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Do you remember the hard hat tours of the West Pier that ran between 1997 and 2001? They were enormously popular and enabled thousands of people to take, what turned out to be, a last look at the interiors of the pier. Andrew Hebden has kindly shared the photos his of tour here.

The exhibition opened today at the Brighton Jubilee Library and will run until 18th January.  Maria’s paintings  reflect her experience of the changes to Brighton West Pier and i360 redevelopments. There will also be documentation of her process, including photographs, sketchbooks and images from the public workshops held for three weeks last summer on the West Pier beach.

Here’s a fascinating reflection on the timeless appeal of observation towers.

Click here to read the latest newsletter on i360 progress

Just one week to go before Maria Kuipers West Pier Art exhibition opens at the Jubilee Library, Brighton. Maria has received funding from the Arts Council to create a body of work that reflects the changing landscape that is the West Pier and i360 site and recently held workshops that many of you attended. A ... Read more

Happy New Year everyone and thanks to all those who have taken the trouble to respond to our consultation. We’ve had lots of fascinating responses. Here’s the link again – please let us know how you’d like a new pier to look and what you’d like see on it.  

Congratulations to Glynn, the Trust’s wonderful Chairman, whose services to the community have been recognised with the awarding of an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s honours!

The Trust has widened its consultation on what form a new pier could take if, as expected, interest in building a new one will be generated by the i360. Click here for the background and questionnaire.

Many people benefited from the fragment sales we held a few years ago when we sold damaged original pieces of the pier. We are regularly  asked if we’ll be repeating the sales. In due course, possibly next year,  there may be more material available for sale. We’ll make sure it’s widely advertised here and through the ... Read more

Andy Durr, West Pier Trust Board member, died on Sunday after a long illness. Andy was a Board member for many years. He worked tirelessly to support the Trust and also developed our strong links with the Brighton Fishing Museum which he was instrumental in creating. He was a Councillor for many years and it was largely due ... Read more

The Heritage Lottery Fund turned down our bid for funding the West Pier heritage centre. Competition was intense and another project thought to be more in need of HLF support was chosen. We’re disappointed, of course. Looking to the future, we will now examine other ways of realising our plans for developing the heritage centre ... Read more

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