Parade at CleethorpesThe parade at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire, packed with parked cars and people making the most of a summer stroll along the sea front, perhaps to visit the big wheel or pier Date: 1951
Old Pier - Weston Super Mare Date: 1910
Chatham / Kent / Medway / 1907Chatham, Kent: looking down the Medway from Chatham Pier
Cleethorpes / Pier 1912Cleethorpes, Humberside (formerly north-east Lincolnshire): the pier
Donaghadee LighthouseThe lighthouse on the pier at Donaghadee, a popular summer holiday resort in County Down, Northern Ireland. Date: 1950s
Littlehampton HarbourA paddle steamer chugs up the harbour beside the pier at Littlehampton, West Sussex
England / Southend-On-SeaA glimpse of Pier Hill, seen from across the Boating Lake, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, with the impressive Palace Hotel in the background
St Leonards-on-sea and Hastings from St Leonards Pier Date: circa 1905
The Pier, with Drakes Island, Plymouth, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Pier Train / SouthendThe electric train carries passengers to the end of the one and a half mile long pier, the longest in the world
Fishing boats entering the harbour at Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk. Britain was once described by a politician as " built on coal and surrounded by fish"
Poster for Eastern National Express Coach ServicesPoster for Lander Eastern National Express Coach Services running between London and Clacton-on-Sea (pictured). 1955
The pier, Dunoon, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
The pier, Southend-on-Sea, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Redcar Beach 1950SLots of deckchairs and families with young children on the beach at Redcar, Cleveland, England
Eastbourne Pier 1950SHolidaymakers and day trippers on the beach at Eastbourne, Sussex, England, beside Eastbourne Pier
Gravesend / Milton C1840?Gravesend, Kent: proposed development at Milton-on-Thames at the Royal Terrace Pier and Gardens
Brighton / West Pier 1900Brighton, Sussex: the West Pier
The pier, Paignton, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Redondo Beach and pier, southern California, U.S.A. Date: late 1960s
Doggetts Coat and Badge Race, River Thames, LondonWatermen on duty at the end of Doggetts Coat and Badge Race on the River Thames. They are wearing the livery of the Fishmongers Company
Hastings / Pier 1912Hastings, Sussex: the pier
The pier, Worthing, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Poster advertising Commodore Cruises between Ramsgate Harbour, Clacton Pier, Guernsey and Sark
Deal BandstandThe bandstand during a performance, and a distant glimpse of the pier at Deal, Kent
Bathing Belle on PierA flirtatious young woman in a two-piece bathing costume of side lacing shorts & striped tunic adjusts her black stockings. N.B espadrilles with ribbon lacing
Castle from pier, Dumbarton, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Iron pier, Llandudno, Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Pier and Pavillion, Colwyn Bay, Wales. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Amble Beacon LightThe small pier and Beacon Light at the harbour entrance, Amble, at the mouth of the River Coquet, Northumberland, England. Date: 1950s
The pier at Entebbe, Uganda - Lake VictoriaThe pier at Entebbe, Uganda on the shore of Lake Victoria with the steam ferryboats Clement Hill (on left) which was in service between 1906-36 and either the Winifred or Sybil (on the right)
GRAVESENDThe terrace new pier at Gravesend, Kent
Pier Head Station, Liverpool Docks, 1893Engraving showing the Pier Head Station of the Liverpool Docks Overhead Electric Railway, 1893. This passenger railway, which ran for seven miles through Liverpools docks
Cromer Beach 1930SRough seas on the coast of Norfolk at Cromer, England, with its bathing huts on the beach and pier in the background
Brighton / Chain Pier 1835The Chain Pier, Brighton, Sussex
Colwyn Bay / Prom & PierColwyn Bay: promenade and pier
Princes Pier, Greenock, Scotland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Summer Holidays in the British IslesCover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an English seaside resort, with a sandy beach, sailing boats on the sea, a pier and a blue sky
Dover / Admiralty PierDover, Kent: on the Admiralty Pier
The pier, Weston-super-Mare, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Pier and harbor, Littlehampton, England. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900
Dancing on the pier at Blackpool, LancashireOne of the piers at Blackpool, Lancashire, packed with dancing couples
Coney IslandThe pier seen from Steeplechase Park roller coaster, Coney Island, New York, America
Whitehall / Hollar 1647Whitehall from the Thames showing possibly the view between White Hall Palace Stairs & Privy Stairs with Inigo Joness Banqueting House in the background
Blackpool / Pier / Prom 1890Blackpool pier and section of the promanade
St Annes Home, Herne Bay, KentIn 1876, the former Pier Hotel in Herne Bay (centre of picture) became a convalescent home for pauper children from the South Metropolitan School District
RHYL LIDOChildren enjoying themselves in the lido next to the pier at Rhyl, Flintshire, north Wales
Weston-Super-MareA packed beach full of family holidaymakers, and the splendid Grand Pier, Weston- Super-Mare, Somerset, England
