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 Opened Pier of the Year Description Image
Central Pier Blackpool 30 May 1868 Originally 1518ft now 1118ft
South Pier Blackpool 31 March 1893 Currently contains a theme park. 492ft long
North Pier Blackpool 21 May 1863 2004 Eugenius Birch's earliest surviving pier. Originally 1410ft long, now 1318ft
Bognor Regis Pier Bognor Regis 5 May 1865 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 1998
West Pier Brighton 6 October 1866 Closed in 1975 and subsequently fell into disrepair. Now classified as being a lost pier.
Burnham-on-Sea Pier Burnham-on-Sea 1858 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
Cleethorpes Pier Cleethorpes 4 August 1873 2016
Clevedon Pier Clevedon 29 March 1869 1999, 2013
Cromer Pier Cromer 8 June 1901 2000, 2015
Deal Pier Deal 19 November 1957 2008 One of the last pleasure piers to be built in the UK. Pre-dated by 2 original piers, built in 1838 and 1864 respectively.
Eastbourne Pier Eastbourne 13 June 1870 1997
Prince of Wales Pier Falmouth 5 May 1905
Felixstowe Pier Felixstowe August 1905 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 16 May 1910 Destroyed by fire in 2008, hence a lost pier.
Harbour Arm Folkestone 2016 First used in 20th century. Re-opened in 2016. Used as a pleasure pier, as well as fishing.
Gravesend Town Gravesend 1834 Not a seaside pier recognised by most authorities.
Britannia Pier Great Yarmouth 13 July 1858
Wellington Pier Great Yarmouth 31 October 1853
Ha'penny Pier Harwich July 1853 Not a seaside pier recognised by most authorities.
Hastings Pier Hastings 5 August 1872 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 700 yards long with the oldest continually running pier train in the world.
Claremont Pier Lowestoft 1903
South Pier Lowestoft 1846
St Annes Pier Lytham St Annes 15 June 1885
Morecambe Central Pier[2] Morecambe 25 March 1869 Demolished 1992.
Morecambe West End Pier[3] Morecambe 1896 Demolished 1978.
Paignton Pier Paignton June 1879
Ryde Pier Ryde 26 July 1814 The UK's oldest pleasure pier
Saltburn Pier Saltburn-by-the-Sea May 1869 2009
Culver Pier Sandown 29 May 1878
Skegness Pier Skegness 4 June 1881 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 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 2003
South Parade Pier Southsea 26 July 1879 Re-opened 2017.
Clarence Pier Southsea 1861
Southwold Pier Southwold 1900 2002
Swanage Pier Swanage 29 March 1897 2012
Grand Pier Teignmouth 1867
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 2011
Birnbeck Pier Weston-super-Mare 5 June 1867 Closed since 1994. One of the few surviving Eugenius Birch piers.
Weymouth Pier Weymouth 1860
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.
Wigan Pier Wigan
Worthing Pier Worthing 12 April 1862 2006, 2019
Yarmouth Pier Yarmouth 1876

Scotland
Name Place Opened 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 Opened Pier of the Year Description Image
Royal Pier Aberystwyth 1865
Garth Pier Bangor 14 May 1896 460 m length, opened in 1896. Reopened in 1988.
Aberavon Pier Port Talbot 1898 Length: 900ft, Lost: 1962, Owner: British Transport Commission
Beaumaris Pier Beaumaris 1846 Refurbished 2011-2012.
Victoria Pier Colwyn Bay 1 June 1900 Closed since 2008. Partial collapse in 2017, leading to the demolition of the seaward end.
Llandudno Pier Llandudno 1 August 1877 2005
Mumbles Pier Mumbles, Swansea 10 May 1898
Penarth Pier Penarth February 1895 2014
Rhyl Pier Rhyl 1867 Demolished in 1973

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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