A Brighton and Hove guide has ignored Rottingdean and Saltdean and fails to mention the Albion and Sussex County Cricket Club.

The guide, under the heading "superb sport", mentions ten pin bowling at the marina, greyhound racing at Hove and stock car racing at Arlington.

But it gives no mention of the successful football and cricket teams.

The Brighton and Hove Travel Trade Directory has been produced by the Brighton and Hove Visitor and Convention Bureau, which is run by the city council to promote tourism, and Lewes District Council.

The glossy brochure lists events for 2002, describing the Brighton Festival, which is the second largest arts festival in the country, as "various events".

Further on in the booklet there are a few words about the festival under a picture of dancers.

Tourist attractions outside the area such as Borde Hill Garden at Haywards Heath, Buckley's Yesterday's World at Battle, Leonardslee Gardens at Horsham, and Uppark House at Petersfield, all get write-ups.

But Rottingdean is ignored, apart from an out-of-date picture of its windmill.

Rottingdean councillor Lynda Hyde is livid at the snub to the village in the guide, which is being distributed throughout the South.

She said: "There is only one mention of Rottingdean and that is an out-of-date picture of the windmill with no explanation. It shows the windmill complete with sails but they have been missing for two years. The council has refused to allocate funds for their replacement.

"The people of Rottingdean contribute millions in council tax to the coffers of Brighton and Hove yet once again we are being ignored by the people at the town hall who think of Rottingdean as a quaint place down the road full of people who always object to any form of development."

Coun Hyde said: "This village, with its excellent pubs, tea houses, restaurants, shops and seafront, has a lot to offer the tourists. There is also no mention of Saltdean or its Lido.

"Thousands of tourists and residents from the city centre make their way out to Rottingdean each year to take in the village atmosphere with our ancient church, pond complete with ducks, well-run museum, and houses including the former homes of Rudyard Kipling and Edward Burne Jones.

"Rottingdean has been described as the jewel in the crown of Brighton and Hove, yet this brochure is totally lacking in information about one of Brighton and Hove's greatest assets."

Coun Hyde has written to Sarah Gibbs, the marketing and sales executive of the Visitor and Convention Bureau, demanding Rottingdean is put firmly on the map in the 2003 brochure.

Harold Williams, chairman of the Rottingdean Traders, Business and Professional Association, said: "It is a disaster to ignore Rottingdean in this way. Village shops and businesses rely on tourism."

A spokesman for the city Council said Coun Hyde's comments would be passed on to the team which produced the guide.

He said: "It's very difficult to include everything but we may well want to incorporate the details Coun Hyde refers to when the guide is next updated."