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.

Coastal Piers

England

Name	Place	Description
Central Pier	Blackpool
South Pier	Blackpool
North Pier	Blackpool
Bognor Regis Pier	Bognor Regis
Bournemouth Pier	Bournemouth
Boscombe Pier	Bournemouth
Brighton Pier	Brighton
Brighton West Pier	Brighton	It was opened in 1866 with a length of 1115 feet. Two fires in 2003 destroyed the West Pier quite completely.
Royal Suspension Chain Pier	Brighton
Burnham-on-Sea Pier	Burnham-on-Sea	Claims to be Britain's shortest pier
Clacton Pier	Clacton-on-Sea
Cleethorpes Pier	Cleethorpes
Clevedon Pier	Clevedon
Cromer Pier	Cromer
Deal Pier	Deal
Eastbourne Pier	Eastbourne
Prince of Wales Pier	Falmouth
Felixstowe Pier	Felixstowe
Fleetwood Pier	Fleetwood	Destroyed by fire in 2008.
Gravesend town pier	Gravesend
Britannia Pier	Great Yarmouth
Wellington Pier	Great Yarmouth
Hastings Pier	Hastings	Fire in 2010.
	Harwich	^[1]
Herne Bay Pier	Herne Bay
Hythe Pier	Hythe
Claremont Pier	Lowestoft
St Annes Pier	Lytham St Annes
Morecambe Central Pier^[2]	Morecambe
Morecambe West Pier^[3]	Morecambe
	New Brighton
Paignton Pier	Paignton
Clarence Pier	Portsmouth
South Parade Pier	Portsmouth
Ryde Pier	Ryde
Saltburn Pier	Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Sandown Pier	Sandown
Skegness Pier	Skegness
Southend Pier	Southend-on-Sea
Southport Pier	Southport
South Parade Pier	Southsea
Southwold Pier	Southwold
Swanage Pier	Swanage
Grand Pier	Teignmouth
Princess Pier	Torquay
Totland Pier	Totland
Walton Pier	Walton-on-the-Naze
Grand Pier	Weston-super-Mare
Birnbeck Pier	Weston-super-Mare
Weymouth Pier	Weymouth
	Whitby
Worthing Pier	Worthing
	Yarmouth

Scotland

Name	Place	Description	Image
Kilcreggan Pier	Kilcreggan	Ferry to Helensburgh.^[4]

Wales

Name	Place	Description
Aberystwyth Pier	Aberystwyth
Garth Pier	Bangor	460 m length, opened in 1896. Reopened in 1988.
Beaumaris Pier	Beaumaris
Landerneau Pier	Caernarfon
Victoria Pier	Colwyn Bay
Llandudno Pier	Llandudno
Mumbles Pier	Mumbles
Penarth Pier	Penarth
Rhyl Pier	Rhyl	Removed in 1972.
Trevor Pier	Trefor

Isle Of Man

Name	Place	Description	Image
Queen's Pier	Ramsey	Build in 1886. Closed 1985. Former Queen's Pier Tramway in museums now.

Piers in London

References

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