List of piers in the United Kingdom

These lists of piers in the United Kingdom describe piers on the coast and on the river Thames.

Brighton Pier at dusk

Coastal piers

Sources include:[1]

England
Name Place Opened Length Pier of
the Year		 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 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
Burnham-on-Sea Pier Burnham-on-Sea 1858 900 feet (270 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
Cleethorpes Pier Cleethorpes 4 August 1873 335 feet (102 m) 2016
Clevedon Pier Clevedon 29 March 1869 1,020 feet (310 m) 1999, 2013
Cromer Pier Cromer 8 June 1901 495 feet (151 m) 2000, 2015
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
Prince of Wales Pier 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.
Harbour Arm 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
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) Oldest continually running pier train in the world.
Claremont Pier Lowestoft 1903 600 feet (180 m) Pier decking not open for public use
South Pier Lowestoft 1846
St Annes Pier Lytham St Annes 15 June 1885 600 feet (180 m)
Paignton Pier Paignton June 1879 780 feet (240 m)
Ryde Pier Ryde 26 July 1814 2,234 feet (681 m) The UK's oldest pleasure pier
Saltburn Pier Saltburn-by-the-Sea May 1869 681 feet (208 m) 2009
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 Closed 1980. Currently in very poor condition. Now classified as a Lost Pier.
Southend Pier Southend-on-Sea 1830 2.1 kilometres (6,900 ft) 2007 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
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)
Princess Pier Torquay 1890
Totland Pier 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) 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
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 Pier Kilcreggan Not recognised a seaside pier by most authorities. Ferry to Helensburgh.[2]
Rothesay Pier Rothesay
Fort William Pier Fort William

Wales
Name Place Opened Length Pier of the Year Description Image
Royal Pier Aberystwyth 1865
Garth Pier Bangor 14 May 1896 1,510 feet (460 m) 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
Mumbles Pier Mumbles, Swansea 10 May 1898 835 feet (255 m)
Penarth Pier Penarth February 1895 650 feet (200 m) 2014

Piers in London

Former piers
Name Place Opened Length Description Image
West Pier Brighton 6 October 1866 1,115 feet (340 m) 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) 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.
Morecambe Central Pier[3] Morecambe 25 March 1869 912 feet (278 m) Demolished 1992.
Morecambe West End Pier[4] Morecambe 1896 1,800 feet (550 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.
Aberavon Pier Port Talbot 1898 900 feet (270 m) Lost: 1962, Owner: British Transport Commission
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
Shanklin Pier Shanklin 1890 1,200 feet (370 m) Demolished in February 1993

See also

References
  1. "(Surviving Piers)". National Piers Society. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. "Kilcreggan Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland". Undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. "Morecambe Central Pier – National Piers Society". Piers.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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