By arranging for her photographer to be 1,000 feet in the air, V Lenihan (Letters, August 17) manages to make the concreted and litterstrewn A27 through Falmer look almost attractive.

She mentions, rather wistfully, that some university buildings would have to be demolished to make way for the stadium.

Unlike the sites promoted by Lewes District Council, Falmer is not a wholly greenfield plot on open downland.

Part of it is brownfield and it is surrounded by concrete, asphalt and railway lines.

And buildings like these.

  • Bill Swallow, South Lane, Hurstpierpoint


  • V Lenhian's aerial photo was cleverly taken facing north, to show the beautiful Downs in the background.

It would be interesting to see a similar view facing south, with Brighton University, the University of Sussex and the Moulsecoomb and Coldean housing estates sprawling in the background.

This would give a better idea of the siting of the stadium. I wonder what the antistadium lobby will do next?

Perhaps plant rare orchids or place endangered insects inthe proposed field?

  • Bob Livermore Fir Tree Way, Keymer, Hassocks


  • The loss of the view if the new stadium is built is the least of our worries.

There is no way a third division football club can justify a 22,000-seat stadium. It won't generate enough income to cover the interest.

However, pop concerts too loud to be held elsewhere in the city will deafen the residents of Falmer and be heard as far away as Rottingdean and Lewes.

It has been said Brighton will soon need shopping malls the size of 17 football pitches to cope with rising demand. Where will they go?

Although Brighton and Hove City Council has said it will allow only a stadium to be built at Falmer, nothing else, it is likely Falmer will become a complex of shops, hypermarkets, cinemas and hotels.

After all, this is the same authority which said no buildings taller than the cliffs will be allowed at the marina.

  • John AG Smith Downs Valley Road, City of Brighton and Hove