Before James Hubbard inherited the Dyke and added the entertainment park the Dyke was still used by many people just for the views, mainly because of other lack of entertainment (NO TELE!). There wasn't good transport to the Dyke so they had to find a way to improve access.

Devils Dyke decided to cash in on Brighton's new found tourists and day trippers. Thanks to Dr.Richard Russell's book about the sea being healthy which brought many rich people here and the other attractions around the sea front Devils Dyke thought that it could become very rich. They needed to make the Devils Dyke more accessible to many more people and it needed to be easy to get to the Dyke because the only other way was to go by foot or coach and horses the woman had to carry around massive dresses, it was also a...