Royal Pier
The Royal Pier is a pier in Southampton, United Kingdom, built during the 1830s of Victorian England and was in operation until its closure in late 1979.Photo: Sun2Shine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Pier
- Description: pier in Southampton, England
- Also known as: “Royal Pier And Entrance Building” and “Royal Pier, Southampton”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Canute’s Palace and Medieval Merchant’s House.
Canute’s Palace
Historic building
Photo: Daemonic Kangaroo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canute's Palace in Southampton, England, is the name given to the ruins of a Norman merchant's house dating from the late twelfth century. Despite its name, the building has no connection with Canute the Great, nor was it a palace. Canute’s Palace is situated 970 feet northeast of Royal Pier.
Medieval Merchant’s House
Museum
Photo: Tim Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Medieval Merchant's House is a restored late-13th-century building in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Built in about 1290 by John Fortin, a prosperous merchant, the house survived many centuries of domestic and commercial use largely intact. Medieval Merchant’s House is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Royal Pier.
Tudor House and Garden
Museum
Photo: Peter Trimming, CC BY 2.0.
Tudor House and Garden is a historic building, museum, tourist attraction, and Grade I listed building in Southampton, England. Established as Southampton's first museum in 1912, the house was closed for nine years between 2002 and 2011 during an extensive renovation. Tudor House and Garden is situated 1,600 feet north of Royal Pier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Mary’s and Northam.
St Mary’s
Suburb
St Mary's is an inner city area of Southampton in England. It consists of two areas separated by Six Dials junction. The northern section of the district is bounded by St Mary's Road and some streets to the west and the area to the east is Nicholstown-Newtown.
Northam
Suburb
Northam is a suburb of Southampton in Hampshire. On the West bank of the River Itchen, it shares borders with St Mary's, Bitterne and Bevois Valley. Beside the border with St Mary's is the Chapel area, which has been home to some recent apartment building developments in Northam.
Freemantle
Suburb
Freemantle is a suburb and electoral ward in Southampton, England. There are similarly named places in Hampshire: notably Henry II's hunting lodge in Kingsclere; an area near Hannington; and Freemantle Common in Bitterne.
Royal Pier
- Categories: building and transportation
- Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.89547° or 50° 53′ 44″ northLongitude
-1.4083° or 1° 24′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C2WVHWR+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 55690148OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pierWikidata ID
Q24851985
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In Other Languages
“Royal Pier” goes by many names.
- Scots: “Royal Pier, Southampton”
- Scots: “Royal Pier”
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