Report - Clevedon Pier out of hours, Clevedon - May 2014

[Hector Rex]

Solo Explore​

So I went down to clevedon to get a few long exposures and to get the sunset.. Then the pier began tempting me.. so i decided to have a mooch. I know its not a derelict place but out of hours non permission visits are still good fun!

History from our old friend Wikipedia

"Clevedon Pier is a seaside pier in the town of Clevedon, Somerset, England on the east shoreof the Severn Estuary. It has been described by Sir John Betjeman, as "the most beautiful pier in England" and was designated a Grade I listed building in 2001.[1]

The pier was built during the 1860s to attract tourists and provide a ferry port for rail passengers to South Wales. The pier is 312 m (1,024 ft) long and consists of eight spans supported by steel rails covered by wooden decking, with a pavilion on the pier head.

The pier opened in 1869 and served as an embarkation point for paddle steamer excursions for almost exactly 100 years. Two of the spans collapsed during stress testing in 1970 and demolition was proposed, but local fund raising and heritage grants allowed the pier to be dismantled for restoration and reassembled. It reopened in 1989, and ten years later was awarded the Pier of the Year from the National Piers Society, and a Civic Trust Award. The pier now, once again, offers a landing stage for steamers and is a popular attraction for tourists and anglers."

I hope you like the pictures, I haven't bothered leveling all of them on photoshop but here we go in the mean time:

1. Cheeky pre-explore 20 minute exposure for the external

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Thanks for looking,

as i say, not a derp but i hope you agree it's worth posting

HR

 

[Fudge]

That Sir John Betjeman is pretty frivolous when it comes to beautiful structures - see quote below.

Huddersfield has a rich legacy of fine Victorian buildings such as the railway station, described by Sir John Betjeman as ‘the most splendid station facade in England’.

 

[Keynsham]

Looks good to me.