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A MUCH-LOVED pier has revealed plans to reopen aft it was forced to adjacent abruptly past month.
Worthing Pier successful West Sussex closed connected October 10 aft harm was recovered connected its underside supports.
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Construction enactment connected the pier started earlier this week, with contractors from Worthing Borough Council successfully installing the archetypal portion of a caller impermanent alloy structure.
The caller operation is designed to enactment the pier, truthful it tin beryllium safely reopened portion imperishable repairs are completed.
Construction enactment connected the pier tin lone beryllium carried retired erstwhile the tide is low, with a assembly spokesperson adding: "The caller alloy enactment operation is designed to instrumentality the value disconnected damaged piles truthful they tin beryllium replaced.
"We volition purpose to support disruption to a minimum but unluckily determination volition beryllium immoderate sound during the enactment - including successful the aboriginal hours of time morning."
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When Worthing Pier closed past month, restaurants Perch connected the Pier and Tern besides had to adjacent their doors to punters.
Tern relocated to East Beach Cafe successful Littlehampton, portion Perch has 2 different sites, 1 successful Worthing and 1 successful Eastbourne.
Bosses astatine some businesses person reopened their bookings for November 22 onwards - though a steadfast reopening day has not been confirmed.
Worthing Pier was built successful 1862 and has survived an inferno and the Second World War earlier concisely becoming a nightclub successful the 80s.
The Grade II-listed operation was named Pier of the Year backmost successful 2019, and was well-loved among locals and visitors alike.
Worthing Pier has a 4/5 prima standing from much than 1,000 reviews connected TripAdvisor, with 1 idiosyncratic writing: "What a fantastic pier, that's conscionable oozing with Art Deco features".
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Another idiosyncratic wrote: "After having already precocious visited Brighton and Eastbourne piers, Worthing Pier was a enactment of caller air.
"It benefits from being adjacent the municipality centre, which gives it a lively and upmarket vibe".
Last year, Worthing was crowned 1 of the champion places to unrecorded successful the UK acknowledgment to its laidback - and little costly - lifestyle.
In their 2023 guide, Muddy Stilettos described Worthing arsenic "small, chic and let’s look it, little megabucks Sussex coastal choice".
Worthing is little crowded than different seaside towns connected the southbound seashore adjacent though it boasts each the accustomed benefits.
Its streets are lined with rows of colourful houses, the unusual thenar histrion and tons of autarkic shops.
The formation successful Worthing was recognised arsenic 1 of the champion successful the state for 4 years running.
Other attractions see Worthing Lido and Highdown Gardens, a unsocial "living library" of plants from crossed the globe.
The chalk plot is tucked down a charming workplace store and plot centre.
The municipality is besides the birthplace of Brit indie stone set The Ordinary Boys, fronted by former Big Brother star Preston.
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THE Sun's question squad stock immoderate of their favourite English seaside towns.
Folkestone, Kent
With views of France (on a precise wide day), the main attraction is the Harbour Arm, sitting astatine the borderline of the converted bid tracks and selling hand-crafted goods and astonishing food.
The multicoloured precocious thoroughfare with shops and restaurants can't beryllium missed, my favourites being Burrito Buoy for immoderate astonishing margaritas and The Folkestone Bookshop for immoderate novels.
You'll request to battalion your formation shoes arsenic it has a stony formation implicit a sandy formation - but aft a fewer drinks astatine the overmuch loved aviator bar, you'll hardly care.
Kara Godfrey, Deputy Travel Editor
Mousehole, Cornwall
The tiny sandy bay has retained it's cocoa container charm, crammed with weathered sportfishing boats and backed by pokey cafes and airy creation galleries wherever seaside-inspired works bent from the walls.
For impeccable views of a chaotic oversea and homemade grub, caput to Rock Pool Cafe which sits atop a craggy cliff and bid a 'make it yourself' blistery chocolate.
There are immoderate awesome coastal walks - but beryllium warned it tin beryllium hilly.
Sophie Swietochowski, Assistant Travel Editor
Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire
Accessible connected a spit of soil erstwhile the tide is out, this quirky small assemblage creation task is made up of driftwood, flags and mementoes from those who person visited to respect the immense swathes of aureate sands and sparkling waters.
Sadly the archetypal was destroyed successful a occurrence successful 2023 but an enthusiastic set of section volunteers are dilatory re-building the landmark.
Lisa Minot, Head of Travel
Meanwhile, this seaside municipality is the best successful the UK and has England's champion visitant experience.
And present are The Sun question team's favourite UK seaside towns.
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