News

On the anniversary of the West Pier’s opening on the 6th October, celebrations began at sunset with an illumination of the pier and an unveiling of a 150th birthday cake, created by Great British Bake Off contestant and Brighton resident, Kate Henry. Watch the toll Booth’s sugared castings take shape in below.   Celebrations continue in ... Read more

Sal Wilson, the Trust’s deputy vice-chair, brings practical skills and a commitment to the city of Brighton & Hove to our board of directors. And although she no longer lives within sight of the Pier, she is now directly involved with plans for its future. “I lived in Brighton for over 25 years and could see ... Read more

David Marks and Julia Barfield discuss combining historic and futuristic design in their journey to create a vertical pier for the 21st century. In conversation with Fred Gray, Honorary Historian of the West Pier Trust. Buy your tickets now for the 10th October  

It’s been a busy August with the opening of BA i360.  Here’s a round up of events and news of the events planned around the 150th anniversary of the opening of the West Pier.  Click the link

Stanley and Diane Watson were regular performers at the theatre. Their last summer season show was around 1969/70. They where called ‘Magic’s Royal Couple’ because Stanley used to eat light bulbs off a replica of the coronation Crown, then brought them out of his mouth on a string lit up! He also floated the Royal ... Read more

“I returned to Brighton 45 years ago after an absence of some 50 years and was appalled to see what had happened to my beloved childhood playground. Yes, as a schoolboy in the 1920s, I looked upon the West Pier as my second home. At weekends and holidays I spent many hours waking along its ... Read more

Sam Moore from Visual Air has been working with British Airways i360 to create this beautiful edit he’s titled ‘Rise’ which includes some fantastic shots of the ‪#‎westpier. Enjoy the views!

British Airways i360 is up and running!  And The West Pier Trust is at the start of an exciting new era. Among the various projects we are working on is compiling content for our heritage centre.  Interpretation will be mainly through film and image and we are looking for someone to help catalogue and select ... Read more

This month we’re paying tribute to our longest-serving West Pier Trust member, the inimitable Len Goldman, and hail the opening of British Airways i360. Read the newsletter by clicking on this link

A stunning film made 15 years ago by filmmakers Ralph Brown and Andy Baybutt captures exactly how intricate and ornate the design of the West Pier was.  Twelve minutes of rapturous poignancy.

A fabulous in-depth article on the husband and wife architect team, David Marks and Julia Barfield of Marks Barfield and the project that is the British Airways i360 appears in the Telegraph today.  Have a read here

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