Garth Pier, Bangor provides the opportunity to see how a traditional promenade piers would have looked in it’s heyday of the 1860s. Ironically, construction of Bangor Pier did not commence until the mid 1890s, making it one of the later piers to be built. Designed by J. J. Webster of Westminster, opened to the public on 14th May 1896.

Bangor Pier was closed to the public for safety reasons in 1971 with ownership of the pier passing to Arfon Borough Council in 1974 who took the decision to demolish it. The City Council put in an objection, and successfully obtained a Grade II listed building status for the pier as it was considered to be one of the three finest surviving piers in Britain.

Subsequently purchasing the pier for a nominal one penny in 1975. With assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Welsh Office and the Manpower Services Commission, the pier was restored to it’s former glory and reopened by the Marquis of Anglesey on 7th May 1988.

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Date: 02 July 2007

Location: Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom

Photographer: © Simon Sait

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