Grey Day in Clevedon

At the end of March a few of us from the Cambridge Camera Club took a trip to North Somerset. We where staying in Weston-super-Mear. On the trip down Sue and I visited Clevedon. A beautiful seaside  town. We  had problems at first parking as the car park was shut !! due to filming. HayHo we found some on street parking which was closer to the pier anyway.

The Pier has the reputation of being 'The Most Beautiful Pier in England' (ref Sir John Benjaman , and celebrates its 150th Birthday this year. I must admit it was not a disappointment.It was completed in 1869.

In 1970 disaster struck when the end two sections collapsed under Insurance Load Testing. The initial plan by the local council was to demolish the pier. Both the Pier Preservation Trust and the Pier Supporters Club where set up in 1972 and it was only through their efforts and lottery funding etc that the pier was saved. It reopened in 1998.

You can read about the history of the pier HERE