Eastbourne Pier

Eastbourne Pier is a gastronomic and entertainment complex located in the pavilion on the pier, the original construction of which was built in 1870. In the nineteenth century, a theater with 1,000 seats was organized in the pavilion. Currently, there is a tea room, bar, conference rooms, night club, jazz cafe and shopping arcade. Eastbourne Pier starred in several films (including "Angus, thongs and cuddly toys"), and also appears in Agatha Christie's stories about Inspector Poirot.

Currently, the pier is 300 meters long. The original plan envisaged the construction of a 1000-meter facility, but it was never implemented. For many decades, the pier served steamers, which in the years 1906-1939 carried out cruises. During World War II, a machine gun and anti-aircraft gun position was installed in the pavilion on the pier.

The current form of the pier, and especially the pavilion, is the effect of raising from the damage caused by two fires. The first took place in 1970 - after rebuilding the pavilion, the theater pier, operating from the very beginning, was abandoned in favor of a night club. A second fire destroyed the pavilion in 2014. A year later, Eastbourne Pier purchased a local hotelier and entrepreneur, Sheikh Abid Gulzar, for an undisclosed sum.