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Blankenberge is a town and a municipality in the Belgium province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Blankenberge proper and the settlement of Uitkerke....






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This article contains a list of piers throughout the world.

Australia

  • Busselton, Western Australia
    Busselton, Western Australia

    Busselton is a town in the South West region of Western Australia. Founded in 1832 by the Bussell family, Busselton has been one of the fastest growing regions in Australia in the last decade and has a population of approximately 20,000....
     - See also: Busselton Jetty
    Busselton Jetty

    Busselton Jetty is the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere, stretching almost 2 km out to sea from the town of Busselton, Western Australia, Western Australia....
    . The longest wooden pier in the southern hemisphere.
  • Williamstown
    Williamstown, Victoria

    Williamstown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-west from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Area is the City of Hobsons Bay....
    , Victoria
    Victoria (Australia)

    File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
     - See also: Gem Pier
    Gem Pier

    Gem Pier is an historic pier on on Port Phillip, in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia. The pier is 145 metres in length and is currently home to the HMAS Castlemaine and Melbourne Seaplanes....
  • Port Melbourne, Victoria
    Victoria (Australia)

    File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
     - See also: Station Pier
    Station Pier

    File:Spirit of Tasmania at Port Melbourne.jpgStation Pier is an historic pier on Port Phillip, in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Victoria , Australia....
  • Coffs Harbour Jetty, New South Wales
    New South Wales

    New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
  • Southport
    Southport, Queensland

    Southport is a suburb and a business district near the mid-point of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia and has one of the city's largest communities....
     Pier, Queensland
    Queensland

    Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
  • Shorncliffe, Queensland
    Shorncliffe, Queensland

    Shorncliffe is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is situated northeast of Brisbane and is the neighbouring suburb of Sandgate, Queensland. The suburb comes under the jurisdiction of the Brisbane City Council....
     - "See also: Shorncliffe pier
    Shorncliffe pier

    Shorncliffe pier is situated in the suburb of Shorncliffe, Queensland, Australia near Saint Patrick?s College and lower Moora Park. This pier with its white faded timber railings, colonial street lamps spaced out along the stretch of pier, and resting shelter towards the end is a much visited attraction for families, residents and tourists t...
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Belgium

Blankenberge Depier
*Blankenberge
Blankenberge

Blankenberge is a town and a municipality in the Belgium province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Blankenberge proper and the settlement of Uitkerke....
  • Nieuwpoort
    Nieuwpoort, Belgium

    Nieuwpoort is a municipality located in Flemish Region, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flanders province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Nieuwpoort proper and the towns of Ramskapelle and Sint-Joris....
  • Ostend
    Ostend

    ||-||-||}Ostend  is a Belgium city and Municipalities in Belgium located in the Flemish Region Provinces of Belgium of West Flanders....


Canada

  • Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia

    Nova Scotia is a Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada....
     - See also: Pier 21
    Pier 21

    Pier 21 is a former ocean liner terminal and now an Immigration Museum and National Historic Site in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia....


China

  • Hong Kong
    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
     - See also: Star Ferry Pier, Central, Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier
    Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier

    Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier, often referred to as the "Star Ferry" Pier, was a pier in Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong; the pier, with its clock tower, was a prominent waterfront landmark....
     (now defunct) and Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier
    Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier

    Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier is a pier located at the southernmost tip of Tsim Sha Tsui on Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong, and was built on reclaimed land....


Colombia

  • Puerto Colombia
    Puerto Colombia

    Puerto Colombia is a town and municipality in Atl?ntico Department, Colombia. Famous for its "pier". Duties were later transferred to the larger and modern Port of Barranquilla in Bocas de Cenizas, the mouth of the Magdalena River in the Caribbean sea....
    , Atlántico
    Atlántico Department

    Atl?ntico is a Departments of Colombia of Colombia. Its capital is Barranquilla.It is the third smallest of the country's departments, after San Andr?s y Providencia and Quind?o Department, with an extension of 3,388 km? ....


Denmark

Pier
*Copenhagen
Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....


