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Seaside town with UK's shortest pier - it's just 37m long and doesn't reach the sea

A quaint coastal town in Somerset boasts the UK's shortest pier. Burnham-on-Sea, a favourite destination for family holidays during the summer, also possesses one of Europe's longest sandy beaches.
Daily Express

£5.54m boost to save historic pier in popular UK seaside town

16:59, Fri, Sep 19, 2025 Updated: 17:07, Fri, Sep 19, 2025 A £5.54m grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund has been awarded to North Somerset Council to restore the Grade II* listed Birnbeck ...

The abandoned pier in UK seaside city that would cost an insane £50m to rebuild

Once a beacon of Victorian splendor, Brighton's West Pier now lies in ruins, a silent testament to its storied past and the ...
BBC

The decades-long fight to save a Victorian pier from the sea

On Tuesday, councillors looked set to cancel the restoration of a crumbling Victorian pier when news broke of some 11th hour funding from the National Lottery Heritage fund. More than 30 years after ...