Marvelous day out

Nice pier, limited activities on it, Victorian style tea rooms in the centre of the pier was very good though

Lovely pier reopened after a fire two years ago. Souvernier shops. Glass studio. Tea room. Bars. Night club. Fish and Chips.

Fun, many attractions for the whole family, food, souvenirs, etc.

The whole Esplanade is wonderful Christmas day Carol's. Boxing day Morris Dancers followed by a rock ñ roll group great atmosphere.

Looked cool but wasnt on it

Lovely pier

Wonderful tea shop. Excellent value

Great fun

Nicely renovated.

Beautiful place with large sitting area outside - you can just sit there (without need to buy anything) and watch amazing scenarios. Great place.

one of the best piers around

Lovely place, great restaurants and nice tearoom on the pier.

Nice place to have a drink and fish n chips

a bit tacky but cute at the same time.

Superb view to the sea with nice clif edge with light house

A must to do is get on the Eastbourne open top bus, real value for money, fantastic scenery plus great running commentary.

Beautiful.......

Lacking facilities. Apparently the new owner cannot get the entertainment level right!

Limited attractions and amusements poorly maintained. Many not working

Amazing pier too bad you can't go right to the end don't know why it's all blocked off?

Eastbourne Pier is one of few remaining piers to be designed by His Excellency Eugenius Birch. Despite seeing major change through the 20th century, most significantly following damage in WWII and a fire in 1970, it still manages to retain lots of its Victorian charm.
No matter what period each of the pier's buildings date from, they all seem to work, and this even includes the rebuilt theatre frontage after the 1970 fire, despite being of PVC construction. The 1991 entrance building successfully emulates the Victorian architecture, and the kiosk buildings halfway down are clustered together in a very pleasing way.
The area of pier previously accommodating the 'Blue Room', destroyed by fire in 2014, now acts as an open promenading space with lots of picnic tables. I remember the decking here being particularly solid, making the walk even more joyful - I very much appreciate a sturdy pier deck!

At the far end of the pier neck is the 'Victorian Tea Room', and my experience here was not as negative as some other people suggested. The cream tea was nice, the service was reasonable - I did not experience any problems here. In the tea room, I was surprised to see the pier's millionaire owner, gold-loving Sheikh Abid Gulzar, who went from table to table, distributing chocolates and making brief conversation. What a lovely gesture - I have never seen this done before.

The decking at the end of the neck changes from timber planks to concrete slabs. This was done in the late 1940s during repair work to the pier, which was breached during WWII for defence reasons. Naturally, marine-grade woods were in short supply at the time, so concrete had to be used instead.

The pier head contains the main pavilion, originally built in 1901 but significantly altered since then. Its original basic form, as well as its signature cupola/camera-obscura arrangement still remain. Unfortunately, the main building, as well as the surrounding deck to the rear, appeared to be closed to the public at the time. This also means that the famous camera obscura, one of few remaining in the UK, is also out of order. Perhaps this part of the pier was being repaired; I have heard that the owner hopes to rebuild the landing stage in the future.

I still remember the day that I found out that Mr Gulzar had been painting the domes bright gold. I was furious at the time, especially since the pier is Grade II* listed. However, after seeing it in real life, it does not look quite as 'offensive' as it may look in pictures. The pier greatly exceeded my expectations actually, and its good condition proves that Mr Gulzar is doing things right, and so he earns my (initially grudging) respect.

Lovely peir polite staff, great background music.

Clean, tidy and beautiful views.

I was at the pier on a lovely day in April. Although lots of places were shut I was struck by how clean and welcoming it was and I look forward to be back in the summer. Great place to throw your cares away and live in the moment! !