Japan

  • Yokohama
    Yokohama

    is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....
     - See also: Osanbashi Pier
    Osanbashi Pier

    is the main international pier at the Port of Yokohama, located in Naka-ku, Yokohama Wards of Japan, Yokohama, Japan. Osanbashi is the oldest pier in Yokohama, originally constructed between 1889 and 1896....
     and Piers of Yokohama
    Piers of Yokohama

    The Port of Yokohama in Japan has a number of piers:*Osanbashi Pier, constructed between 1889 and 1896*Honmoku Pier, constructed between 1963 and 1970...


Lithuania

  • Palanga
    Palanga

    Palanga is a seaside resort town in western Lithuania, on the shore of the Baltic Sea. It is the busiest summer resort in Lithuania and has beaches of sand and beautiful sand dunes....


Netherlands

  • Scheveningen
    Scheveningen

    Media:Nl-Scheveningen.ogg is one of the eight districts of The Hague, as well as one of its subdistricts .Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse....
     - has two decks, the upper one open air, the lower one closed


New Zealand

  • New Brighton
    New Brighton, New Zealand

    New Brighton is a coastal suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, to the east of the city centre.Named after New Brighton, Merseyside in England, it is frequently referred to simply as Brighton, ....
    , Christchurch
    Christchurch

    Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest Urban areas of New Zealand. It is midway down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of Christchurch....


Poland

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*Sopot
Sopot

Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000....
  • Gdansk
    Gdansk

    Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    -Brzezno
    Brzezno

    Brzezno is one of the quarters of the city of Gdansk, Poland with a sandy beach and 130 m long pier....
  • Gdynia Orlowo
  • Miedzyzdroje
    Miedzyzdroje

    Miedzyzdroje [] is a town and a seaside resort in northwestern Poland on the island of Wolin on the Baltic Sea coast. Previously in the Szczecin Voivodeship , Miedzyzdroje has been in Kamien Pomorski County in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999....
  • Puck
    Puck, Poland

    Puck is a town in northwestern Poland with 11,350 inhabitants. It is in Gdansk Pomerania on the south coast of the Baltic Sea . Previously in the Gdansk Voivodeship , Puck has been the capital of Puck County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999....


Singapore

  • Singapore
    Singapore

    Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
     - See also: Marina South Pier
    Marina South Pier

    Marina South Pier is a pier that is located in Marina South, Singapore. It is used as a terminal for tourists and day trippers who boarded small boats and ferries heading for the List of islands of Singapore....
     and Clifford Pier
    Clifford Pier

    File:Clifford Pier, Dec 05.JPGClifford Pier is a pier located beside Collyer Quay at Marina Bay within the Downtown Core of Central Area, in Singapore's central business district....


Sweden

  • Malmö
    Malmö

    is the third most populous urban areas in Sweden in Sweden, situated in its southernmost province of Scania.Malm? is the seat of Malm? Municipality and the capital of Sk?ne County....


United Kingdom

Pier Burnham On Sea
Clacton Pier 700
Southendpier2005

England

  • Blackpool
    Blackpool

    Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Lying along the coast of the Irish Sea, it has a population of 142,900, making it the North West England#Important cities and towns settlement in North West England behind Manchester, Liverpool and Warrington....
     - See also: South Pier
    South Pier, Blackpool

    South Pier is one of three piers in Blackpool, England. Located on South Promenade in the South Shore, Blackpool area of the town, the pier contains a number of amusement and adrenalin rides....
    , Central Pier
    Central Pier, Blackpool

    Central Pier is one of three piers in the town of Blackpool, England....
    , North Pier
    North Pier, Blackpool

    North Pier is the oldest and largest of the three coastal piers in Blackpool, England....
  • Bognor Regis
    Bognor Regis

    Bognor Regis is a seaside resort town and civil parish in the Arun District of West Sussex, on the south coast of England. It lies south southwest of London, west of Brighton, and southeast of the county town of Chichester....
  • Boscombe
    Boscombe

    Boscombe is a suburb of the much larger Bournemouth. Boscombe is by the sea and it has its own pier, which was built in 1888, with a unique aircraft-wings design added in the 1950s at the entrance which is a listed building....
  • Bournemouth
    Bournemouth

    Bournemouth is a large town in the Bournemouth in Dorset, England. The town has a population of 163,444 according to the United Kingdom Census 2001, making it the largest settlement in Dorset....
  • Brighton
    Brighton

