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Brighton Pier at dusk

The Lists of piers in United Kingdom is describing piers at the coast and on the river Thames.

Coastal piers

Source:[1]

England

Name Place Description Image
Central Pier Blackpool
South Pier Blackpool Currently contains a theme park.
North Pier Blackpool Eugenius Birch's earliest surviving pier, opened 1863.

Pier of the Year 2004.

Bognor Regis Pier Bognor Regis
Bournemouth Pier Bournemouth Zip wire installed in 2014, spanning between the pier head and the beach.
Boscombe Pier Bournemouth Pier of the Year 2010.
Palace Pier Brighton Pier of the Year 1998.
Burnham-on-Sea Pier Burnham-on-Sea Claims to be Britain's shortest pier. It is not recognised by most autorities as it is simply a beach pavilion.
Clacton Pier Clacton-on-Sea
Cleethorpes Pier Cleethorpes Pier of the Year 2016.
Clevedon Pier Clevedon Pier of the Year 1999 and 2013.
Cromer Pier Cromer Pier of the Year 2000 and 2015.
Deal Pier Deal One of the last pleasure piers to be built in the UK (opened 1957).

Pier of the Year 2008.

Eastbourne Pier Eastbourne Pier of the Year 1997.
Prince of Wales Pier Falmouth
Felixstowe Pier Felixstowe Major redevelopments occurring in 2017, involving construction of a new amusement building.

There are currently no plans to re-open the seaward end.

Fleetwood Pier Fleetwood Destroyed by fire in 2008.
Harbour Arm Folkestone First used in 20th century. Re-opened in 2016. Used as a pleasure pier, as well as fishing.
Gravesend Town. Not a seaside pier recognised by most authorities. Gravesend
Britannia Pier Great Yarmouth
Wellington Pier Great Yarmouth
Ha'penny Pier. Not a seaside pier recognised by modt authorities. Harwich
Hastings Pier Hastings Pier of the Year 2017, following extensive restoration
Herne Bay Pier Herne Bay Majority of pier destroyed in a storm in 1978.

The shoreward 'stub' is still open, and the pier head remains isolated 1 km (0.6 mi) into the sea.

Hythe Pier Hythe 700 yards long with the oldest continually running pier train in the world.
Claremont Pier Lowestoft
South Pier Lowestoft
St Annes Pier Lytham St Annes
Morecambe Central Pier[2] Morecambe Demolished 1992.
Morecambe West End Pier[3] Morecambe Demolished 1978.
Paignton Pier Paignton
Ryde Pier Ryde The UK's oldest pleasure pier - opened 1814.
Saltburn Pier Saltburn-by-the-Sea Pier of the Year 2009.
Culver Pier Sandown
Skegness Pier Skegness Seaward section destroyed in a 1978 storm.
Royal Pier Southampton Closed 1980. Currently in very poor condition.Classified now as a Lost Pier.
Southend Pier Southend-on-Sea The longest pleasure pier in the world extending 2.1 km (1.3 miles) into the Thames Estuary.

Pier of the Year 2007.

Southport Pier Southport Pier of the Year 2003.
South Parade Pier Southsea Re-opened 2017.
Clarence Pier Southsea
Southwold Pier Southwold Pier of the Year 2002.
Swanage Pier Swanage Pier of the Year 2012.
Grand Pier Teignmouth
Princess Pier Torquay
Totland Pier Totland Bay
Walton-on-the-Naze Pier Walton-on-the-Naze
Grand Pier Weston-super-Mare Pier of the Year 2011.
Birnbeck Pier Weston-super-Mare Closed since 1994. One of the few surviving Eugenius Birch piers.
Commercial/Pleasure Pier Weymouth
Weymouth Pier Bandstand Weymouth Majority of pier demolished in 1986 - only the entrance building remains. Thus not a seaside pier any longer.
Worthing Pier Worthing Pier of the Year 2006.
Yarmouth pier Yarmouth

Scotland

Name Place Description Image
Dunoon Pier Not a saaside pier. Dunoon
Kilcreggan Pier No ta seaside Pier. Kilcreggan Ferry to Helensburgh.[4]
Rothesay Pier Rothesay

Wales

Name Place Description Image
Royal Pier Aberystwyth
Garth Pier Bangor 460 m length, opened in 1896. Reopened in 1988.
Beaumaris Pier Beaumaris Refurbished 2011-2012.
Victoria Pier Colwyn Bay Closed since 2008. Partial collapse in 2017, leading to the demolition of the seaward end.
Llandudno Pier Llandudno Pier of the Year 2005.
Mumbles Pier Mumbles
Penarth Pier Penarth Pier of the Year 2014.
Rhyl Pier Rhyl Removed in 1972.

Isle of Man

Name Place Description Image
Queen's Pier Ramsey Build in 1886. Closed 1991. Former Queen's Pier Tramway in museums now.

Incremental restoration to commence in 2017.

Piers in London

See also

References

  1. ^ "(Surviving Piers)". National Piers Society. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Morecambe Central Pier – National Piers Society". Piers.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Kilcreggan Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland". Undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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