I thinking of this for a 2016 goal. Go up and down these stairs on mornings when I'm in this city where I mostly live: It's a 20-minute walk from my house to the stairs, or 10-minute jog. Maybe I'll take my bike. I'm leaving in five minutes to walk/run to the bottom of the stairs. I'll report back in due course. Edit: Ran up the stairs in 8 minutes, down in four. Yay!
Sadly yes! I lived in Brighton (the place in those pictures) for university, then London for a year and now I am back with my family near Cambridge. The geography in my immediate vicinity is pretty boring, but if I go ten miles south it is scenic rolling hills (but not as steep as in Brighton) and if I go ten miles north it's very very flat marshes. OK I guess it's not that bad! But I still miss being by the sea.
Love stairs. Wish there were more around here. In Bellingham, I used to run the taylor stairs, then head down to the ocean and head up Taylor hill. That was a workout. You oughtta give it a try.