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This page is devoted to postcards and photographs of Bognor Pier in West Sussex.

Built by the Bognor Promenade Company, this pier took some 18 months to complete and was opened on the 4th May 1865. Purchased by the local council in 1876 for the sum of £1200, a small bandstand was added but no further development took place at this time. Some 35 years after initial construction the first pavilion was built at the seaward end, opening on 9th July 1900. In the following year a landing stage was added to allow paddle steamers to dock at the head. By 1906 this had become redundant as the larger more modern vessels found the docking facility inadequate. Due to rising maintenance costs the Council made a decision to sell Bognor Pier in 1908, and it was bought by the Bognor Pier Company for the conditional sum of 10 shillings (50p).

After major restoration the pier pavilion re-opened on 7th April 1909, just in time for the Easter Bank Holiday. During 1911-1912 the shoreward end was extended to a width of 80ft (24.2m), allowing space for a new arcade development containing 12 shops, a cinema, a roof garden restaurant and a 1,400 seat theatre. In 1936 a new 109ft (33m) three-tier landing stage was built, the highest level used for steamers and the two lower tiers for motorboats and speedboats. During the Second World War Bognor Regis Pier was renamed HMS Patricia and was used as a Royal Navy observation station.

The severe storms of 1964-1965 eventually caused the seaward end structure to collapse, causing the loss of the pavilion. In 1966 Bognor Pier was sold to the American Novelty Company but was forced to close once again in December 1974 after two fires in as many months. Despite being given a Grade II listing by English Heritage on 27th April 1989, the condition of the pier continued to decline, and by 1994 an application was made to demolish the remaining seaward structure. When Bognor Pier Leisure Limited became responsible for the pier in 1996, an application was made to the Heritage Lottery Fund for the £2,000,000 needed to restore it. This application was rejected, leaving the derelict seaward end at great risk. However, on a July 2007 visit most of the pier had been demolished with just a short section restored.


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References:-
Guide to British Piers - by Tim Mickleburgh - Piers Information Bureau 1988/1994
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Bognor Pier Postcards

Tuck art postcard of Bognor Pier
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Postcard of Bognor Pier entrance and Waterloo Gardens
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Bognor Pier from the East Promenade View west from Bognor Pier showing the Pier Hotel Click to open larger image in new window Postcard of Bognor Promenade and Pier seen from the Kursaal, sent on 12/09/1913 Click to open larger image in new window Postcard of Bognor Pier and sands
Norman postcard of Bognor Pier from the West Promenade
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Photo Precision (St Albans) view of Bognor Pier from the west Click to open larger image in new window Photo Precision (St Albans) aerial view of Bognor Pier Click to open larger image in new window Photo Precision (St Albans) aerial view of Bognor Pier Click to open larger image in new window Aero Pictorial (London) aerial view of Bognor Pier Click to open larger image in new window Bognor Pier In 2007 Bognor Pier in 2007
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Bognor Pier in 2007
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Bognor Pier in 2007
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Bognor Pier in 2007
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Bognor Pier entrance
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Bognor Pier in 2007
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Bognor Pier in 2007
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Bognor Pier in 2007
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Bognor Pier in 2007
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Derelict building on Bognor Pier
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View east from Bognor Pier
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View west from Bognor Pier
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