West Pier - Wikipedia
The West Pier is a ruined pier in Brighton, England. It was designed by Eugenius Birch and opened in 1866. It was the first pier to be Grade I listed in England but has become increasingly derelict since its closure to the public in 1975.
History of the West Pier
Originally the West Pier had an open deck with only six small ornamental houses of oriental design, two toll houses and glass screens at the pier head to protect visitors from the wind and sun. In 1875 a central bandstand was added.
Brighton's West Pier: The tragic history behind ruined pier
Mar 28, 2023 · Built during a construction boom for pleasure piers in the 1860s, the West Pier was the second of its kind in Brighton - following the construction of the Royal Suspension Chain Pier (which...
Brighton's West Pier Trust
The West Pier Centre is the seafront home of the West Pier Trust. You can find us on beach level in an arch east of Brighton i360, near the Golden Spiral at the foot of the slope opposite the Hilton Brighton Metropole.
The chequered history of Brighton’s West Pier and the
Dec 29, 2020 · Along Brighton's seafront stands a relic - the burned husk of a monument to a bygone golden age. The West Pier, once a symbol of the leisurely seaside lifestyle Brighton had come to represent, has been nothing more than a reminder since its closure in 1975.
West Pier Revealed - Brighton\'s West Pier Trust
Brighton’s iconic West Pier has been revealed and viewed close up for the first time in 20 years. Ever since two devastating fires in 2003, the pier has been too dangerous to access and, battered by frequent storms, experts feared the worst for its condition and prospects for the future.
West Pier - Atlas Obscura
Dec 16, 2013 · Brighton, England's West Pier was the second of three major piers that have jutted out to sea from the city's shoreline, and much like its predecessor, the Chain Pier, it was destroyed...
Brighton West - National Piers Society
April 2024 – “Brighton West Pier is terrible”, according to the internet? A rather provocative news article which compiles a number of “opinions” of Brighton’s West Pier, which is noted for its presence in Brighton as historical husk of the Victorian era, truly static in time.
West Pier - brightonandhovelife.co.uk
The West Pier soon became one of the most popular places in Brighton with over 350,000 visitors each year. They came to ride on the giant wheel (designed by James Gale), to see the animals in the adjacent aquarium, or just to walk along the pier's pierrot promenade .
The History of Brighton's West Pier - Arthur Lloyd.co.uk
Above - Brighton's West Pier in the early 1890s - From 'Round the Coast' by George Newnes, Ltd, 1895. Originally the West Pier had an open deck with only six small ornamental houses of oriental design, two toll houses and glass screens at the pier head to …
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