Princes Pier

Princes Pier is a 580 metre long historic pier on Port Phillip, in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was known as the New Railway Pier until renamed Prince's Pier after the Prince of Wales who visited Melbourne in May 1920.

Photo: Karn-b, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beacon Cove light rail station and Port Melbourne Town Hall.

Beacon Cove light rail station

Tram stop

Photo: Donaldytong, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beacon Cove light rail station is a tram stop, which is situated 520 metres east of Princes Pier.

Port Melbourne Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Port Melbourne Town Hall was erected in 1882. The Town Hall is an important element in the historic Bay Street streetscape of inner city Port Melbourne. Port Melbourne Town Hall is situated 1½ km east of Princes Pier.

North Port Oval

Pitch

Photo: Biatch2, Public domain.

North Port Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket venue located in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The ground serves as the home to both the Port Melbourne Cricket Club and the Port Melbourne Football Club. North Port Oval is situated 2 km northeast of Princes Pier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Inner south and Docklands.

Inner south

Photo: Korkut Tas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Melbourne's inner south contains a number of suburbs and places worthy of a visit. The landscape varies from industrial ports to glitzy waterfront localities.

Docklands

Suburb

Photo: Massimo Telò, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Docklands is an inner-city suburb of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia, located directly to the western end of the Melbourne central business district between the neighboring suburbs of West Melbourne to the north/northwest, and South Wharf, South Melbourne and Port Melbourne to the south/southwest. Docklands is situated 3 km northeast of Princes Pier.

Melbourne

Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.

Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.

Princes Pier

Type: Pier
Description: historic pier on Port Phillip, in Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Category: transportation
Location: City of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude

-37.84099° or 37° 50′ 28″ south

Longitude

144.92694° or 144° 55′ 37″ east

Open location code

4RJ65W5G+JQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1389238007

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=pier

GeoNames ID

2207604

Wikidata ID

Q7244471

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In Other Languages

“Princes Pier” goes by many names.

Japanese: “プリンセス・ピア”

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