    Brighton is a city on the south coast of England and, with its neighbours Hove and Portslade, forms the Brighton and Hove.The ancient settlement of Brighthelmston dates from before the Domesday Book , but it emerged as a health resort during the 18th Century and became a destination for day-trippers after the arrival of the railway in...
     - See also: Palace Pier
    Brighton Pier

    The Brighton Marine Palace and Pier is a pleasure pier in Brighton, England. It was generally known as the Palace Pier for short, before being informally renamed Brighton Pier in 2000 by its owners, the Noble Organisation....
    , West Pier
    West Pier, Brighton

    The West Pier is a pier in Brighton, England. It was built in 1866 by Eugenius Birch and has been closed and deteriorating since 1975, awaiting renovation....
  • Burnham-on-Sea
    Burnham-on-Sea

    Burnham-on-Sea is a town in Somerset, England, at the mouth of the River Parrett and Bridgwater Bay. Burnham remained a small village until the late 18th century, but is now a popular seaside resort....
  • Clacton
  • Cleethorpes
    Cleethorpes

    Cleethorpes is a town and unparished area in North East Lincolnshire, England, situated on the estuary of the River Humber....
     - - See also: Cleethorpes Pier
    Cleethorpes Pier

    In the late 19th. century Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England became a popular resort for the large industrial towns of nearby Yorkshire and Lancashire....
  • Clevedon
    Clevedon

    Clevedon is a town in North Somerset, England.The name derives from the Saxon language, 'Cleve' meaning Cleave or Cleft and 'don' meaning hill, the town being situated amongst a group of small hills alongside the River Severn....
     - See also: Clevedon Pier
    Clevedon Pier

    Clevedon Pier is a seaside pier in the town of Clevedon, on the England side of the mouth of the River Severn and the Bristol Channel.The landing stage at the end of the pier is occasionally used by ships, notably the PS Waverley and her sister ship, the MV Balmoral, and is a popular spot for angling....
  • Cromer
    Cromer

    Cromer is a coastal town and civil parish in the north of the England county of Norfolk. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters are in Holt Road in the town....
     - See also: Cromer Pier
    Cromer Pier

    Cromer Pier is a seaside pier in the civil parish of Cromer on the north coast of the England county of Norfolk, 40 km due north of the city of Norwich in the United Kingdom....
  • Deal
    Deal, Kent

    Deal is a town in Kent, England. It lies on the English Channel eight miles north-east of Dover, England. It is a small fishing community situated between Dover and Ramsgate....
  • Eastbourne
    Eastbourne

    Eastbourne is a large town and borough of East Sussex, on the south coast of England, with an estimated population of 94,816 as of 2007. The area has seen human activity since the stone age and it remained one of small settlements until the 19th century when its four hamlets gradually merged to form a town....
     - See also: Eastbourne Pier
    Eastbourne Pier

    Eastbourne Pier is a seaside pleasure pier in Eastbourne, East Sussex, on the south coast of England.Work on the pier began on 16 April 1866 and it was opened by Edward Cavendish on 13 June 1870, although it was not actually completed until two years later....
  • Felixstowe
    Felixstowe

    Felixstowe is a seaside resort on the North Sea coast of Suffolk, England. The town gives its name to the nearby Port of Felixstowe, which is the largest Containerization port in the United Kingdom and is owned by Hutchinson Ports UK....
  • Fleetwood
    Fleetwood

    Fleetwood is a town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, England, lying at the northwest corner of the Fylde. It had a population of 26,840 people at the United Kingdom Census 2001....
     - See also: Fleetwood Pier
    Fleetwood Pier

    Fleetwood Pier, also known as the Victoria Pier, was a pleasure pier located in the England town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. The building was destroyed by fire and demolished in 2008....
  • Great Yarmouth
    Great Yarmouth

    Great Yarmouth, often known to locals as Yarmouth, is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It is at the mouth of the River Yare, 20 miles east of Norwich....
  • Harwich
    Harwich

    Harwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district....
  • Hastings
    Hastings

    Hastings is a town and Borough status in the United Kingdom on the coast of East Sussex in England. It includes originally separate settlements, as well as the inevitable growth of the town through the building of new estates....
     - See also: Hastings Pier
    Hastings Pier

    Hastings Pier is a pleasure pier in Hastings, East Sussex, England.The pier was opened on August 5, 1872, by the then Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville....
  • Herne Bay
    Herne Bay, Kent

