Deal Pier

Deal Pier
	The 1957 Deal Pier
Type	Pleasure
Carries	Pedestrians
Locale	Deal, Kent
Owner	Dover District Council
Characteristics
Total length	1,026 feet (313 m)
History
Opening date	19 November 1957; 66 years ago
Coordinates	51°13′26″N 1°24′26″E / 51.22375°N 1.40710°E

Deal Pier is the last remaining fully intact leisure pier in Kent. It is the third pier to exist in Deal and was opened in November 1957 by the Duke of Edinburgh.^[1] Its structure was extensively refurbished and repaired in 1997, with work including the replacement of much of the concrete cladding on the pier's main piles. Work began in April 2008 to construct a new pier-head with a modern restaurant which opened the same year.

History

Early piers

The seafront at Deal has been adorned with three separate

Sir John Rennie, although its wooden structure was destroyed during a storm in 1857.^[2] Originally intended to be 445 feet (136 m) in length, financial problems meant just 250 feet (76 m) was completed, which when opened, was just the sixth pier in the country.^[3]

In 1864, a second 1,100 feet (340 m) long pier designed by

Second World War, when it was struck and severely damaged by a mined Dutch ship, the Nora, in January 1940. Permission to demolish the pier was authorised by Winston Churchill, which left just the shore-side toll house, itself later demolished in 1954.^[4]

In December 1950, the Deal Corporation received a grant of £750 (equivalent to £23,500 in 2019) to compensate for damage sustained during the war.[5]

Third pier

The present pier, designed by Sir W. Halcrow & Partners, was opened on 19 November 1957

sport fishing

venue.

In 2018, the pier underwent restoration at a cost of £500,000, in addition to installing more than 300 metres (980 ft) of gas mains supply, as the pier's own gas supply had developed problems. Refurbishment works included resurfacing, replacement and repainting of railings and an upgrade to the drainage system. The works coincided with the 60 year anniversary of the pier's official opening.^[8]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c "Deal Pier – National Piers Society". National Piers Society. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b Sadler 2017, p. 61.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Deal Pier". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b Sadler 2017, p. 62.
^ "Deal Pier Wartime Compensation". Dover Express. 22 December 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ Gladwell 2013, p. 220.
^ Bounds & Smith 2016, p. 116.
^ Adele Couchman (14 August 2018). "Deal Pier has re-opened after almost two months of closure". Kent Live. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

Sources

Bounds, Jon; Smith, Danny (2016). Pier Review: A Road Trip in Search of the Great British Seaside. Summersdale Publishers LTD.
ISBN 9781783727513
.

Gladwell, Andrew (2013). By Steamer to the Kent Coast. Amberley Publishing Limited.
ISBN 9781445623306
.

Sadler, Nigel (2017). British Piers The Postcard Collection. Amberley Publishing Limited.
ISBN 9781445661223
.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Southend Pier	National Piers Society Pier of the Year 2008	Succeeded by Saltburn Pier

[nps-1] "Deal Pier – National Piers Society". National Piers Society. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

[FOOTNOTESadler201761-2] Sadler 2017, p. 61.

[et-3] "Deal Pier". Engineering Timelines. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

[FOOTNOTESadler201762-4] Sadler 2017, p. 62.

[5] "Deal Pier Wartime Compensation". Dover Express. 22 December 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[FOOTNOTEGladwell2013220-6] Gladwell 2013, p. 220.

[FOOTNOTEBoundsSmith2016116-7] Bounds & Smith 2016, p. 116.

[8] Adele Couchman (14 August 2018). "Deal Pier has re-opened after almost two months of closure". Kent Live. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

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