Brighton-le-Sands, New South Wales

Brighton-Le-Sands Sydney, New South Wales
Novotel Hotel, Brighton-Le-Sands
Population	8,003 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	2216
Location	13 km (8 mi) SSW of Sydney CBD
LGA(s)	Bayside Council
State electorate(s)	Rockdale
Federal Division(s)	Barton
Suburbs around Brighton-Le-Sands: Banksia Kyeemagh Rockdale Brighton-Le-Sands Botany Bay Kogarah Monterey

Brighton-Le-Sands (also known simply as Brighton or Brighton Beach), is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Prior to 1970 the official name of the suburb was Brighton-le-Sands [see numerous Gazetteers for Sydney or New South Wales ]. Brighton-Le-Sands is located 13 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, on the western shore of Botany Bay. Brighton-Le-Sands is in the local government area of the Bayside Council and is part of the St George area.

Lady Robinsons Beach and Cook Park run along the eastern border of Brighton-Le-Sands, on Botany Bay. The beach is also commonly referred to as Brighton Beach. Brighton-Le-Sands features a mixture of low density houses, medium density flats, high rise apartments, retail, cafés and restaurants. The Grand Parade runs along the foreshore and intersects with Bay Street, at the commercial centre. The higher density developments are located along these streets.

The area between the Cooks River and Georges River was originally known as Seven Mile Beach. It was changed to Lady Robinsons Beach in 1874 [Reference?] to honour Governor Sir Hercules Robinson’s wife. Cook Park, established about 1882, is a strip of reserve land 100 feet [about 30 metres] inland from the high water mark of the sea [SMH]. The park is named after Samuel Cook who advocated it as a public pleasure area. The name Seven Mile Beach was last used in the Sydney Morning Herald on 28 February 1879, while the first use of the name Lady Robinson's Beach by the same newspaper was on 1 June 1877.