    Herne Bay is a seaside town in Kent, South East England, with a population of 35,188. On the south coast of the Thames Estuary, it is north of Canterbury and east of Whitstable....
  • Hythe
    Hythe, Hampshire

    Hythe is a village near Southampton, Hampshire, England.It has a small shopping area clustered around its High Street which includes a supermarket, a public library, several charity shops, and a number of small independent shops....
     - See also: Hythe Pier
    Hythe Pier, Railway and Ferry

    Hythe Pier, the Hythe Pier Railway and the Hythe Ferry together provide a transport link between the England port city of Southampton and the Hampshire village of Hythe, Hampshire on the opposite side of Southampton Water....
  • Lowestoft
    Lowestoft

    Lowestoft is a coastal town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England, lying between the eastern edge of The Broads National Park at Oulton Broad and the North Sea....
  • Lytham St Annes
    Lytham St Annes

    Lytham St Annes is a conurbation in the Fylde district of Lancashire, England. The neighbouring towns of Lytham and St-Annes-on-Sea have grown together and now form a seaside resort, sometimes seen as a smaller and more genteel alternative to nearby Blackpool....
  • Paignton
    Paignton

    Paignton is a coastal town in Devon in England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the unitary authority of Torbay which was created in 1998....
  • Portsmouth
    Portsmouth

    Portsmouth city status in the United Kingdom located in the Counties of England of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is the UK's only island city and is located on Portsea Island....
  • Ryde
    Ryde

    Ryde is a United Kingdom seaside town, civil parish and the most populous town and urban area on the Isle of Wight, with a population of approximately 30,000....
     - See also: Ryde Pier
    Ryde Pier

    Ryde Pier is an early 19th century pier serving the town of Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.Before the pier ...
  • Saltburn-by-the-Sea
    Saltburn-by-the-Sea

    Saltburn-by-the-Sea is a seaside resort in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial counties of England of North Yorkshire, England....
  • Sandown
    Sandown

    Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England, neighbouring the town of Shanklin to the south....
  • Southend-on-Sea
    Southend-on-Sea

    Southend-on-Sea is a unitary authority area, town, and seaside resort in the ceremonial counties of England of Essex in the East of England England....
     - See also: Southend Pier
    Southend Pier

    Southend Pier is a major landmark in Southend-on-Sea. Extending 2,158 m into the Thames Estuary, it is the longest pleasure pier in the world. Sir John Betjeman once said that "the Pier is Southend, Southend is the Pier"....
  • Southport
    Southport

    Southport is a seaside resort within the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. The town is located on the Irish Sea coast, to the north of Liverpool and west-southwest of Preston....
     - See also: Southport Pier
    Southport Pier

    Southport Pier is a Grade II listed structure in Southport, Merseyside, England. At 3,650 feet it is the second longest in Great Britain after Southend Pier....
  • Southsea
    Southsea

    Southsea is a seaside resort located in Portsmouth at the southern end of Portsea Island in the county of Hampshire in England. The built up areas of Portsmouth and Southsea have merged, and the centre of Southsea is within a mile of Portsmouth's city centre....
     - See also: South Parade Pier
    South Parade Pier

    The South Parade Pier is a pier in Portsmouth, England. It is one of two piers in the city, the other being Clarence Pier. The pier has a long hall down its centre which houses a seating area and a small restaurant....
  • Southwold
    Southwold

    Southwold is a seaside town in the Waveney district of Suffolk, East Anglia, England, at the mouth of the River Blyth, Suffolk within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB....
     - See also: Southwold Pier
    Southwold Pier

    Southwold Pier is a pier in Southwold, Suffolk, East Anglia, England.The pier was built in 1900, when it extended for a distance of 810 feet and finishing with a T-shaped end....
  • Swanage
    Swanage

    Swanage is a small coastal town in the south east of Dorset, England. It is situated at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 10 kilometre south of Poole and 40 km east of Dorchester, Dorset....
     - See also: Swanage Pier
    Swanage Pier

    Swanage's Victorian era pier is over 100 years old and is one of two built, although it is the only one that survives complete today. The pier extends into the southern end of Swanage Bay near Swanage, a small town in the south east of Dorset, England....
  • Teignmouth
    Teignmouth

