Comments on: Fire destroys Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:46:10 +0000

Check out Eagle Point Dr & Butterfly Dr, Sherwood, AR on Google Map Street View and look around. Talk about good timing! Or bad timing if it is your house.

By: russ

russ — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:44:16 +0000

i love that BBC have finally stopped using realplayer!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:48:55 +0000

Thanks for letting us know the Southend Pier images are updated, Michael. The thumbnails on this site serve as useful historical records. I often think it’s a pity older images are inaccessible once Google updates them. Why can’t they make the historical ones available? It would add a new dimension (literally!) to Google Maps, which would help them rival Live Maps (particularly as Google are lacking the Bird’s Eye view…)

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:20:02 +0000

Here's the Bird's eye for Birnbeck ~~Pier~~ Bridge, and the Grand Pier.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:18:52 +0000

@Alex: Surely this means it is not a pier, but the little known ‘bridge’?

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:00:45 +0000

@Cookie - that's the derelict Birnbeck Pier. The only pier in the country which links the mainland to an island just off shore!

By: cookie monster

cookie monster — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:29:29 +0000

This is very sad and i hope the insurance company stump up the money and it gets rebuilt.
Anyway – i dont know Weston Super Mare so can anyone give a brief story about the small island to the north which has some derelict buildings, a life boat station and an abandoned jetty. Its too hot here today to Google
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:21:03 +0000

One should really have a look at the south end pier as well.Because the pictures are updated now.