Editing Brighton (section)

===The Woodvale Cemeteries===
{{main|Cemeteries and crematoria in Brighton and Hove}}
Woodvale ({{Gbmappingsmall|TQ 326 056}}) is actually five linked cemeteries that cover the western side of Race Hill. The cemeteries are east of [[Lewes Road, Brighton|Lewes Road]] and either side of Bear Road. Their cultural significance and importance to wildlife to the city were described evocatively by the Sussex field naturalist, [[David Bangs]] (p.&nbsp;303).<blockquote>"They are a profoundly peaceful place of little woods and glades, sunny banks and shady paths. They have become, in the last 150 years, reservoirs for much of the wildlife of the surrounding countryside. Some of the big [[beech]] trees down in Woodvale are as old as the cemeteries. The marbles, limestones, and granites of the memorials are a detective story for geologists. [[European green woodpecker|Yaffles]] call across the trees. The rare [[greater horseshoe bat]] has hibernated in the funerary buildings. [[Badger]]s pit the mossy turf in their search for earthworms, and violet and [[Celandine poppies|celandine]] cheer the turf in early spring."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bangs |first=Dave |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/701098669 |title=A freedom to roam Guide to the Brighton Downs : from Shoreham to Newhaven and Beeding to Lewes |date=2008 |publisher=David Bangs |isbn=978-0-9548638-1-4 |location=Brighton |oclc=701098669}}</ref></blockquote>