Accoding to Admin (2008) reported that "Llandudno Pier can be found in the welsh town of Llandudno on the north wales coastline. It’s location in a natural coastal bay made it geographically ideal as a purpose-built Victorian seaside town for Victorian families to holiday and visit.
Originally opening at a mere 242ft in 1858 the pier was constructed by the St George’s Barbour and Railway Company and was just 16 wooden piles. During a storm on the 25th October 1859 which claimed 223 boars and 800 people, the pier sustained extensive damage and although repaired lasted only 16 more years. The pier proved just too short to provide access to the increasing number of steam ships who could only access the pier at high tide.
The decision was taken to replace the pier and so the Llandudno Pier Company commissioned Walter Macfarlane of Glasgow to create a more suitable structure using iron castings from the Glasgow Elmbank Foundary. The design was by Charles Henry Driver in conjunction with James Brunlees, engineer.
Taking just over 1 year to construct the new pier was opened to the general public on the 1st August 1877. The new pier was 1,234ft in length and was initially made up of a traditional seaside promenade deck with a 60ft “T” shaped head. The head was flanked by 4 pairs of kiosks along the pier neck. There where than an additional 3 larger octagonal shaped kiosks that sat on the pier-head itself. Ornate wrought ironwork was used to decorate the pier including the magnificent balustrades and lattice style railings.
The shore end of the pier took an additional 6 years to complete and included a spectacular pavilion, swimming pool and an extension that passed the Grand Hotel to the promenade. This took the piers overall length to an impressive 2,295ft.1891 saw the construction of a landing stage which underwent initial reinforcement at the start of the 20th century before receiving further updates in 1935 and then re-construction in concrete in 1969.
The Trust House Forte group acquired the Llandudno Pier in 1968 and during their ownership the pier didn’t change that much.
The pier at 2,295ft is Wales’s longest pier and the 5th longest in England and Wales and is unusual as it has two separate entrances. The first is on the promenade at North Parade and the second is the piers original entrance on Happy Valley Road. Situated between the two entrances in the Grand Hotel.
The way the pier looks makes it the perfect choice for film and television scenery, including the 2002 filming of the Forsyth saga.
The wooden decking is regularly replaced and the metal work is repaired and maintained at regular intervals. Perhaps the most unusual feature of the pier is its shape, from above it resembles the letter Y, it has the long straight piece out to sea and then it splits both left and right.
The unusual shape allows you to look both inland and out to see from a wider aspect then if the pier was simply straight. The wider aspect allows more people to look straight out to sea, while also allowing great views of the hills surrounding Llandudno."
Llandudno Pier in the past
Nowadays, Llandudno Pier 1
Nowadays, Llandudno Pier 2
Admin, (2008) Llandudno Pier [online]Available from: http://the-pier.co.uk/llandudno-pier [accessed 5 Nov 2008]
Llandudno Pier in the past[image], viewed 30 March 2010
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Nowadays, Llandudno Pier 1 [image], viewed 30 March 2010 <http://www.greatorme.org.uk/llandudno.html>
Nowadays, Llandudno Pier 2 [image], viewed 30 March 2010
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Link: Llandudno Pier
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