List of piers in the United Kingdom
This is a list of extant and former coastal piers in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man and piers on the river Thames.
Coastal piers[]
Sources include:[1]
England[]
Name | Place | Opened | Length | Pier of the Year |
Listed grade |
Description | Image |
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Central Pier | Blackpool | 30 May 1868 | 1,118 feet (341 m) | Originally 1,518 feet (463 m) | |||
South Pier | Blackpool | 31 March 1893 | 492 feet (150 m) | Contains a theme park | |||
North Pier | Blackpool | 21 May 1863 | 1,318 feet (402 m) | 2004 | II | Eugenius Birch's earliest surviving pier. Originally 1410 ft long | |
Bognor Regis Pier | Bognor Regis | 5 May 1865 | 350 feet (110 m) | 1985 | |||
Bournemouth Pier | Bournemouth | 17 September 1861 | Zip wire installed in 2014, spanning between the pierhead and the beach. Original pier consisted of a wooden jetty opened in 1856. | ||||
Boscombe Pier | Bournemouth | 29 July 1889 | 2010 | ||||
Palace Pier | Brighton | 20 May 1899 | 1,722 feet (525 m) | 1998 | II* | ||
Burnham-on-Sea Pier | Burnham-on-Sea | 1858 | 90 feet (27 m) | Claims to be Britain's shortest pier. It is not recognised by most authorities as it is simply a beach pavilion. | |||
Clacton Pier | Clacton-on-Sea | 27 July 1871 | 1,180 feet (360 m) | 2020 | II | ||
Cleethorpes Pier | Cleethorpes | 4 August 1873 | 335 feet (102 m) | 2016 | |||
Clevedon Pier | Clevedon | 29 March 1869 | 1,020 feet (310 m) | 1999, 2013, 2021 | I | ||
Cromer Pier | Cromer | 8 June 1901 | 495 feet (151 m) | 2000, 2015 | II | ||
Deal Pier | Deal | 19 November 1957 | 1,026 feet (313 m) | 2008 | One of the last pleasure piers to be built in the UK. Pre-dated by two original piers, built in 1838 and 1864. | ||
Eastbourne Pier | Eastbourne | 13 June 1870 | 1,000 feet (300 m) | 1997 | II* | ||
Falmouth | 5 May 1905 | ||||||
Felixstowe Pier | Felixstowe | August 1905 | 450 feet (140 m) | Major redevelopments in 2017, involving construction of a new amusement building. There are currently no plans to re-open the seaward end. | |||
Folkestone | 2016 | First used in 20th century. Re-opened in 2016. Used as a pleasure pier, and for fishing. | |||||
Gravesend Town | Gravesend | 1834 | 172 feet (52 m) | On the Thames, and not a seaside pier recognised by most authorities. | |||
Royal Terrace | Gravesend | 1844 | On the Thames | Not recognised as a seaside pier by most authorities. | |||
Britannia Pier | Great Yarmouth | 13 July 1858 | |||||
Wellington Pier | Great Yarmouth | 31 October 1853 | 700 feet (210 m) | ||||
Ha'penny Pier | Harwich | July 1853 | Not a seaside pier recognised by most authorities. | ||||
Hastings Pier | Hastings | 5 August 1872 | 912 feet (278 m) | 2017 | Pier of the Year following extensive restoration. | ||
Herne Bay Pier | Herne Bay | 1899 | 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 | 1 January 1881 | 2,100 feet (640 m) | II | Oldest continually running pier train in the world.[2] | ||
Claremont Pier | Lowestoft | 1903 | 600 feet (180 m) | Pier decking not open for public use | |||
South Pier | Lowestoft | 1846 | 1,320 feet (400 m) | ||||
St Annes Pier | Lytham St Annes | 15 June 1885 | 600 feet (180 m) | II | |||
Paignton Pier | Paignton | June 1879 | 780 feet (240 m) | ||||
Ryde Pier | Ryde | 26 July 1814 | 2,234 feet (681 m) | II | The UK's oldest pleasure pier | ||
Saltburn Pier | Saltburn-by-the-Sea | May 1869 | 681 feet (208 m) | 2009 | II* | ||
Culver Pier | Sandown | 29 May 1878 | 870 feet (270 m) | ||||
Skegness Pier | Skegness | 4 June 1881 | 387 feet (118 m) | Seaward section destroyed in a 1978 storm. | |||
Royal Pier | Southampton | 8 July 1833 | II | Closed 1980. Currently in very poor condition. Now classified as a Lost Pier. | |||
Southend Pier | Southend-on-Sea | 1830 | 6,900 feet (2.1 km) | 2007 | II | The longest pleasure pier in the world, extending 2.1 km (1.3 miles) into the Thames Estuary. | |
Southport Pier | Southport | 2 August 1860 | 3,536 feet (1,078 m) | 2003 | II | ||
South Parade Pier | Southsea | 26 July 1879 | 600 feet (180 m) | Re-opened 2017. | |||
Clarence Pier | Southsea | 1861 | |||||
Southwold Pier | Southwold | 1900 | 623 feet (190 m) | 2002 | Includes a collection of modern coin-operated novelty machines | ||
Swanage Pier | Swanage | 29 March 1897 | 642.5 feet (195.8 m) | 2012 | |||
Grand Pier | Teignmouth | 1867 | 696 feet (212 m) | ||||
Torquay | 1890 | ||||||
Totland Bay | 1880 | ||||||
Walton-on-the-Naze Pier | Walton-on-the-Naze | August 1898 | |||||
Grand Pier | Weston-super-Mare | 11 June 1904 | 1,201 feet (366 m) | 2011 | |||
Birnbeck Pier | Weston-super-Mare | 5 June 1867 | 1,150 feet (350 m) | II* | Closed since 1994. One of the few surviving Eugenius Birch piers | ||
Weymouth Pier | Weymouth | 1860 | |||||
Worthing Pier | Worthing | 12 April 1862 | 960 feet (290 m) | 2006, 2019 | II | ||
Yarmouth Pier | Yarmouth | 1876 | 610 feet (190 m) |
Scotland[]
Name | Place | Opened | Length | Pier of the Year | Description | Image |
