Brighton is the third most popular place to visit in Britain, according to a global survey.

The study was conducted by London-based company ebookers.com to find out which towns in the UK foreign students would most like to visit.

Eleven per cent of respondents said they would rather visit Brighton than anywhere else.

The survey found Oxford and Cambridge topped the list with 15 per cent wanting to spend time there.

The students who completed the study live in countries across the world and were a variety of ages.

The majority of respondents were from Japan, aged 21 to 25, and were visiting Britain for an average of three months.