Southend Pier
This is Southend Pier in Southend-on-Sea, England. At a staggering 2,158 metres, it is officially the world’s longest pleasure pier. Work began in 1887, and at the peak of its popularity in 1949, Southend Pier had 7 million visitors. Southend Pier really is absolutely humongous, and there’s all sorts of stuff to see. There’s a funfair with loads of rides on the shore, there’s some people wandering around, there’s a train on the pier (yes, it has it’s own railway to get you to the end), and you can also see where the track splits to allow the…