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Dunoon Pier | Dunoon | Not recognised a seaside pier by most authorities | ||||
Kilcreggan | Not recognised a seaside pier by most authorities. Ferry to Helensburgh.[3] | |||||
Rothesay Pier | Rothesay | Not recognised as a seaside pier by most authorities | ||||
Fort William Pier | Fort William | Not recognised as a seaside pier by most authorities |
Wales[]
Name | Place | Opened | Length | Pier of the Year | Listed grade |
Description | Image |
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Royal Pier | Aberystwyth | 1865 | |||||
Garth Pier | Bangor | 14 May 1896 | 1,510 feet (460 m) | II* | Reopened in 1988. | ||
Beaumaris Pier | Beaumaris | 1846 | 570 feet (170 m) | Refurbished 2011–2012. | |||
Llandudno Pier | Llandudno | 1 August 1877 | 2,295 feet (700 m) | 2005 | II* | ||
Mumbles Pier | Mumbles, Swansea | 10 May 1898 | 835 feet (255 m) | II | |||
Penarth Pier | Penarth | February 1895 | 650 feet (200 m) | 2014 | II |
Isle of Man[]
Name | Place | Opened | Length | Pier of the Year | Description | Image |
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Queen's Pier | Ramsey, Isle of Man | 22 July 1886 | 2,241 feet (683 m) | Closed June 1990; restoration started 2016; first three bays reopened July 2021[4] |
Piers in London on the river Thames[]
- Bankside Pier
- Barrier Gardens Pier
- Blackfriars Millennium Pier
- Canary Wharf Pier
- Festival Pier
- Greenland Pier
- Greenwich Pier
- Hilton Docklands Nelson Dock Pier
- Kew Pier
- London Bridge City Pier
- London Eye Pier
- Masthouse Terrace Pier
- Millbank Millennium Pier
- North Greenwich Pier
- Putney Pier
- Savoy Pier
- Tower Bridge Quay
- Tower Lifeboat Station
- Tower Millennium Pier
- Westminster Millennium Pier
- Woolwich Arsenal Pier
Former piers[]
Name | Place | Opened | Length | Listed grade | Description | Image |
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West Pier | Brighton | 6 October 1866 | 1,115 feet (340 m) | I | Closed in 1975 and subsequently fell into disrepair. Now classified as a lost pier. | |
Victoria Pier | Colwyn Bay | 1 June 1900 | 750 feet (230 m) | II | Closed since 2008. Partial collapse in 2017, leading to the demolition of the seaward end. | |
Fleetwood Pier | Fleetwood | 16 May 1910 | 492 feet (150 m) | Destroyed by fire in 2008, hence a lost pier. | ||
Lytham Pier | Lytham | 17 April 1865 | 914 feet (279 m) | Closed to the public before World War II following a period of decline. Demolished in 1960 despite protests from thousands of local residents. | ||
Central Pier[5] | Morecambe | 25 March 1869 | 912 feet (278 m) | Demolished 1992. | ||
West End Pier[6] | Morecambe | 1896 | 1,800 feet (550 m) | Demolished 1978. | ||
New Brighton Pier | New Brighton | 1867 | 600 feet (180 m) | Demolished 1978. | ||
Weymouth Pier Bandstand | Weymouth | 25 May 1939 | Majority of pier demolished in 1986; only the entrance building remains. Thus not a seaside pier any longer. | |||
Port Talbot | 1898 | 900 feet (270 m) | Lost: 1962, Owner: British Transport Commission. Now a breakwater. | |||
Redcar Pier | Redcar | 2 June 1873 | 1,300 feet (400 m) | Closed and demolished in 1980 | ||
Rhyl Pier | Rhyl | 19 August 1867 | 2,355 feet (718 m) | Demolished in 1973 | ||
Withernsea Pier[7] | Withernsea | August 1877 | 1,196 feet (365 m) | Partial destruction by storm in 1882 and ship collisions in 1890 & 1893. Last remaining section removed in 1903. | ||
Shanklin Pier | Shanklin | 1890 | 1,200 feet (370 m) | Demolished in February 1993 | ||
[8] | Tenby | 1899 | 330 feet (100 m) | Constructed as 230ft structure and later extended by 100ft. Lost in 1953 | ||
[9] | Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales | 1895 | 1,300 feet (400 m) | Lost in 1954 | ||
Scarborough North Pier | Scarborough | 1868 | 1,000 feet (300 m) | Lost in 1905 | ||
St Leonards Pier[10] | St Leonards-on-Sea | 1891 | 950 feet (290 m) | Damaged by bombing, gales and fire during WW2. Demolished 1951-55 |
See also[]
- List of piers
- National Piers Society
References[]
- ^ "(Surviving Piers)". National Piers Society. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Historic England: Seaside heritage sites given listed status". BBC News. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Kilcreggan Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland". Undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Isle of Man's Queen's Pier opens as restoration moves forward". BBC News. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Morecambe Central Pier – National Piers Society". Piers.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Withernsea". National Piers Society. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ^ "Royal Victoria Pier". National Piers Society. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Rhos-on-Sea Pier". National Piers Society. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "St Leonards Pier". The Hastings Chronicle. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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