Birnbeck Pier, Weston-super-Mare — Attraction in England

Inspired: Images by Claire Lewis at Lewisia Photography in Weston super Mare.

A HAPPY NEW PIER

Anchored down is Birnbeck pier. Inanimate accepts. Help's a must or disappear. Consigned to the depths.

Propped on stalks and lattice girders. On endangered list. Unsolved architecture murders. Where courting couples kissed.

After dark when light is downed. She cuts a lonely shape. Resuscitating dreams that drowned. The seaside town escape.

Damage of the land grab vultures. From the hip they shoot. The cancellation of our cultures. And stripey bathing suit.

Decaying decks and missing roofs. In Davy Jones' locker. Concealed looks and hidden truths. The stunning sea stilt walker.

Let the lifeboat slip n' slide. Our pride and civic duty. Above the sandbanks of low tide. This picture perfect beauty.

News to cheer this year I hear. Of Victorian age derives. And wishing all a happy new pier. For when that...

the former piermasters cottage at weston super mare birnbeck lsland could be turned into a museum as part of ambitious plans to breathe new life into the crumbling landmark north somerset council is working to draw up plans for the cottage and the wooden hut the restoration is part of the authoritys vision to restore the buildings on the land side of the pier and reopen them to the public the work is being funded with a £4.47 million slice of the £20 million government levelling...

Birnbeck Pier, often called the “Old Pier,” is a Grade II* listed Victorian structure in Weston-super-Mare, built in 1867, designed by Eugenius Birch. It stands out as the only pier in the UK connecting the mainland to an island, namely Birnbeck Island.

A popular destination during its heyday, the pier hosted paddle steamers ferrying passengers across the Bristol Channel. It played a covert role in World War II, even facilitating trials for Barnes Wallis’s...