Are brothels legal in the UK?

I thought that I saw an article on BBC about one brothel and the way the article sounded, it seemed legal.  But that can't be, can it?

 

Er, started to google this and um, you can guess the rest.  But anyway, prostitution is legal in the UK, but there are restrictions-such as soliciting on the street and something about the residence.  I can't remember the details.  Sorry.

Thanks, Mindy!  That makes more sense.  I also found this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3326429.stm

An estimated 250,000 work in the sex industry in Britain.

She said Britain's laws on prostitution were not clear cut - selling sex was legal but soliciting for trade was illegal.

That is from an article on a possible union for sex workers (a very good idea, imo!)

Well this is quite different from most states in the U.S.  Nevada is the only state that I know of with most counties legalizing prostitution.

soliciting and living off the earnings of prostitution is illegal here; brothels are not legal as such but in some areas they have been trialling various schemes to make it safer for prostitutes, maybe that is what the article was about?