Grand Pier
The Grand Pier is a pleasure pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles southwest of Bristol. It opened in 1904 and has been Listed Grade II since 1983.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Pier
- Description: pier with pier pavilion in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Grand Pier Pavilion Theatre”, “Grand Pier, Weston-super-Mare”, and “The Grand Pier”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Weston College and York Hotel.
Weston College
College
Photo: Ann Causer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weston College of Further and Higher Education is a general college of further and higher education in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. It provides education and vocational training from age 14 to adult. Weston College is situated 1,400 feet northeast of Grand Pier.
Weston-super-Mare Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Weston-super-Mare Town Hall is a municipal building in Walliscote Grove Road in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The building, which is the headquarters of North Somerset Council, is a Grade II listed building. Weston-super-Mare Town Hall is situated 1,900 feet southeast of Grand Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Uphill and Kewstoke.
Uphill
Village
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Uphill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston-super-Mare, in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town, on the Bristol Channel coast. Uphill is situated 1½ miles south of Grand Pier.
Kewstoke
Hamlet
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kewstoke is a civil parish and village in Somerset, England, within the unitary authority of North Somerset, located next to the strip of coast called Sand Bay. Its population in the 2011 census was 1,690. Kewstoke is situated 2 miles northeast of Grand Pier.
Worle
Village
Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Worle is a village in the civil parish of Weston-Super-Mare, in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is joined to the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare on its western edge. Worle is situated 2½ miles east of Grand Pier.
Grand Pier
- Categories: theater building, movie theater, and transportation
- Location: Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.34781° or 51° 20′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.9847° or 2° 59′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C3V82X8+44OpenStreetMap ID
way 30751432OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pierGeoNames ID
11103127Wikidata ID
Q2472573
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Grand Pier” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大碼頭”
- Danish: “Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جراند بيير”
- French: “Grande jetée de Weston-super-Mare”
- French: “Grande Jetée de Weston-super-Mare”
- French: “Jetée de Weston-super-Mare”
- French: “Weston-super-Mare Grand Pier”
- French: “Weston-super-Mare”
- Russian: “Большой пирс”
- Yue Chinese: “大碼頭”
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