Piers · South East England
Victorian piers: a seaside survey
Brighton, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Cromer — the surviving pleasure piers.
Britain once had 100 pleasure piers; about 55 survive. The longest is Southend (1.34 miles); the most-photographed are Brighton's Palace Pier and Blackpool's three; the most architecturally important is the Grade II*-listed Clevedon. This is a tour of twelve, in a working seaside-trip order.
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📷 3Piers · North West England
Blackpool North Pier
Blackpool North Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
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📷 3Piers · North West England
Blackpool Central Pier
Blackpool Central Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
📷 3Piers · North West England
Blackpool South Pier
Blackpool South Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Piers · South West England
Bournemouth Pier
Bournemouth Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Piers · East of England
Cromer Pier
Cromer Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Piers · East of England
Southend Pier
Southend Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
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📷 3Piers · North Wales
Llandudno Pier
Llandudno Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
📷 5Piers · North East England
Saltburn Pier
Saltburn Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
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