    Teignmouth is a town in Devon, England, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign. In 1690, it was the last place in England to be invaded by a foreign power....
     - See also: Grand Pier
    Grand Pier, Teignmouth

    The Grand Pier, also known as Teignmouth Pier, is a pier in the town of Teignmouth, Devon, England. It measures in length. It was designed by J W Wilson and constructed between 1865 and 1867....
  • Totland, Isle of Wight
    Isle of Wight

    The Isle of Wight is an England island and county, located 3-8 km from the south coast of the mainland, in the English Channel. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland Britain by the Solent....
  • Walton on the Naze
  • Weston-super-Mare
    Weston-super-Mare

    Weston-super-Mare is a seaside resort town and civil parish in North Somerset, part of the Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset, England. It is located on the Bristol Channel coast, south west of Bristol, spanning the coast between the bounding high ground of Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill....
     -     See also: Grand Pier and Birnbeck Pier
    Birnbeck Pier

    Birnbeck Pier is a pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. It is situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles south west of Bristol....
  • Weymouth - See also: Pier Bandstand Weymouth and Weymouth Pier
    Weymouth Pier

    Weymouth Pier is a peninsula of land between Weymouth Harbour, Dorset and Weymouth Beach, in Dorset, England. It was intended to extend Weymouth's Esplanade, and consists of a theatre, pleasure pier, car parking and a cross-channel ferry terminal....
  • Whitby
    Whitby

    Whitby is a town and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire on the north-east coast of England. Nowadays it is a fishing port and tourist destination....
  • Wigan
    Wigan Pier

    Wigan Pier is the name given today to the area around the canal at the bottom of the Wigan flight of locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. It is a popular location for visitors and the local community in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, situated just a few hundred yards south-west of the town centre....
  • Worthing
    Worthing

    Worthing is a large seaside resort town and a local government borough in West Sussex, England. Around 100,000 people live within the borough itself and 183,000 in the urban area....
     -     See also: Worthing Pier
    Worthing Pier

    Worthing Pier is a pier in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Designed by Sir Robert Rawlinson, it was opened on 12 April 1862 and remains open. The pier originally was a simple promenade deck 960ft long and 15ft wide....
  • Yarmouth
    Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

    Yarmouth is a port and civil parish in the western part of the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England. The town is named for its location at the mouth of the small Western Yar , Isle of Wight river ....


Wales

  • Aberystwyth
    Aberystwyth

    Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. It is often colloquially known as Aber, and is located at the confluence of the Rivers River Ystwyth and River Rheidol....
  • Bangor
    Bangor, Wales

    Bangor is a city status in the United Kingdom in Gwynedd, Wales, and one of the smallest cities in the United Kingdom in Britain. It is a university city with a population of 13,725 at the United Kingdom Census 2001, not including around 10,000 students at Bangor University....
  • Beaumaris
  • Colwyn Bay
    Colwyn Bay

    Colwyn Bay is a town and seaside resort in Conwy county borough on the north coast of Wales. The A55 road passes through the town, running parallel to the North Wales Coast Line....
     -     See also: Victoria Pier
    Victoria Pier

    Victoria Pier is a pier in the seaside resort of Colwyn Bay on the coast of North Wales between Rhyl and Llandudno. It is 750ft long....
  • Llandudno
    Llandudno

    Llandudno is a seaside resort and town in Conwy , Wales. In the 2001 UK census it had a population of 20,090 including that of Penrhyn Bay and Penrhynside, which are within the Llandudno Community ....
     -     See also: Llandudno Pier
    Llandudno Pier

    Llandudno Pier is a pier in the seaside resort of Llandudno on the coast of North Wales between Bangor, Wales and Colwyn Bay.At 2,295 ft the pier is the longest in Wales and the fifth longest in England and Wales....
     and Llandudno Pier Pavilion Theatre
    Llandudno Pier Pavilion Theatre

    Llandudno Pier Pavilion Theatre was a Victorian seaside theatre in the holiday resort of Llandudno in North Wales, UK.The Directors of the Llandudno Pier Company had successfully opened the new pier in 1878 and were now looking to expand their business to take advantage of Llandudno's growing popularity as a seaside resort....
  • Mumbles
    Mumbles

    Mumbles is a large village with adjacent headland stretching into Swansea Bay. It is part of the administrative area of the City and County of Swansea in Wales....
     -     See also: Mumbles Pier
    Mumbles Pier

    The Mumbles Pier is an 835ft/225m long Victorian era pier built in 1898. It is located at the south-eastern corner of Swansea Bay near the village of Mumbles, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom....
  • Penarth
    Penarth

    Penarth is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales 5.2 miles south west from the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the River Severn at the southern end of Cardiff Bay....


