BRITAIN’S most iconic seaside landmarks have been revealed. Historic England has compiled an interactive map celebrating 300 ...

What really makes a brilliant beach holiday? Hot sun? White sand? Bath-warm sea? Maybe. But a truly great beach holiday is ...

When piers were constructed, British seaside resorts were at the height of their popularity. The Victorians wanted to demonstrate engineering prowess and their ability to master the force of the sea.

A quintessential part of the British seaside experience, some of the UK’s best beach towns have incredible piers. But according to Tripadvisor reviewers, one British pier is the best in the UK ...

Brighton Palace pier is one of many which continues to thrive They are as synonymous with the seaside as ice-cream, fish and chips and the sand and the waves over which they preside. The British ...

A stroll along a pier remains the most popular activity for visitors to the British seaside, with 70% of them enjoying a walk over the waves. For many, the seaside pier is perhaps the most iconic ...

The unusually pleasant British summer is drawing to a close: beaches are emptying, ice-cream parlors are shutting up shop and the pleasure arcades are subsiding into an eerie, post-vacation silence.

The world’s first seaside pleasure pier – at Ryde on the Isle of Wight – celebrated its 200th anniversary last weekend. It was the first of what became a particularly British phenomenon: by ...

British piers have been bringing pleasure to the masses for two centuries. Here we look back at some old photographs of these institutions, and delve into their history. 24 July 2014 • 3:35pm ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A Victorian-era seaside pier at Eastbourne on Britain's south coast was badly damaged when fire broke out in an amusement arcade on Wednesday. Flames could be seen leaping from ...

O ne-hundred and fifty years ago, piers were on the itinerary of almost any visit to a seaside town. In the 1850s, 100 piers stretched out from the British coastline.