News

is a Channel 4 drama to be broadcast 3rd – 6th December at 10pm. It stars Peter Mullan with the West Pier playing an important role. You can read a feature about it in the latest edition of Radio Times (p43).

The new landscaping scheme either side of the i360 will feature lots of original pier artefacts and its focal point will be a restored 1866 octagonal pier kiosk. It was rescued from the pier in the 1990’s and is currently dismantled and securely stored. We have recently submitted a Heritage Lottery Fund application for funding towards ... Read more

A reminder to Trust members that this year’s AGM will be held at 6pm on Thursday 15th November at the Hilton Brighton Metropole. After the formal business, Marks Barfield Associate Director, Ian Crockford, will give a talk, bring members up to date with i360 progress and answer questions from the floor.

There was such a good turn out for the sale last weekend that we’ve decided to hold another 9.30 – 12 noon on Sunday 7th October in the pier compound. Please come if you’d like to own an original, if damaged, piece of the pier. All proceeds go towards the Trust’s heritage and education activities.

In preparation for the start of i360 construction the Trust needs to clear its site. We still have some original West Pier cast iron pieces which are either damaged or surplus to requirements. This material will be offered for sale to the public for the last time this autumn. Most of the remaining available pieces are ... Read more

Brighton Swimming Club is marking Heritage Open Day with a series of  Floating Memories talks about the history of Brighton, swimming and sea bathing. http://www.floatingmemories.co.uk/category/events/

At its meeting today Brighton & Hove Council’s Policy & Resources Committee voted unanimously to lend Marks Barfield the monies necessary to close the i360 funding gap. This means that i360 construction can begin this autumn and the attraction will open early in 2015. Details of the deal can be found in the Argus http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9804034.High_hopes_for_a_2012_start__on_Brighton_s__i360/ The ... Read more

On Thursday 12th July, at its Policy & Resources Committee meeting, the Council will decide whether to loan Marks Barfield the monies necessary to close the i360 funding gap. Details of the deal are described in this Argus piece http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/9804034.High_hopes_for_a_2012_start__on_Brighton_s__i360/ If the green light is given construction will begin in the autumn and a frustrating 6 ... Read more

At the Council Cabinet meeting on 10th May the proposal was approved that negotiations should be opened for the Council to loan the funding gap for i360. This is very good news and could mean that i360 construction will start in the autumn. Much detailed work will happen over the next few weeks and a final ... Read more

Below is press statement issued by Brighton & Hove Council yesterday outlining promising news on i360 funding £14m council loan could restart viewing tower plan Brighton’s planned tourism magnet, the 175-metre i360 viewing tower, could be back on track thanks to a government grant and a council loan totalling £17m. The new Coast to Capital ... Read more

BRIGHTON WEST PIER TRUST Newsletter to Members It is a while since I have sent a members’ newsletter. I had hoped to do so early in the year but thanks to delays on the Rock Shop work (see below) and the fact that a public announcement could not be made until contracts were signed, meant ... Read more

Yesterday work began on dismantling the Rock Shop which has become unstable. Below is the press statement The West Pier Trust wishes to announce that an important original part of the pier, the Rock Shop, will be dismantled over the next few weeks. Situated on the root end of the pier, the Rock Shop was ... Read more