Isle Of Man

  • Ramsey, Isle of Man
    Ramsey, Isle of Man

    Ramsey is a town in the north of the Isle of Man. It is the second largest town on the island after Douglas, Isle of Man. Its population is 7,309 according to the 2006 census ....
         Queens Pier


United States

Sunset Pier
Pacificaindex
  • Asbury Park, New Jersey
    Asbury Park, New Jersey

    Asbury Park is a city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, on the Jersey Shore and part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 16,930....
  • Avila Beach, California
    Avila Beach, California

    Avila Beach is an unincorporated area in San Luis Obispo County, California, California, United States with a population of 797, located about 160 miles northwest of Los Angeles....
  • Berkeley, California
    Berkeley, California

    Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California....
     -     See also Berkeley Pier
    Berkeley Pier

    The Berkeley Pier is a pier in Berkeley, California. When constructed, the pier extended 3.5 miles into San Francisco Bay from the end of University Avenue....
  • Cayucos, California
    Cayucos, California

    Cayucos is a census-designated place located on the coast in San Luis Obispo County, California. The population was 2,943 at the 2000 census....
  • Charleston
    Charleston, South Carolina

    Charleston is a city in Charleston County, South Carolina in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is the largest city and county seat of Charleston County....
         See also: Charleston Pier
  • Chicago
    Chicago

    Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....
    , Illinois
    Illinois

    The State of Illinois is a U.S. state of the United States, the 21st to be admitted to the United States. Illinois is the most populous and demographically diverse Midwestern United States state and the fifth most populous state in the nation....
         See also: Navy Pier
    Navy Pier

    Navy Pier is a long pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. The pier was built in 1916 at a cost of United States dollar4.5 million, equivalent to $ today....
  • Emerald Isle, North Carolina
    Emerald Isle, North Carolina

    Emerald Isle is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Crystal Coast and is located entirely on the Bogue Banks....
  • Huntington Beach, California
    Huntington Beach, California

    Huntington Beach is a seaside city in Orange County, California in southern California, United States. As of the 2006 census, the city population was 194,436....
     -     See also Huntington Beach Pier
    Huntington Beach Pier

    The Huntington Beach Pier is a municipal pier located in Huntington Beach, California. At in length, it is one of the longest public piers on the West Coast of the United States....
  • Fort Myers, Florida
    Fort Myers, Florida

    Fort Myers is the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, Florida, United States. Its population was 48,208 in the United States Census 2000....
  • Naples, Florida
    Naples, Florida

    File:Sugden Community Theatre.jpgFile:Naples City Dock1.jpgFile:Naples Pier2.jpgFile:Naples Pier3.jpgNaples is a city in Collier County, Florida, Florida, United States....
  • Newport Beach, California
    Newport Beach, California

    Newport Beach, incorporated in 1906, is a city in Orange County, California, United States south of downtown Santa Ana, California. As of 2008, the population was 84,554....
     -     See also Balboa Pier
    Balboa Pier

    The Balboa Pier is one of two piers located in the city of Newport Beach, Orange County, California, California. It is located in a part of Newport Beach called the Balboa Peninsula....
     and Newport Pier
    Newport Pier

    The Newport Pier is one of two piers located within the city of Newport Beach, California, California, at the center of the Balboa Peninsula. It is 1,032 feet long and registered as California Historical Landmark number 794....
  • New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
     -     See also Chelsea Piers
    Chelsea Piers

    Chelsea Piers is a series of historic piers on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City that was a passenger ship terminal in the early 1900s that was used by the RMS Lusitania and was the destination of the Titanic....
  • Oakland, California
    Oakland, California

    Oakland , founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County, California. Oakland is approximately 8 miles east of San Francisco and the cities are separated by San Francisco Bay....
  • Oceanside, California
    Oceanside Pier

