Worthing Pier

Worthing Pier

Worthing Pier in October 2011
Type	Pleasure Pier
Official name	Worthing Pier
Characteristics
Total length	960 feet (290 m)
History
Designer	Sir Robert Rawlinson
Opening date	12 April 1862
Coordinates	50°48′26″N 0°22′08″W / 50.807316°N 0.368923°W / 50.807316; -0.368923

Worthing Pier is a public pleasure pier in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Designed by Sir Robert Rawlinson, it was opened on 12 April 1862 and remains open to the public. The pier originally was a simple promenade deck 960 ft (290 m) long and 15 ft (4.6 m) wide. In 1888 the pier was upgraded with the width increased to 30 ft (9.1 m) and the pier head increased to 105 ft (32 m) for a 650-seat pavilion to be built. It is a Grade II listed building structure.

The pier has been named Pier of the Year by the National Piers Society on two occasions, first in 2006 and again in 2019.^[1]