The Victorian seaside pier in a Welsh town where the real-life Alice in Wonderland once holidayed has been voted Pier of the Year 2005 by Britain’s National Piers Society.
The pier at Llandudno, an elegant resort in North Wales, is the fifth longest in the country (2,295ft.), having opened in 1877 and hosted events from political rallies to summer shows over the last 100 years. Despite a mysterious fire in 1994, it remains remarkably unaltered from its Victorian heyday and offers visitors a pleasant stroll out to sea. Pleasure boats still dock at its landing stage.
Another of the town’s century-old attractions, an Edwardian tramway which climbs to the beauty spot of Great Orme, has reopened after a facelift costing £4.5 million. The family of Alice Liddell, the girl for whom Lewis Carroll wrote “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”, were frequent visitors to Llandudno and there is a White Rabbit statue in the town. Runners-up in this year’s Pier of the Year competition were Southend, Essex – the world’s longest – and Cromer in Norfolk.
Website: www.piers.co.uk
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