As a Pier it is peerless, peer at it, but no pair! by sourbugger
Some years ago when I was marking an exam script on Sociology, the subject being population.One hapless dork replied to the question "Give an example of an ageing structure" with "a seaside pier" and the supplementary question "What dangers might this result in ?" with "It may get rusty and hurt people by falling on their heads"
The Pier at llandudno is widely considered to be one of the finest Victorian piers in the country, with a somewhat 'Indian' feel to it. Hence this terribly piece of purpelly prose from a
British Tourist Authority report in 1975 - "It zooms out of the sea all 1,400ft (424m) of it, in a spectacular Indian Gothic style rather like a Maharajah's palace floating on a lake. Cast iron, brackets of iron lacework, an outstandingly pretty balustrade like an enlarged fish net, ogee roofs curling away to the sky, all add up to a totally pleasurable experience"....
It just seems a pity therfore that the pier is nowadays filled with the whiff of dodgy cheap food, the clank of amusement arcades and a motley collection of tatty fairground rides.
It was orginally envisaged that LLandudno would have two piers - but the second one never materialised.
Entry is free, and at over 1,000 feet long it is still a bracing walk.