    The Oceanside Pier, located in Oceanside, California, is the longest wooden pier on the western United States coastline at 1,954 feet .Oceanside Pier was first built in 1888 at what is now Wisconsin Avenue....
  • Pacifica, California
    Pacifica, California

    Pacifica is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay, California. According to City limits signs in the year 2006, the population was 40,401....
     -     See also: Pacifica Pier
    Pacifica Pier

    Pacifica Pier is a famous fishing pier in Pacifica, California. The L shaped pier spans the Pacific Ocean for a quarter mile from the City of Pacifica....
  • Pensacola Beach, Florida
    Pensacola Beach, Florida

    Pensacola Beach is an unincorporated community located on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, a barrier island, in Escambia County, Florida, Florida, United States....
  • Pismo Beach, California
    Pismo Beach, California

    Pismo Beach is a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, California, United States. The population was 8,551 at the 2000 census....
  • Redondo Beach, California
    Redondo Beach, California

    Redondo Beach is one of the three Beach Cities in Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. The population was 63,261 at the 2000 census....
     -     See also: Redondo Beach pier
    Redondo Beach pier

    The Redondo Beach pier is located in Redondo Beach, California and stretches out onto the Pacific Ocean. The pier has been rebuilt and altered by storms and redevelopments....
  • Saint Petersburg, Florida
  • San Diego, California
    San Diego, California

    San Diego is the second largest city in California and the List of United States cities by population, located along the Pacific Ocean on the West Coast of the United States of the Western United States....
  • San Francisco, California
    San Francisco, California

    The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States, with a 2007 estimated population of 799,183....
     -     See also: Pier 39
    Pier 39

    Pier 39 is a Shopping mall and popular tourist attraction built on a pier in San Francisco, California. At Pier 39, there are shops, restaurants, a video arcade, Performance, an interpretive center for the Marine Mammal Center, the Aquarium of the Bay, virtual 3D rides, and views of California sea lions hauled out on docks on Pier 39's mari...
  • Santa Barbara, California
    Santa Barbara, California

    Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the only such section on the west coast, between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the sea, and having a Mediterranean climate, it is called California's "South Coast", and is also sometimes referred to...
     -     See also: Stearns Wharf
    Stearns Wharf

    Stearns Wharf is a pier in the harbor at Santa Barbara, California. When completed In 1872, it became the longest deep-water pier between Los Angeles and San Francisco....
  • Santa Cruz, California
    Santa Cruz, California

    Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California, California in the United States of America. As of the United States Census, 2000, Santa Cruz had a total population of 54,593....
  • Santa Monica, California
    Santa Monica, California

    Santa Monica is a city in western Los Angeles County, California, California, United States. Situated on Santa Monica Bay of the Pacific Ocean, it is completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles ? Pacific Palisades on the northwest, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on the north, West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California on the northeast...
     -     See also: Santa Monica Pier
    Santa Monica Pier

    The Santa Monica Pier is located at the foot of Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California and is a prominent landmark....
  • Seal Beach, California
    Seal Beach, California

    Seal Beach is a city in Orange County, California, California. As of 2000, its population was 24,157. The city was incorporated on 25 October, 1915....
  • Venice, California
  • Ventura, California
    Ventura, California

    San Buenaventura, commonly referred to as Ventura, is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. Ventura has a population of 106,744....
  • Olympia, Washington
    Olympia, Washington

    Olympia is the Capital of Washington and is the county seat of Thurston County, Washington. It was incorporated on January 28, 1859. The population was 44,460 at the 2007 census....
  • Seattle, Washington
    Seattle, Washington

    Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....
  • Tacoma, Washington
    Tacoma, Washington

    Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city in and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, Washington, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park....
  • Tampa Bay, Florida
    Tampa Bay

    This article is about the body of water. For the demographic region, see Tampa Bay Area. For the city, see Tampa, FloridaTampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, comprising Old Tampa Bay, Hillsborough Bay, McKay Bay, and New Tampa Bay....
     -     See also Skyway Fishing Pier
    Skyway Fishing Pier State Park

    Skyway Fishing Pier State Park is a Florida State Parks located on the north and south sides of the mouth of Tampa Bay. When the new Sunshine Skyway Bridge was built on Interstate 275 after one part of the old bridge collapsed due to a barge accident, the approaches to the old bridge were turned into the longest fishing pier in the world....