</ref> It was built in the 1960s as an open-air, multi-level pedestrianised shopping centre, but was rebuilt and enlarged in 1998 and is no longer open-air. Further retail areas include Western Road and London Road, the latter of which is undergoing extensive regeneration in the form of new housing and commercial properties.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/planning/major-projects-planning/london-road-regeneration |title=London Road Regeneration |website=Brighton and Hove City Council |access-date=7 April 2015 |archive-date=14 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414023455/http://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/planning/major-projects-planning/london-road-regeneration |url-status=live}}</ref>

There are two weekly flea market / bootfairs in Brighton on Sunday mornings, one at Brighton Marina on the top open-air level of the carpark, and another at [[Brighton Racecourse]].