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Colwyn Bay's Victoria Pier was already closed to the public for safety reason and there is no suggestion anyone was nearby at the time. In 2013, Conwy council voted to demolish it but this was ...
The North Wales town of Colwyn Bay had a real gem of its own. The Victoria Pier opened in 1900, and stretched 750 feet into the sea. At its height, the pier was a marvel of the North Wales coast.
Work to dismantle Colwyn Bay's Victoria Pier is to begin in January and is expected to take around 3 months. Conwy County Borough Council has given the green light to dismantle the Pier as ...
ONE man’s attempts to rescue and restore Colwyn Bay’s Victoria Pier will be the subject of a year-in-the-making BBC Wales documentary next week. ONE man’s attempts to rescue and restore ...
Engineers have begun assessing the damage to a partially collapsed pier in Conwy county. A section of the lower end of Colwyn Bay Victoria Pier collapsed into the sea on Wednesday. Conwy council ...
Contractors pulling down Colwyn Bay’s Victoria Pier are making headway as the structure has now been split into two. The structure has been divided to create a firewall in case a blaze breaks ...
The derelict Victoria pier at Colwyn Bay has just been taken ... Jennifer Stewart, head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Wales, said : “We were impressed with the council’s imaginative plans ...
Conwy council approved plans to dismantle the 116-year-old Victoria Pier in Colwyn Bay in July. But in order for it to go ahead, the plans needed listed building consent from the Welsh Government ...
In April, Conwy Council bought the Grade II listed Victoria Pier from the Crown Estate for ... In September, the Wales Audit Office told Conwy County Council to set aside £600,000 to £800,000 ...
The Victoria Pier in Colwyn Bay was placed in the hands ... Image caption, The pier was a major tourist attraction for north Wales for much of the last century The pressure group has put forward ...
The 750ft long Victoria Pier, also known as the Colwyn Bay Pier off the North Wales coast, collapsed today at around 1.30pm after years of failed bids to have it restored. The Grade II listed pier ...
The pier's owner is looking for an all-year round attraction The owner of Colwyn Bay's Grade II listed Victoria pier is opening a full-time art gallery next year. Steve Hunt, who bought the pier in ...