The seaside town with UK's longest pier that needs it's own train to get to the end
The 1.3-mile-long feat of engineering was first completed in 1889 is still the longest of its kind of the planet.
Pier train damaged after striking buffers
Train passengers had to make a safe and quick exit after a pier service struck the buffers in Essex. Southend Pier Railway ...
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'A crying shame' as pier to remain closed for another summer
Southport Pier, which is also the second longest pier in the UK, has been closed since December 2022 over "serious health and safety" fears. Sefton Council shut the pier, which was first opened in ...
Repairs begin on storm-damaged St Andrews pier
"Crucial repairs" to safeguard St Andrews' historic harbour are under way after it was damage by storms a year ago. The ...
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The seaside town with UK's longest pier that needs it's own train to get to the end
Southend Pier is the longest pleasure pier on the planet and juts out an impressive 1.33 miles, or 7,080 feet, out into the waters of the Thames Estuary. During the industrialisation of the ...