18 Minutes in Brightlingsea

Having previously spent 10 minutes in Canvey Island on our travels, followed by 45 Minutes on Barry Island, we visited Brightlingsea on the 8th May 2011 where we spent 18 minutes.

Not a bad spot, but not much to do. There were some very nice views out to sea and Mersea Island (another place on our 'to visit' list).

New Brighton's 'Pier'

While in New Brighton, Wirral on Saturday 19th March 2011 we noticed there used to be a Pier there.


Coast Magazine is currently running a campaign that is encouraging people to walk as many of Britain's Piers as possible so they can raise funds to help restore the Grade II-listed pier in Hastings - which was almost all destroyed by fire in October 2010. On our last look at the Coast Magazine 'Pier Prom Tick List', of the 51 surviving Piers in the UK, we had visited 32 of them on our travels around the UK and the Coast! More details of our Piers-Visited-List.

Piers we've visited and a new Coast Magazine 'Pier Campaign'

The excellent Coast Magazine has a new campaign that is encouraging people to walk as many of Britain's piers as possible so they can raise funds to help restore the Grade II-listed pier in Hastings - which was almost all destroyed by fire in October 2010. A terrible shame indeed. More information about the community-led campaign by the Hastings Pier and White Rock Trust can be found on the HPWRT website.

Looking at the Coast Magazine 'Pier Prom Tick List', of the 51 surviving Piers in the UK, we've visited 32 of them on our travels! We hadn't realised we'd visited quite so many since we made a resolution to visit as many different seasides all over the UK back in 2006.

Here's the Coast Magazine Pier Prom Tick List, along with a note on those that Emily and I have been to:
1 Aberystwyth Royal -- Visited
2 Bangor Garth
3 Blackpool Central -- Visited
4 Blackpool North -- Visited
5 Blackpool South -- Visited
6 Bognor Regis
7 Boscombe -- Visited
8 Bournemouth -- Visited
9 Brighton Palace -- Visited
10 Burnham-on-Sea
11 Clacton -- Visited
12 Cleethorpes Pier 39
13 Clevedon
14 Cromer
15 Deal
16 Dunoon
17 Eastbourne -- Visited
18 Falmouth
19 Felixstowe -- Visited
20 Gravesend Town -- Visited
21 Great Yarmouth Britannia -- Visited
22 Great Yarmouth Wellington -- Visited
23 Harwich -- Visited
24 Herne Bay -- Visited
25 Llandudno -- Visited
26 Looe Banjo
27 Lowestoft Claremont -- Visited
28 Lowestoft South -- Visited
29 Mumbles -- Visited
30 Paignton
31 Penarth -- Visited
32 Rothesay
33 Ryde -- Visited
34 Saltburn
35 Sandown Culver -- Visited
36 Skegness
37 Southend-on-Sea -- Visited
38 Southport -- Visited
39 Southsea Clarence -- Visited
40 Southsea South -- Visited
41 Southwold -- Visited
42 St Annes -- Visited
43 Swanage
44 Teignmouth Grand
45 Torquay Princess
46 Walton-on-the-Naze -- Visited
47 Weston-super-Mare Grand
48 Weymouth Bandstand -- Visited
49 Weymouth Pleasure -- Visited
50 Worthing -- Visited
51 Yarmouth

We've also been to Colwyn Bay Pier (closed) and Hastings Pier (Burned Down) on our coastal tour of the UK.

You can join Coast's Great Pier Promenade by visiting the Coast Magazine website.

Link to the National Piers Society website.

Photos of some of the Piers we've been to.

Southwold.


Brighton.


Eastbourne.


Walton-on-the-Naze.


Herne Bay.


Clacton.

Blackpool.

Southend-on-Sea.

Southsea.

Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Seasides Visited on Our UK Coastal Tour to Date.

All Four Home Nations Visited on the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour.

Seasides Visited on Our UK Coastal Tour to Date

Back in 2006 we made a resolution to visit as many different seasides all over the UK. To date we've visited 110 in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The list so far is:1 Aberdeen
2 Aberystwyth
3 Aldeburgh
4 Bangor
5 Barry Island
6 Bexhill on Sea
7 Blackpool
8 Bodorgan
9 Boscombe
10 Bournemouth
11 Bridport
12 Brighton
13 Broadstairs
14 Brynsiencyn
15 Caister on Sea
16 Camber Sands
17 Canvey Island
18 Cardiff
19 Cardigan
20 Chickerell
21 Cleveleys
22 Cliftonville
23 Colwyn Bay
24 Criccieth
25 Dovercourt
26 Dymchurch
27 Eastbourne
28 Felixstowe
29 Filey
30 Fisherman's Walk
31 Fleetwood
32 Folkestone
33 Fordingbridge
34 Fortuneswell
35 Frinton on Sea
36 Gorleston on Sea
37 Gowerton
38 Great Yarmouth
39 Gumfreston
40 Harwich
41 Hastings
42 Hayling Island
43 Hemsby
44 Herne Bay
45 Holland on Sea
46 Holyhead
47 Horsey
48 Isle of Anglesey
49 Jaywick
50 Laugharne
51 Llandudno
52 Llanfairfechan
53 Llangollen
54 Llanyravon
55 Lowestoft
56 Lytham St Annes
57 Margate
58 Monkseaton
59 New Quay
60 Newport
61 Pembrey
62 Penarth
63 Penrhos/Llanrhystud
64 Pontypool
65 Poole
66 Port Einon
67 Porthcawl
68 Porthmadog
69 Portland (Isle of)
70 Portsmouth
71 Prestatyn
72 Ramsgate
73 Rhos on Sea
74 Rhuddlan
75 Rhyl
76 Ryde
77 Rye
78 Sandbanks
79 Sandown
80 Saundersfoot
81 Scarborough
82 Scratby
83 Sea Palling
84 Seaton Burn
85 Seaton Carew
86 Seaton Delaver
87 Seaton Sluice
88 Shanklin
89 Shoeburyness
90 South Shields
91 Southbourne
92 Southend on Sea
93 Southport
94 Southsea
95 Southwold
96 Swansea
97 Tenby
98 The Mumbles
99 Towyn
100 Tynemouth
101 Tywyn
102 Walton on the Naze
103 Waxham
104 Westgate on Sea
105 Weymouth
106 Whitley Bay
107 Whitstable
108 Winterton on Sea
109 Worthing
110 Wyke Regis




Photos:Broadstairs 2007
Us in Margate 2009
Southsea 2008
Southend 2008
Blackpool 2008

Under the Pier Show - Southwold

The Under the Pier Show 'alternative amusement arcade' in Southwold, Suffolk.


On a recent Holiday/Roadtrip we stopped off in Southwold, Suffolk. While on the pier we found a great arcade described as "A MAD ARCADE OF HOME-MADE SLOT MACHINES & SIMULATOR RIDES".

Playing Mobility Masterclass at the Under the Pier Show in Southwold

Trying out the Break In game at the Under the Pier Show in Southwold

The Fly Drive arcade game at the Under the Pier Show in Southwold

For more information take a look at the Under the Pier Show and Southwold Pier websites.

Southwold Pier in May 2009