Which Blackpool pier was built first?
Cesar Schamberger
2025-04-29 11:33:01
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North Pier Entrance in 1904, Albert Eden CollectionPicture the sight, 20,000 people eagerly watching the event of the year on 21st May 1863. They had arrived from far and wide, many by train into North Station, to see the opening of North Pier and to ‘promenade above the waves.’ The opening procession on the headland included, as well as dignitaries and representatives from the Tradesmen of Blackpool, the fire engine, bathing huts, donkeys and the chimney sweep. The Pier, designed by Eugenius Birch and constructed by Robert Laidlaw of Glasgow, was an immediate success, attracting 275,000 visitors in its first year and around 400,000 in 1864. This led to the opening in 1868 of the rival South Jetty, later the Central Pier, designed to cater for those ‘trippers.’ North Pier has seen many changes over the years and is now owned by the local Sedgwick family which has its own memories of the pier and is restoring and developing this historic pier. It is fitting that a grade II listed structure, representing a fine example of Victorian architecture is still with us, over 150 years after it was first built.
Robbie Yundt
2025-04-29 11:10:40
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Central Pier is one of three piers in the town of Blackpool, England, and was built in 1868. The success of the North Pier prompted the formation of the Blackpool South Jetty Company one year later in 1864. The pier, now known as South Pier was built 30 years later. The success of the North Pier prompted the formation of the Blackpool South Jetty Company one year later in 1864. When the pier was opened on 30 May 1868, it was 503 yards in length, 131 yards of which was a landing jetty for use at low tide. North Pier prompted the formation of the Blackpool South Jetty Company one year later in 1864.
Calista Jakubowski
2025-04-29 08:30:41
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Blackpool is home to not one, not two, but three Victorian piers: North Pier, Central Pier and South Pier. Start your stroll at North Pier, our oldest pier of the three and, at your leisure, walk the Golden Mile towards Central Pier and finish at South Pier. Blackpool North Pier is the longest and oldest pier of the three, dating back to 1863. Blackpool's South Pier is an action-packed fun-filled treat for all the family, originally known as the Victoria Pier, it opened in 1893 and was renamed South Pier in 1930.
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