List of piers in the United Kingdom

Brighton Palace Pier at dusk

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
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
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
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
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[]

Former piers[]

Name	Place	Opened	Length	Listed grade	Description	Image
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[]