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The Grand Pier has survived two world wars, two disastrous fires, and it turned 120 years old this week. Gabi Williams looks at the story of Weston-super-Mare’s iconic attraction, the place ...
Admission prices for The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare are doubling due to 'rising costs.' The attraction, which is an hour from Gloucester, welcomes over 600,000 visitors each year, but bosses say ...
The Grand Pier has long been a staple of Weston-super-Mare’s tourism scene, with many celebrities, including Emma Thompson, Jason Derulo, Martin Roberts, and recently Richard Hammond, visiting the ...
Weston-super-Mare's Grand Pier is celebrating its 120th birthday this month. It has survived two fires and attracts thousands of visitors to the town. The BBC has taken a look at its past.
A Victorian pier at risk of collapse has been awarded a £10 million "lifeline" in National Lottery funding. Birnbeck Pier, which connects Birnbeck Island with Weston-super-Mare, opened in 1867 ...
The Grand Pier has been featured among the top 3 best seaside attractions in the UK by Time Out magazine. The Seaside ...
Birnbeck, which has been closed to the public since 1994, is a longstanding emblem of Weston's coastal heritage. Now, the neglected Grade II listed Toll House and its extension, locally referred to as ...
One ofMare’s main landmarks that has been closed for nearly three decades is set to be renovated and turned into luxury apartments.
Heartbroken locals have said that the famous UK seaside town of Weston-super-Mare is "getting worse" with its high street now ...
Hundreds of people seeking a job at Weston-super-Mare's restored Grand Pier have attended a jobs fair in the Winter Gardens. The pier's owners are seeking more than 250 people to work at the ...
Margaret Carter, 94, died after an advertising board fell on her on Weston-Super-Mare's Grand Pier.
Admission prices for The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare are going up due to 'rising costs.' The attraction welcomes over 600,000 visitors each year, but bosses say maintaining such an iconic ...