Missed out on the NPS Blackpool AGM?
You can catch-up with the weekend’s events here! The National Piers Society had its most successful AGM in Blackpool last weekend.
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Announcement on Hastings Pier new owner imminent
The proposed sale of Hastings pier prompted a protest this week by local campaigners who have been raising money to try to buy it themselves.
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Blackpool’s Piers secure World Monuments grant
Carl Carrington, head of heritage at Blackpool Council, said: “It is very good news although we have yet to find out how much money we have got.
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Southport Pier Pavilion to become a nightclub?
A licence application has now been submitted to Sefton Council to see a late-night drinking venue at the end of the pier. If given the go-ahead, the Pier Pavilion Cafe would be open seven days a week, from 9am to 3.30am.
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Fantastic gallery of Southsea South Parade Pier through the years
31 historic photos showing the evolution of South Parade Pier – including the fire 44 years ago
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Plans to set Saltburn Pier alight for 150th anniversary!
The Economic Growth Scrutiny and Improvement Committee discussed the plans to illuminate Saltburn Pier in May next year.
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Burnham-On-Sea Pier tops the list of Britain’s best tiny attractions!
Nothing says British seaside like a pier, and as an example of British understatement, Burnham-on-Sea’s, at just 37 metres long, has no equal.
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Hastings Pier sold to the owner of Eastbourne Pier
Eastbourne hotelier Sheikh Abid Gulzar said he was “thrilled” to have signed a deal to buy Hastings Pier. However, local campaigners who had been trying to raise money to buy the pier themselves said they were “sad” and “disappointed” with the decision.
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Temporary closure of Deal Pier
It will close from Monday, June 25, for the gas main revamp.
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Could Wayne Hemmingway be about to provide a pier (of sorts) at Hunstanton?
Design guru Wayne Hemingway has been appointed to draw up a masterplan for the prom. It will revisit a blueprint drawn up 10 years ago, which included a viewing platform at the Pier Entertainments building.
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Aberystwyth Pier to be returned to former glory
The 153-year-old Victorian pier could be about to see its first regeneration work in 30 years.
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Brighton Palace Pier boss offers to run i360
Luke Johnson of Brighton’s Palace Pier wants to takeover the i360 and manage it on behalf of the council. The businessman has called on city chiefs to refuse the viewing tower’s request to delay £6 million of loan repayments over the next six years.
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Palace Pier gets its new signage!
The Palace was put back on Brighton Pier this week as new signage went up above the entrance, restoring the much-loved attraction’s original name.
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Bognor Regis Birdman competition cancelled for 2018
The decision to cancel was blamed on a lack of the final funding, however, the committee stated efforts will continue in order to ensure 2019’s event can take off.
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Pier we go again at Colwyn Bay!
Conwy County Borough Council are soon to reveal the successful bidder for the tender process to build a truncated pier on the site while designers are hard at work coming up with proposals of what that will look like.
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Change is afoot at Hastings Pier!
The new owner of Hastings Pier said residents would see changes to the popular landmark ‘very quickly’.
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New entrance planned for Southend Pier
Southend Council has submitted new plans to demolish the Southend Pier Arcade to make way for the new entrance along with a café and restaurant.
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Refurbishment plans for Southport Pier feature a pier-to-beach slide!
The refurbishment of the pier structure is being carried out in two stages – the first phase took place in December and the second phase began in March, with the project due to finish in December this year.
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Hastings Pier reopens under new ownership
The gates of Hastings Pier swung open for the first time in over a week and within minutes the public were heading out on to the pier.
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Grand Pier hosts Weston Past & Present exhibition
Aerial pictures were taken over the course of the past few months by Historic England. The photos will sit side-by-side with images of the seaside town which were taken decades ago.
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