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            Birnbeck Pier is situated on the Bristol Channel at Weston Super Mare, Somerset and was opened in 1867. It is the only pier in the country that links the mainland to an island.

During the late 19th and early 20th century the pier was popular with locals and tourists and provided a boarding point for steamers plying their trade in the channel and enabling links to South Wales, just visible on the far horizon. It also provided a lifeboat station - the slipway and red doors can still be seen. 

The pier sustained one million pounds of damage from drifting equipment in 1984 and further damage from a storm in 1990. It closed for safety reasons in 1984.

Since the closure, the structure has changed ownership several times with various ambitious plans to raise money for restoration. All have come to nothing and in 2020 North Somerset Council started a compulsory purchase order.

As a child I remember visiting Weston Super Mare on several occasions when the pier was still in use. Sadly, given the appalling and dangerous state of the structure now, it is difficult to envisage the prospect of it ever being restored. A sad end to a once magnificent piece of Victorian construction!

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Taken in: UK / England / Weston-Super-Mare (show map)

Taken on: June 18, 2021

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