List of piers in the United Kingdom

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

Brighton Pier at dusk

Coastal piers

Source:[1]

England
Name Place Pier of the Year Description Image
Central Pier Blackpool Opened in 1868. Originally 1518ft now 1118ft
South Pier Blackpool Currently contains a theme park. Opened in 1893, 492ft long
North Pier Blackpool 2004 Eugenius Birch's earliest surviving pier. Opened in 1863, originally 1410ft long, now 1318ft
Bognor Regis Pier Bognor Regis 1985
Bournemouth Pier Bournemouth Zip wire installed in 2014, spanning between the pier head and the beach.
Boscombe Pier Bournemouth 2010
Palace Pier Brighton 1998
West Pier Brighton Opened in 1866, but closed in 1975 and subsequently fell into disrepair. Now classified as being a lost pier.
Burnham-on-Sea Pier Burnham-on-Sea 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
Cleethorpes Pier Cleethorpes 2016
Clevedon Pier Clevedon 1999, 2013
Cromer Pier Cromer 2000, 2015
Deal Pier Deal 2008 One of the last pleasure piers to be built in the UK (opened 1957).
Eastbourne Pier Eastbourne 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, hence a lost pier.
Harbour Arm Folkestone First used in 20th century. Re-opened in 2016. Used as a pleasure pier, as well as fishing.
Gravesend Town. Gravesend Not a seaside pier recognised by most authorities.
Britannia Pier Great Yarmouth
Wellington Pier Great Yarmouth
Ha'penny Pier. Harwich Not a seaside pier recognised by most authorities.
Hastings Pier Hastings 2017 Pier of the Year 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 2009
Culver Pier Sandown
Skegness Pier Skegness Seaward section destroyed in a 1978 storm.
Royal Pier Southampton Closed 1980. Currently in very poor condition. Now classified as a Lost Pier.
Southend Pier Southend-on-Sea 2007 The longest pleasure pier in the world extending 2.1 km (1.3 miles) into the Thames Estuary.
Southport Pier Southport 2003
South Parade Pier Southsea Re-opened 2017.
Clarence Pier Southsea
Southwold Pier Southwold 2002
Swanage Pier Swanage 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 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 2006, 2019
Yarmouth Pier Yarmouth

Scotland
Name Place Pier of the Year Description Image
Dunoon Pier Dunoon Not recognised a seaside pier by most authorities
Kilcreggan Pier Kilcreggan Not recognised a seaside pier by most authorities. Ferry to Helensburgh.[4]
Rothesay Pier Rothesay
Fort William Pier Fort William

Wales
Name Place Pier of the Year Description Image
Royal Pier Aberystwyth
Garth Pier Bangor 460 m length, opened in 1896. Reopened in 1988.
Aberavon Pier Port Talbot Length: 900ft

Opened: 1898 Lost: 1962 Owner: British Transport Commission

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 2005
Mumbles Pier Mumbles, Swansea
Penarth Pier Penarth 2014
Rhyl Pier Rhyl Removed in 1972.

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.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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