April 2017 – Blackpool Central Pier’s big wheel gets £500,000 refurbishment. In April 2017 work started to rebuild the big wheel. It was dismantled as part of its regular maintenance.

A woman fell through a section of Blackpool's Central Pier around 4.30pm on Tuesday afternoon, as horrified onlookers heard her scream and land on the beach below.

The Blackpool Pier Company said it wanted to work with the council, which has received £57m from the Environment Agency for the Blackpool Central Area Beach Nourishment Scheme.

Youngsters Joe Abbess, 17, and Sunnah Khan, 12, drowned after being caught in a riptide next to Bournemouth Pier at the Dorset seaside resort on May 31 last year.

The second of Blackpool’s three Victorian piers, Central Pier was constructed in 1868 from cast iron and wood. It suffered a significant fire in 2020 – though this was not close to the site of ...

A large fire has damaged parts of Blackpool's historic Central Pier just a week after it reopened. The blaze completely destroyed a fairground ride and damaged an engineering shed about halfway ...

A woman who plunged through Central Pier in Blackpool and onto the beach below on Tuesday remains in hospital, police have said. Emergency services were scrambled to the Blackpool attraction at ...

A massive fire has ripped across Blackpool’s famous Central Pier – just two weeks after the popular tourist attraction was reopened following the coronavirus lockdown.. More than 50 ...

Central Pier will remain closed until a survey on the structural integrity of the decking has been completed, Blackpool Council confirmed. News you can trust since 1886 Sign In ...

A Lancashire Police spokesperson said: "We have received a report of a woman having fallen through a section of the pier in Blackpool at around 4.30pm today. "The woman has been taken to hospital ...

The Central Pier and Blackpool South Pier, which is 150m (492ft) long, do not benefit from listed status, despite opening in 1864 and 1892 respectively.