2021

TV6198 : Eastbourne Pier

taken 5 years ago, near to Eastbourne, East Sussex, England

This is 1 of 156 images, with title Eastbourne Pier in this square
Eastbourne Pier
Eastbourne Pier

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Eastbourne Pier (provided by Oast House Archive)

The 300m long Victorian pier was officially opened in 1870, however work did not finish until 1872.
The Concert Hall and Pavilion were added in 1888. Above the concert hall is one of the earliest Victorian camera obscuras LinkExternal link
The pier was reclassified to Grade II* listed in May 2009.
In 2009 the pier was up for sale for a guide price of £5million.
See more piers of Great Britain Link

The Eastbourne Pier fire of 30th July 2014 saw the arcade section of the pier destroyed.

Geographical Context: Coastal Historic sites and artefacts Primary Subject: Pier Building Type: Pier Place: Eastbourne other tags: Pier Seaside Pier Eastbourne Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Eastbourne [999] · Eastbourne Pier [453] Title Clusters: · Eastbourne Pier [156] ·
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TV6198, 1644 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
PAUL FARMER   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 1 November, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 21 August, 2022
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TV 618 988 [100m precision]
WGS84: 50:45.9944N 0:17.6333E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TV 617 988
View Direction
EAST (about 90 degrees)
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