The crew, 05 of 07.
Beard, beanie, backpack. Kemp packs light, walks everywhere and has usually left Kemptown on the next adventure before you've had breakfast. Here's where he goes.
Who is Kemp?
Kemp lives at the top of a Kemptown street steep enough to count as training. He walks everywhere: along the undercliff, over the Downs and on to wherever the next train goes.
His backpack is always half packed. He'll be up before the bakeries open, out along the cliffs to Rottingdean and back in time for lunch on St George's Road.
He owns very little, and every piece of it has done thousands of miles.
- Lives in: Kemptown
- Find them: Heading out of Kemptown along the undercliff walk
- Never without: His backpack, half packed for the next trip
Kemptown, his way
Kemptown is the east side of Brighton, past the Palace Pier: colourful terraces, steep streets running down to the sea and a village feel around St George's Road. It's also where some of the best walks out of the city begin.
The steep streets
Kemp lives at the top of one. Walk it twice a day and you won't need a gym.
St George's Road
Kemptown's little high street: cafés, bakeries and independent shops. Kemp's lunch stop on the way back from a walk.
Sussex Square and Lewes Crescent
Grand Regency squares and crescents at the eastern end, built on a huge scale and facing the sea.
The Undercliff Walk
From the Marina, a flat path runs below the chalk cliffs to Rottingdean. Kemp is out along it before the bakeries open and back in time for lunch.
The South Downs
Rolling hills just behind the city. For the days when the cliffs aren't far enough.
What Kemp wears
A walnut beanie, a grey heavyweight hoodie that's done more miles than most people, and a black tote for the shopping on the way home.
- Essential Beanie in Walnut: the shorter fisherman fit, warm on the cliffs
- Essential Hoodie in Heather Grey: has done more miles than most people
- Essential Tote in Black: for the shopping on the way home
See Kemp's crew page: the full drawing, front and back, and a map of where to find them.
More from the crew: Preston, Elaine, Marina, Reggie, Pierre, Gulliver. Or read our local's guide to Brighton.
Questions
Where does the Undercliff Walk start?
At Brighton Marina, at the eastern end of the seafront, and it runs along the bottom of the cliffs towards Rottingdean.
What is Kemptown known for?
Colourful terraces, grand Regency squares, a village feel around St George's Road and easy walks out along the cliffs.
How far is Kemptown from the Palace Pier?
It starts just east of it: a short walk along the seafront or up St James's Street.