Criminally Good Brighton & Hove – Fiction & Fact. An evening with Peter James
International best-selling local crime writer Peter James is a long-term supporter of the Trust and has generously offered to give a talk at a fundraising social event at Alfrescos Restaurant on 23rd June. Peter sets his novels in and around Brighton and an atmospheric photo of the pier often features on the front cover of [...]
Special Engineering Tour Led by Jon Orrell – Sunday 25th April at 11am
The Trust’s consultant engineer and pier expert, Jon Orrell of Hemsley Orrell Partnership will be leading a special tour on 25th April at 11am on the engineering of piers in general and of the West Pier in particular. This will be a fascinating insight into the unique engineering of the pier and not to be [...]
Piers, Proms & Palaces – the West Pier and Brighton Seafront Story
Stroll the prom and hear the fascinating, glamorous and tragic story of Britain’s finest pier in the context of the history of Brighton seafront.
Tours every Sunday at 11am from 11th April (lasts approximately an hour).
Meet in front of the West Pier Rock Shop on the upper prom, King’s Road
Tickets £5. Children under 12 free.
Group bookings [...]
Photographs, Films and Memories
The Trust is launching a new drive to build up its archive with the aim of creating as full a picture as possible of the operating West Pier.
We are especially interested in personal photographs, film and memories of people who used the pier from pleasure or worked for the pier company.
Do you have any photos [...]
West Pier Market
The popular West Pier market, sited on the beach by the pier, starts operating again for the new season from Saturday 6th March. It takes place every weekend, bank holidays and seven days a week through the summer months. Goods sold include original clothing, jewellery, art work, ceramics, leather products and second hand books. It is [...]