Hastings Pier

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**Hastings Pier**
View of Hastings Pier from White Rock Gardens
Official name	Hastings Pier
Type	Pleasure Pier with landing stages
Design	Eugenius Birch
Owner	Ravenclaw Investments[1]
Total length	910ft (275m)
Width	45ft (13.6m) to 190ft (57.5m)
Opening date	August 5, 1872

Hastings Pier is a pleasure pier in Hastings, East Sussex in the United Kingdom.

The pier opened on August 5, 1872, by the then Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Earl of Granville. Eugenius Birch, designer of the West Pier, Brighton, also designed this pier. In 1996 the pier was put up for sale, but the future of the pier was put in doubt as there were no interested buyers due to the amount of money needed to improve the piers supports. However the pier was bought and reopened under new ownership in 2002. Despite the investment put into safety features it was recently discovered that supports had collapsed, and it is now unlikely the pier will be open for the summer.