It is beautiful slender structure a located on the North Somerset Coast, a much-loved local icon with immense heritage importance. Opened to the public in 1869 the pier consists of a promenade stretching into the sea, built using old Barlow railway lines from Brunel’s Great Western Railway broad gauge. It was rescued by the Clevedon Pier and Heritage Trust following a Public Inquiry resulting fro
m its partial collapse under a load test in 1971. Attracting over 90,000 visitors each year, the Pier is operated by a small staff team and many volunteers. It is popular with sea anglers and is used for sailings by pleasure steamers in the Bristol Channel. There is a shop and museum dedicated to Clevedon, the Severn and the Pier in our tollhouse, and why not take a look at our Porthole Room, where you can get a unique view underneath the Pier.
