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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- Bankside Pier
- Barrier Gardens Pier
- Blackfriars Millennium Pier
- Canary Wharf Pier
- Festival Pier
- Greenland Pier
- Greenwich Pier
- Hilton Docklands Nelson Dock Pier
- Kew Pier
- London Bridge City Pier
- London Eye Pier
- Masthouse Terrace Pier
- Millbank Millennium Pier
- North Greenwich Pier
- Putney Pier
- Savoy Pier
- St. Katharine Pier
- Tower Lifeboat Station
- Tower Millennium Pier
- Westminster Millennium Pier
- Woolwich Arsenal Pier
Former piers
Name | Place | Opened | Length | Description | Image |
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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. |
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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
- "(Surviving Piers)". National Piers Society. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- "Kilcreggan Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland". Undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- "Morecambe Central Pier – National Piers Society". Piers.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- "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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