Herne Bay Pier
Herne Bay Pier was the third pier to be built at Herne Bay, Kent for passenger steamers. It was notable for its exceptional length of 3,787 feet and made famous after appearing in the opening sequence of Ken Russell's first feature film French Dressing.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: former pier in Herne Bay, Kent, England
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clock Tower and Herne Bay Museum and Gallery.
Clock Tower
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Clock Tower, Herne Bay, is a Grade II listed landmark in Herne Bay, Kent, England. It is believed to be one of the earliest purpose-built, free-standing clock towers in the United Kingdom. Clock Tower is situated 1,400 feet east of Herne Bay Pier.
Herne Bay Museum and Gallery
Museum
Photo: Storye book, CC BY 3.0.
The Seaside Museum Herne Bay is a local museum in Herne Bay, Kent, England. It was established in 1932, and is notable for being a seaside tourist attraction featuring local archaeological and social history, for featuring the history of the town as a tourist resort, for its local art exhibitions and for its World War II bouncing bomb. Herne Bay Museum and Gallery is situated 1,800 feet east of Herne Bay Pier.
Central Bandstand
Bandstand
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Central Bandstand, known as the Bandstand, in Herne Bay, Kent, England, was designed by H. Kempton Dyson in 1924, extended with an Art Deco frontage in 1932, and refurbished between 1998 and 1999. Central Bandstand is situated 880 feet east of Herne Bay Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herne Bay and Hampton.
Herne Bay
Town
Photo: John Fielding, CC BY 2.0.
Herne Bay is a seaside town on the north coast of Kent in South East England. It is 6 miles north of Canterbury and 4 miles east of Whitstable. It neighbours the ancient villages of Herne and Reculver and is part of the City of Canterbury local government district, although it remains a separate town with countryside between it and Canterbury.
Hampton
Suburb
Hampton-on-Sea is a drowned and abandoned village in what is now the Hampton area of Herne Bay, Kent. It grew from a tiny fishing hamlet in 1864 at the hands of an oyster fishery company, was developed from 1879 by land agents, abandoned in 1916 and finally drowned due to coastal erosion by 1921.
Eddington
Suburb
Photo: Storye book, CC BY 3.0.
Eddington was a village in Kent, South East England to the south-east of Herne Bay, to the west of Beltinge and to the north of Herne. It is now a suburb of Herne Bay, in Greenhill and Eddington Ward, one of the five wards of Herne Bay.
Herne Bay Pier
- Categories: pier and tourism
- Location: City of Canterbury, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.37294° or 51° 22′ 23″ northLongitude
1.12025° or 1° 7′ 13″ eastElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9F3394FC+54OpenStreetMap ID
way 567079949OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pierOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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