Editing Hove (section)

== Sport and leisure ==
The home of [[Sussex County Cricket Club]] is at [[County Cricket Ground, Hove]]. It is used for county, national and international matches, music concerts, fireworks displays, and has found resurgent popularity with the introduction of [[Twenty20]].

Until 1997 Hove was home to the [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.]]'s [[Goldstone Ground]]. The football club is known as The Seagulls and a seagull crest has been used since 1977. In September 2007, planning permission was confirmed for the club's new ground, at [[Falmer]], still within the city limits but on the Brighton side. The new stadium started development in late 2008, with the first game being played in August 2011.

Hove is home to a detachment of the Sussex [[Army Cadet Force]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sussex Army Cadets |url=https://armycadets.com/county/sussex-acf/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Army Cadets UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> a volunteer youth organisation, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, which accepts cadets aged between 12 and 18 years of age.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-26 |title=The Ministry of Defence cadet forces |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-cadet-forces-and-mods-youth-work |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>

[[Brighton & Hove Hockey Club]] is a [[field hockey]] club and its home ground is based in Hove.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightonandhovehockeyclub.net/how_to_find_us/ |title=How To Find Us |access-date=10 March 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214221927/http://www.brightonandhovehockeyclub.net/how_to_find_us/ |archive-date=14 February 2013  }}</ref>

[[File:View across Hove Park, Hove (October 2010).JPG|thumb|Southward view across [[Hove Park]], a popular site for sports and recreational activities]]
There are a number of parks in Hove including [[Hove Park]] and [[St. Anne's Well Gardens, Hove|St. Anne's Well Gardens]] which has many native and exotic trees and a scented garden. The [[King Alfred leisure centre|King Alfred Centre]] which is currently a [[leisure centre]] with swimming pool and a couple of gyms on the seafront. In March 2007 Brighton and Hove City Council gave planning permission for a £290 million development designed by [[Frank Gehry]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1411202.Government_gives_King_Alfred_thumbs_up/ |title=Government gives King Alfred thumbs up |publisher=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |date=19 May 2007 |access-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202004510/http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/1411202.Government_gives_King_Alfred_thumbs_up/ |archive-date=2 February 2017  }}</ref> This project was scrapped in January 2009 when the developer pulled out.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/frank-gehrys-king-alfred-scheme-scrapped/1918760.fullarticle |title=Frank Gehry's King Alfred scheme scrapped |publisher=The Architects' Journal |date=10 November 2008 |access-date=6 March 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306221917/http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/frank-gehrys-king-alfred-scheme-scrapped/1918760.fullarticle |archive-date=6 March 2016  }}</ref>  

Hove Promenade parkrun, situated by Hove Lawns started in July 2015 and is one of five such free, timed 5&nbsp;km runs across the city.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.parkrun.org.uk/hovepromenade |title=Hove Promenade parkrun|website=parkrun |access-date=17 January 2020 |archive-date=27 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227185334/https://www.parkrun.org.uk/hovepromenade/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Hove Lawns is a stretch of lawns along the seafront divided into two parts – Brunswick Lawns and King’s Lawns.

The [[Monarch's Way]] long-distance footpath threads south-eastwards across the town from the Downs, before heading west along the seafront towards its terminus at [[Shoreham-by-Sea]].