Foredown Tower – Portslade camera obscura and learning centre

Foredown Tower is a former water tower on Foredown Road, Portslade, now described by Aldridge Adult Learning as a learning and visitor centre with a camera obscura, small café and garden.

Access and visits

The viewing gallery is reached by a 47-step spiral staircase. Contact the tower before arranging a visit if stairs or access are a concern. Do not assume the gallery is accessible because other parts of the centre may be available.

Demonstrations and admission

The operator page checked on 3 November 2026 does not publish a dated demonstration timetable or admission tariff. Confirm the date, demonstration, price and visitor facilities directly. Course use of the building should not be treated as a promise of public visitor opening.

Tower contact
Email foredown@aal.org.uk or call 01273 415625, as published on Aldridge Adult Learning’s tower page. No booking has been made by Brighton Locals.

Official information: Aldridge Adult Learning tower page.
Read our Foredown Tower Portslade explainer for its history, camera obscura science and the access questions to ask.

Details checked on 3 November 2026. No first-hand visit, current demonstration or personal review is claimed.

Archive photograph: Foredown Tower, Portslade, 6 April 2015. Hassocks5489 / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foredown_Tower,_Foredown_Road,_Portslade_(April_2015).JPG . Licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ .