That's the organisation that celebrates seaside piers, not a bunch of people called Piers nor fans of Piers Morgan nor any other even less likely group.
Commemorative events during 2023 include a series of nine NPS Year of the Pier Lectures (delivered online starting April 20th) and a travelling exhibition called Piers on Posters (launching April 22nd on Lowestoft Claremont Pier).
I love a good pier... waves chopping, anglers fishing, candyfloss twirling, 99s swirling, seagulls hovering, iron rusting, children shrieking, planks spanning, tides turning, pensioners promenading, funfairs spinning, boards creaking, shelters shielding, tattoos tanning, machines slotting, fortunes telling, pints pulling, horizons spreading, chips frying... and particularly the opportunity to stand out to sea and look back at the resort in all its seaside glory.
So I wondered how many UK piers I've been to.
n.b. I'm using the list compiled by the National Piers Society
n.b. The ticks and crosses are whether I've been or not.
n.b. You can make your own list by ticking the checkboxes.
Piers in the South West
Hythe Pier ❌
Boscombe Pier ✅
Bournemouth Pier ✅
Swanage Pier ✅
Weymouth Pleasure Pier ✅
Weymouth Pier ✅
Torquay (Princess Pier) ❌
Paignton Pier ?
Teignmouth (Grand Pier) ❌
Falmouth (Prince of Wales Pier) ❌
Burnham-on-Sea Pier ❌
Weston-super-Mare (Revo Pier) ❌
Weston-super-Mare (Birnbeck Pier) ❌
Weston-super-Mare (Grand Pier) ✅
Clevedon Pier ❌
Piers in Wales
Penarth Pier ❌
Mumbles Pier ✅
Aberystwyth Pier ✅
Beaumaris Pier ❌
Bangor (Garth Pier) ❌
Colwyn Bay Pier ❌
Llandudno Pier ❌
Piers in the North West & Isle of Man
Southport Pier ✅
Blackpool (North Pier) ✅
Blackpool (Central Pier) ✅
Blackpool (South Pier) ✅
Queens Pier (Ramsay) ❌
Piers in Scotland
Rothesay Pier ✅
Helensburgh Pier ❌
Kilcreggan Pier ❌
Dunoon Pier ?
Fort William Pier ❌
Of these 63 piers I've definitely been to 40 of them.
The Year of the Pier is the year to boost your pier total.
