Victoria Pier, Colwyn Bay

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Victoria Pier

Victoria Pier in the 1970s
Type	Pleasure Pier
Locale	Colwyn Bay, Wales
Official name	Victoria Pier
Owner	Conwy County Borough Council
Characteristics
Total length	146ft (45m)
History
Designer	Mangnall & Littlewoods
Constructor	Widnes Iron Foundry, William Brown & Sons
Opening date	1 June 1900

Victoria Pier is a pier in the seaside resort of Colwyn Bay, Wales. The pier fell into disrepair and much of it was demolished, it was reopened in 2021 with a reduced length. Visitors can access the pier and see the bay along its length. Some of the original metalwork remains and retains the legal status of a grade-II listed structure.

Designed by Mangnall and Littlewoods the pier opened in 1900 and was extended in 1903 to the length of 227m. The first two pavilions built on the pier were destroyed by fire along with a bijou theatre. The third pavilion was built in 1934 and was significantly extended and altered in the 1970s to allow for nightclub and amusement arcade entertainments.

From the late 1980s, the pier began to decline with the seaward portion of the pier being closed due to a poor state of repair. The condition of the pier and the entertainments continued to decline until 2008 when it closed. In 2017, part of the pier collapsed onto the beach below. Much of the pier was demolished and then in 2021, reopened without any pavilions or structures.