supporting the shop fronts.In 1832 The Montpellier Arcade was built by local architects Robert and Charles Jearrad. The Arcade was one of the first covered shopping areas in the UK and people who had taken the waters would browse and purchase products from the many shops available.

On 3 October 1838, John Hampton became the first Englishman to make a successful parachute drop, when he descended from his gas-filled balloon which had risen near the Bandstand in Montpellier Gardens. Hampton jumped from his hot air balloon at a height of