There are over 14,000 plaques on Clevedon Pier, and the newest one has been specially-designed to mark the collapse of the Pier on Friday 16 October 1970 The brass plaque was unveiled by Julia Elton, an active supporter of [...]
A scale model of Clevedon Pier will be on public display in the visitor centre from Friday 16 October to Sunday 18 October as part of events to mark its collapse in 1970 and the successful campaign to save it [...]
In March 1980, almost ten years after two spans of Clevedon Pier had collapsed into the muddy waters of the Bristol Channel, there was an air of anticipation at the Clevedon Community Centre. After three days of passionate debate [...]
Local man Ralph Fryer was a keen amateur film maker and on the day that Clevedon Pier collapsed he rushed home, got his camera, and went down to the beachfront to record what happened. Later in the day Ralph [...]
On the 16th October it will be 50 years to the day since Clevedon Pier collapsed and local people came together to campaign for its restoration. At 10:20AM on the 16th October 1970, two spans of Clevedon Pier collapsed into [...]
The 10th anniversary of pop group One Direction has given an unexpected boost to historic Clevedon Pier, which was unable to open to visitors during lockdown. Fans of One Direction have been flocking to the Grade 1 listed pier [...]
Much of what the engineers do to maintain our beautiful pier is visible: painting and repairing the promenade or replacing deck planks. However, the recent drone survey brought fresh images of parts of the landing stage that are hidden [...]
Clevedon Launches Its Festival In The Clouds Clevedon's Festival In The Clouds launches on Saturday (June 13) with a series of videos and podcasts - all entertaining tasters of the town's first literary and arts festival, More Than Words, postponed [...]
In March 1946, Ernest and Peggy Cook, a newly married young couple from Stroud came down to Clevedon for their honeymoon. They stayed at a guest house near the Pier - as many honeymooning couples had done before - [...]
To celebrate 150 years of Clevedon Pier we have released a new souvenir brochure 'The First 150 Years'. to mark this historic occasion. Delve into our rich, intriguing and at times challenging story. Learn all about the early beginnings of [...]
