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Brighton after the winter storms

With the weather sunny and dry for one, I decided to take a trip to Brighton to catch some of the after storm damage. I walked from Brighton Railway station to Hove and back.

Firstly the decaying West Pier

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West Pier Brighton after winter storms by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

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Split apart by Winter storms West Pier Brighton by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

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Shadows of the West pier Brighton by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

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Brighton West Pier and the waves 24-02-14 by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

The beach invading

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Storm damage at Hove stairs now buried by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

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Returning the Beach to the Beach by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

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There you go Pebbles back where you belong by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

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Hove looking toward Brighton showing some of area where pebbles where left after storms by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

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It’s bin better by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

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Brighton and Hove Despite the pebble invasion benches still usable by Martin D Stitchener, on Flickr

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By: charliehunt - 3rd March 2014 at 06:00

Now that’s a positive thought!;)

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By: duxfordhawk - 2nd March 2014 at 21:59

I feel sure i360 will work and bring something special to Brighton and maybe one day a new West pier can be built from the money it raises, just maybe.

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By: charliehunt - 2nd March 2014 at 15:07

Me too – it seems to well planned and costed and would certainly draw the visitors. Whilst the West Pier dies at its feet.

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By: trumper - 2nd March 2014 at 12:02

I hope the IP360 works

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By: duxfordhawk - 2nd March 2014 at 11:12

I agree Charlie it’s sad to see the West pier decline the way it has. The West pier trust have been given a grant to put an observation tower on the land end of the pier and admit there is not enough money to restore the pier or to remove its remains. They say they haven’t given up hope though, the rest of us have.

This is the I360

http://www.westpier.co.uk/the-future/i360/

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By: charliehunt - 28th February 2014 at 13:14

Evocative pictures. A few million tons of shingle must have been shifted this winter around the exposed coastlines. What a sad and sorry sight the West Pier is for one who remembers frequent visits to it in the 50s and 60s. Presumably it is being left to its fate to avoid the costs of controlled destruction and removal.

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By: trumper - 28th February 2014 at 13:03

You found better weather there than round here.Makes you realise we are still at the mercy of the weather.

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By: AlanR - 28th February 2014 at 11:41

Nice pictures.

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