Pier Perfection: Exploring Yarmouth & Ryde Piers

Описание: A walk/drive around Yarmouth and Ryde Piers in Isle of Wight. Yarmouth Pier is a Victorian pleasure pier located in Yarmouth Isle of Wight, and Ryde Pier is an early 19th century pier serving the town of Ryde.

Yarmouth Pier
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Yarmouth Pier is a Victorian pleasure pier located in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
It is the longest wooden pier in England and frequently requires restoration due to the relatively short lifespan of the wooden piles.

After 140 years of operation it continues to thrive as a tourist attraction. At the end of the Pier is the Roundhouse Museum.

The Roundhouse Museum has a discovery centre where you will be able to find out about the Piers past, recent restoration projects and the sealife beneath the Pier.

Ryde Pier
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Ryde Pier is an early 19th century pier serving the town of Ryde, on the Isle of Wight and it's the world's oldest seaside pleasure pier.

The pier was designed by John Kent of Southampton and its foundation stone laid on 29 June 1813.
The pier opened on 26 July 1814, the structure was originally wholly timber and measured 576 yards (527m). By 1833 extensions took the overall length to 745 yards (681m).

A second tramway pier was built next to the first, opening on 29 August 1864.
Horse-drawn trams took passengers from the pier head to the promenade.

From 1886 to 1927 the trams were powered by electricity from a third rail and from then until 1969 were petrol-powered.

On 12 July 1880 a third pier was opened alongside the first two providing a direct steam railway link to the pier-head.

In 1895 a concert pavilion was constructed at the pier-head. The Concert Pavilion was at the centre of the narrative in Philip Norman's book Babycham Night.
The author's family ran this venue when it was known as the Seagull Ballroom in the 1950s.

Ryde Pier was made a Grade II listed building in 1976.
From August 2010 to March 2011 Ryde Pier was closed to vehicles to allow structural repairs underneath the promenade pier.

The pier remained open to pedestrians who from October 2010 used temporary decking on the tramway pier.

On the weekend of 26 July 2014 the pier celebrated its 200th anniversary.
For a few decades Ryde had a second pier the Victoria, a few hundred yards to the east.
The pier is still a gateway for passenger traffic to and from the Isle of Wight today.

People are still allowed to walk along the pier but must contend with motor traffic driving along the same wooden walkway.

📍 Location
Yarmouth Pier
https://maps.app.goo.gl/wVWPVQ4eVApQ6...

Ryde Pier
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7yHqGYqW1hdz7...

⏱️ Chapters
00:00 Yarmouth Pier
00:29 Ryde Pier
05:00 Outro

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🔗 Useful Links
Yarmouth Pier
https://www.yarmouth-harbour.co.uk/th...

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
https://piers.org.uk/piers/yarmouth-i...

Ryde Pier
https://www.wightlink.co.uk/explorer/...

Ryde, Isle of Wight
https://piers.org.uk/piers/ryde/

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