Welcome to the FRIENDS OF SWANAGE PIER website.
LATEST UPDATE AND PIER EVENT INFORMATION -
WRITE YOUR NAME in HISTORY by sponsoring a Plank on
The Victorian Pier at Swanage, Dorset, UK
How to become A FRIEND of SWANAGE PIER
This Pier Friends website is where you may order a Plaque on the Pier.
A Plaque Certificate
showing where your plaque has been placed on the Pier.and how you can be a part of
the Pier by joining the Swanage Pier Friends.
The Pier Friends always require volunteers for Gate duty
and to work in the Pier
Shop. Telephone; 01929 425806
Even if you can only spare a couple of regular hours
a week, it would help.
Purchase a Certificate of your Pier Plaque
The certificate shows a close up photograph of your plaque together with its location. £12
The Story of Swanage Pier by Olive Middleton
This ever popular and interesting booklet has now been updated and contains 12 pages of text and colour pictures depicting the Story of the Pier from 1895 to the present.
If you are unable to visit the Pier, then this book will provide you with much of
the Pier History.
The Booklet is available from the Pier Shop or by post:
Please enclose
cheque for £2.50 to include postage and packing. Cheques payable to 'Swanage Pier
Trust'.
Further interesting information exists in the Pier Exhibition which is free and open every day during the summer and on weekends from November to April.
Other Pier information will be found at: www.swanagepiertrust.com
Other Links; www.bluelinecruises.co.uk Cruise the Dorset Jurassic Coast
www.piers.co.uk National Piers Society
www.medwayqueen.co.uk Medway Queen Preservation Society
www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk The last Sea going Paddle Steamer in the World
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[ A comprehensive cover of Swanage including attractions and accomodation ]
SWANAGE has been chosen as PIER OF THE YEAR 2012 by the National Piers Society’s 650 members. It is the first time the Dorset Pier has won the award and is a worthy reward for the very active and enthusiastic Friends group who help run it.
Commenting on the award, National Piers Society President, Gavin Henderson, said: “Swanage’s lovely little pier has rightly captured our hearts and our votes to be awarded Pier Of The Year
No fewer than 22 different piers received nominations this year: BLACKPOOL NORTH (which recently changed hands) and CLEVEDON in North Somerset tied for second place.
A Huge Thank You goes out to all those Pier Volunteers who work tirelessly to enable the Pier to achieve this high award and to the Pierfriends for their continued support.
