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There are also piers in many other towns throughout the world, including Scheveningen and Blankenberge. A pier may be open air, closed, or partly open, partly closed. Sometimes a pier has two decks.
In the 19C cast and wrought iron piers were built for promanading, berthing of passenger ferries and general recreational use. There are many of these in the United Kingdom, some of remarkable architectural merit, and in that country the unqualified term 'pier' almost invariably refers to such a structure.
Piers were found in all fashionable seaside towns during the Victorian era, and are still retained by many, although many have been lost.
The most well known piers are perhaps the two at Brighton in East Sussex, while the longest is at Southend-on-Sea at 1.25 miles (2 km) long.
Wigan Pier was the subject of a well known Music Hall joke, since the name was given to a small jetty used to load canal barges - besides which Wigan is miles from the sea. It became world famous after George OrwellGeorge Orwell was the pen name of British author Eric Arthur Blair ( 25 June 1903 21 January 1950). Noted as a political and cultural commentator, Orwell is among the most widely admired English-language essayists of the twentieth century, though he is be entitled a book of social commentary The Road to Wigan PierRoad to Wigan Pier The Road to Wigan Pier was written by George Orwell and published in 1937. It is a sociological look at living conditions in the industrial north of England before World War II. See Also Pier External links Searchable, indexed etext.. WithernseaWithernsea population around 4000, is a seaside resort town in the East Riding of Yorkshire which forms the focal point for a wider community of small villages in Holderness. Its most famous landmark is the white inland lighthouse, standing around 38 metr pier, England, was demolished in the 1900sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s Years: 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 Events and Trends Technology Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first doc after being left just 15 metres long after being struck by ships four times.In 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom it was stated in Parliament that there were 80 piers in England that had been designated by the Government as listed buildingIn the United Kingdom the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 requires the government to create lists of buildings that are to be specially protected as part of the national heritage. Buildings on these lists are referred to as liss. However this conflicts with the total figure of 55 piers given by the National Piers Society.