A Grand day out for Gromit!
The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare has sponsored a sculpture on the Gromit Unleashed 2 trail and is exhibiting it to sightseers.
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Football is not coming home to Southend Pier!
Southend United’s ambitious plans to hang advertising boardings from the pier are set to be thrown out. The council has deemed the advertisings would have a detrimental impact on public views and the setting of the pier.
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Southsea’s sea defence scheme unveiled
It’s a mammoth £100m project that’s been on the cards for five years, but now the public will get a look at the future of Southsea’s sea defences.
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Unexploded WWII bomb found under Teignmouth Pier
The Royal Navy has blown up a 2,600lb Second World War bomb after a popular beach had to be evacuated, when a teenage scuba diver stumbled upon the device under the pier.
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Bognor Pier remains open after nightclub fire
The roof of the Sheiks nightclub on the pier caught fire but no significant damage to the pier
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Designs for truncated pier at Colwyn Bay get underway!
Over the next few months Donald Insall Associates will draw up detailed construction designs, based on the outline plans given planning permission last year.
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Circus Fantasia returns to Clacton Pier for the summer season!
They are staging Clacton Pier Circus in the Jolly Roger before returning for the opening of the new development on July 21 from when they perform throughout the summer holidays.
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Celebrating Birch’s Lancashire Piers!
This year marks 200 years since the birth of civil engineer Eugenius Birch, whose work can still be seen on the Fylde coast.
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Are seaside piers worth the money? We think so!
Pleasure piers are part of the old British seaside culture, but are they really worth the money it costs to maintain them?
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Stars flock to Penarth Pier!
Dame Judi Dench and Oscar-winner Jim Broadbent are among a string of A-list stars set to be filming at Penarth Pier.
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Whitby Piers’ regeneration set for September
The £7.6m scheme to repair Whitby’s crumbling piers is expected to begin in September, Scarborough council says.
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A wonderful celebration of the genius of Eugenius!
Eugenius Birch, father of the promenade pier, was born 200 years ago. Kathryn Ferry considers the life and remarkable legacy of this outstanding figure.
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Celebrating the end of the pier show
National Piers Society Patron Gyles Brandreth reminds us of the delights of pier entertainment.
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An interesting piece on how ‘the people’s pier’ has divided the community of Hastings
The seaside town of Hastings, which gave its name to one of the most famous battles in British history, is up in arms once again.
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Blackpool North Pier, the birthplace of Sooty, celebrates the little bear’s 70th birthday!
When Harry Corbett bought a bear glove puppet on Blackpool’s North Pier in 1948 to entertain his children, he could surely not have realised he was teaming up with a future TV icon.
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Southsea South Parade Pier expands its facilities
Owners of the Grade II-listed building revealed that a new deck at the end of the pier is being built and will offer mooring for boats as well as allowing people to fish.
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Weston Royal Pier site to be sold?
The Royal Pier Hotel site was owned by CNM Estates until September last year, when receiver CBRE was called in so the bank Investec could recoup its multi-million-pound investment.
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Council plans to work with Hastings Pier new owner
Cllr Chowney said: “He has got some good ideas and if he has the money to carry them out there are some interesting things that could happen there. I think he has to be careful about making sure he connects with the people of Hastings and involves them in his plans.
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Did Hastings Pier suffer from ‘giving fatigue’?
It raises a lot of questions about whether there is sufficient protection for charities in administration, and particularly whether there is strong enough regulation around Hasting Pier Charity’s particular legal model – the charitable community benefit society.
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Brighton Palace Pier makes top ten amusement park list!
Brighton’s famed attraction was ranked number eight in the country in TripAdvisor’s 2018 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
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A decade on: Weston Grand Pier fire remembered
Following a two-year transformation and £52m of investment, the Edwardian structure is firmly back at the heart of the seaside town.
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Clevedon Pier marks World War One centenary
The Clevedon Pier & Heritage Trust has announced its plans to recognise the sacrifice made by so many during World War One.
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