The restoration of a crumbling historic pier can be completed after the government allocated a further £19m to the project.

Workers in hard hats are on site, a huge crane is in motion, and after decades of uncertainty and delay, the work to restore the historic Birnbeck Pier has finally begun. The restoration was enabled ...

A unusual barge was floated from Newport to Weston-super-Mare to play an important role in the restoration of Birnbeck Pier ...

A further £19 million in funding has been secured to complete the restoration of Weston-super-Mare’s iconic Birnbeck Pier.

The restoration of a historic Grade II* listed pier in Weston-super-Mare has been saved by new funding after the project was almost put in “jeopardy”. The successful bid for the funding comes just in ...

North Somerset Council partners with a community interest company to recycle wood from the pier.

On Tuesday, councillors looked set to cancel the restoration of a crumbling Victorian pier when news broke of some 11th hour funding from the National Lottery Heritage fund. More than 30 years after ...

'For too long the pier stood as a symbol of decline. Now it will become a symbol of Weston’s comeback.' ...

The restoration of a historic Grade II* listed pier in Weston-super-Mare has been saved by new funding after the project was almost put in “jeopardy”. The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded ...

Birnbeck Pier has been left in disrepair since it closed to the public in 1994 A project to turn wood from a derilict pier into furniture which can then be resold to raise funds for its restoration ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Birnbeck Pier has been left in disrepair since it closed to the public in 1994 [Getty Images] A project to turn wood from a ...