Hastings Pier, East Sussex, England, UK
Hastings Pier is a pleasure pier in Hastings, East Sussex, England. Built in 1872 and enjoying its prime in the 1930s, though becoming a popular music venue in…
Europe
European landmarks and their stories, from Welsh castles and Pripyat's ruins to Genoa's Ponte Morandi and Hitler's Kehlsteinhaus, with the UK in focus.
Oakdale Hospital, Caerphilly, Wales, UK
Oakdale Community Hospital, located in Oakdale, Caerphilly, Wales, provided 20 beds including 2 Macmillan beds for palliative care prior to its closure in 2011.…
Totland Pier, Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, UK
The Totland Bay Pier Provisional Order was advertised in March 1879 to replace the ruinous old wooden structure. The 450 foot pier was completed the following M…
Walton-on-the-Naze Pier, Essex, UK
This, Walton’s second pier, was owned by the Walton Pier & Hotel Company Ltd. It was originally built to a length of 530 feet in the 1870s. However, the lac…
Princess Pier, Torquary, UK
Work on the pier commenced in 1890 as a simple mass concrete groyne. A steel lattice girder and timber structure was added in 1894, followed by a landing quay o…
Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, UK
The pier was first proposed in 1856 and work began in September 1857. A.W.Morant was the engineer. The 700 foot structure opened on 13th July 1858. The length o…