birnbeck pier

This pier has a lot of history so I'll try to keep it simple. It opened on the 5th of June 1867. Improvements were made and things like trams, life boat houses and jetty were added. There was a fire in 1897 which damaged the main building. A new pavilion and low water jetty was build a couple of...

Birnbeck Pier is a pier situated on the Bristol Channel in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, approximately 18 miles (29 km) south-west of Bristol. It is the only pier in the country which links the mainland to an island(Birnbeck Island a 3 acre rocky island just to the west of Worlebury...

Birnbeck Pier, Weston Super Mare, Somerset, October 2011. What better way to spend a sunny, Sunday afternoon, than racing against a rising tide on an abandoned and rapidly decaying Victorian pier! This was enormous fun, and a really enjoyable afternoon, much to the amusement of the...

Birnbeck Pier, Weston Super Mare Not a new explore by any means (it's been reported on here a couple of times, but as I was in the area I thought I'd take a look. Opened in 1862, and now derelict, apart from the RNLI station that is still based on the pier. More history here Only a quick...

Originally posted by Riddlers elsewhere on this site... After a bit of planning we set off.... We got to Weston Supermare mid morning after driving past shit loads of empty stuff. We had no idea where to start looking for the island we wanted, but it soon became obvious.... We hooked up...