{"id":1750,"date":"2025-08-26T13:31:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:41:24","slug":"victoria-pier-colwyn-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/victoria-pier-colwyn-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Pier, Colwyn Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1721\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-e-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-e-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-e.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1720\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-d-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-d-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-d-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-d.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1719\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-c-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-c-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-c-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-c.jpg 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Victoria Pier used to be considerably longer with buildings but deteriorated and eventually fell, reopening in 2021 using some of the original features. A\u00a0 BBC documentary was made about the last private owner\u2019s attempt to repair and rejuvenate the pier in 2000s. It is now owned by Conwy Council.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1718\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-b-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-b-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/Pier-b.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1717\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/pier-a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/pier-a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/pier-a-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/justclp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/08\/pier-a.jpg 789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Victoria Pier used to be considerably longer with buildings but deteriorated and eventually fell, reopening in 2021 using some of the original features. 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