Bangor Pier is a Grade II* listed building in the local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 October 1974. Pier.
Bangor Pier
- WRENN ID
- salt-soffit-acorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Constituency
- Bangor Aberconwy MP: Claire Hughes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1974
- Type
- Pier
- Address
- Bangor Pier, Gwynedd
- OS grid reference
- SH 584 732
- Coordinates
- 53.2374, -4.12293
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
Bangor Pier is a Grade II* listed structure and measures 1550 feet long, making it the longest surviving pier in Wales. The pier features largely original steel girders and cast iron columns that support an extensively rebuilt 24-foot wide timber planked deck, along with kiosks and pavilions. Access to the pier is through ornate wrought iron gates adorned with fleurons and barley twist uprights, set between square openwork gate piers topped with lanterns. These gates are flanked by octagonal kiosks that have onion domed roofs and Indian style trefoil headed openings, with similar smaller gates located beyond them. The deck is lined with cast iron lamp standards and full-length seating on either side. The pier has various projections, featuring polygonal timber kiosks with mostly tent-like roofs. At the northwest end, there is a 14-sided timber pavilion with a two-stage pyramidal roof. An iron staircase at the end, consisting of six levels of platforms, led to the former floating pontoon.
Local climate
Bangor Pier sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,210 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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