Piers · East of England
Trinity House Pier
In or near Little Oakley.
Trinity House Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Best time of year
- Summer
- Nearest railway station
- Harwich Town · 0.4 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Trinity House Pier is a seaside pier on the coast of Essex, East of England — Victorian pleasure architecture on stilts, still standing. The site is within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape (AONB), and is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the Harwich and North Essex parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Harwich Town, about 0.4 km away. Postcode area CO12.
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Official information
Ha’penny Pier is a historic pier in Harwich, originally opened in 1853, that served as a departure point for paddle steamers. It now houses the Harwich Visitor Information Centre and features an exhibition on early voyages of exploration, as well as offering guided tours of historic Harwich during the summer.
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Stour Estuary SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Suffolk Coast & Heaths
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Trinity House Pilot Station was a Port Tower in Folkestone Harbour. It was designed by architect John Hill with structural engineers Andrews, Kent & Stone limited. The building existed from 1971 until its demolition in 2014.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The port tower was opened on 30th March 1971 as a port authority with a cost of £250,000 to build, overlooking shipping routes off Margate/North East Spit. It was regarded as a state-of-the-art operations center and rigged with the-then latest equipment such as Telex machines, radar and MF/VHF radio. Inside the building was quarters, mess rooms, and a lounge for pilots on night/morning shift work on standby with fast hot air convector ovens that could cook frozen rations within minutes. Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher visited the Trinity House port tower facility in 1977. She described the whirlwind visit as a way to pay tribute to the lighthousemen, lifeboatmen and pilots who…
Architecture
Trinity House announced their decision to build a permanent pilot station at Folkestone in 1967, Five pilot cutters based in Dover became redundant (one hundred officers were not however). Costing an estimated , and would stand 68ft tall.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.9478, 1.2840
- County
- Essex
- District
- Tendring
- Parish
- Harwich
- Postcode
- CO12 3JW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Phone
- +44 7487 605031
- Nearest railway station
- Harwich Town — 0.4 km
- Opening
- Daily 10am–4pm; open from Easter until the 2nd week of October
- Official site
- www.harwich-society.co.uk
Sources
- osm: w58646568 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Trinity House Pilot Station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Trinity House Pier?
- Trinity House Pier is in Essex, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode CO12 3JW), in the parish of Harwich.
- What is Trinity House Pier?
- Trinity House Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Trinity House Pier?
- The nearest railway station is Harwich Town, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can use postcode CO12 3JW.
- Is Trinity House Pier a protected site?
- Yes — Trinity House Pier is part of the Stour Estuary SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Suffolk Coast & Heaths National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Trinity House Pier free to visit?
- Yes, Trinity House Pier is free to enter.
- How do I get to Trinity House Pier?
- The nearest railway station is Harwich Town, about 0.4 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CO12 3JW.