Beaumaris Pier, Anglesey, North Wales
Beaumaris Pier is a pier in Beaumaris, Anglesey, North Wales. Construction Designed by Frederick Foster, it had a concrete and stone neck, wooden piles supporti…
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Garth Pier, Bangor, Wales
Garth Pier is a Grade II listed structure in Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales. At 1,500 feet (460 m) in length, it is the second-longest pier in Wales, and the nint…
Royal Pier, Aberystwyth, Wales
The Royal Pier, Aberystwyth is a pleasure pier located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales. The first pier to open in Wales in 1865, after a series of storm attac…
Birnbeck Pier, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England
Birnbeck Pier is a pier situated on the Bristol Channel in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, approximately 18 miles (29 km) south west of Bristol. It…
Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway
Castle Douglas is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It lies in the lieutenancy area of Kirkcudbrightshire, in the eastern part of Galloway, between the…
Douglas, South Lanarkshire
Douglas is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the south bank of the Douglas Water and on the A70 road that links Ayr, on the West coast…