Kemptown, Brighton

Kemptown is a small community running along the King's Cliff from the Old Steine to Black Rock in the east of Brighton, East Sussex, England it includes the Kemp Town residential estate known as Sussex Square and Lewes Crescent to its eastern end. It is wholly in the parliamentary constituency of Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven.

As of the 2021 Census, the Kemptown Intermediate Zone (MSOA) area (which doesn't include the Kemp Town Estate or the gay village in St James' Street) has the highest percentage of residents identifying as LGB+ out of any MSOA in the UK with 20.11%.

It was a local government ward called "Kemp Town" from 1894 to 1908, then called King's Cliff from 1908 with various boundaries until its abolition in 2003. It was recreated as a local government ward usually called Kemptown Ward in 2023 covering the area south of Edward Street and Eastern Road from the Old Steine to Black Rock including all of the Kemp Town estate.

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