Fleetwood Pier

Fleetwood Pier

Fleetwood Pier, also known as the Victoria Pier, is a pier located in the English town of Fleetwood, Lancashire. It was built in 1910 at the end of the golden age of pier building. Other than a 1957 pier built in Deal, Kent to replace a structure damaged in World War II, it was the last pleasure pier to be built in the United Kingdom.cite book
last = Walton
first = John K
title = The British Seaside: Holidays and Resorts in the Twentieth Century
publisher = Manchester University Press
date = 2000
page = p105
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=uydACzcGjQEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_summary_r&vq=Fleetwood&cad=0#PPA105,M1
isbn =0719051703
accessdate =2008-09-09
] At convert|492|ft|m|0 in length, it is one of the shortest piers in the country. It has been at various times an amusement complex, bar and dance hall, but had been closed for almost two years prior to the destructive fire which gutted the superstructure in September, 2008.

The pier was badly damaged in 1952 after a fire which started in the cinema, and it did not reopen until 1958. Prior to the second fire in 2008, plans existed to convert the structure into an apartment complex. cite news
last =
first =
coauthors =
title = No-one has come up with a better scheme
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publisher = Blackpool Gazette
date = 14 July 2007
url = http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/fleetwood-news?articleid=3203481
accessdate = 2008-09-09
]

2008 fire

The 2008 Fleetwood Pier fire began during the early hours of 9 September 2008 and resulted in the pier's destruction. The fire was reported to the emergency services at 4:30am after a member of the public saw smoke rising from one of the buildings, and firefighters from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service attended the scene. However, the pier has been severely damaged. [cite news|url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4714435.ece|title= Fleetwood pier destroyed by fire|publisher= Times Online|date= 9 September 2008|accessdate= 2008-09-09] An investigation is now under way to determine the cause of the blaze. [cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7600000/newsid_7605600/7605661.stm|title= Fleetwood pier destroyed in fire|publisher= bbc.co.uk|date= 9 September 2008|accessdate= 2008-09-09]

References

External links

* [http://www.theheritagetrail.co.uk/piers/fleetwood%20pier.htm The English Heritage Trail: Fleetwood Pier]


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