Abandoned UK island with a mysterious past set to finally reopen after 30 years

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EDITORIAL USE ONLY Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare is announced as the recipient of a ?10m National Lottery Heritage Fund, 160 years to the day since the pier's foundation stone was laid. Picture date: Monday October 28, 2024. PA Photo. North Somerset Council is leading the project in partnership with the RNLI. Photo credit should read: Adam Gasson/PA Media Assignments
Birnbeck is one of only six Grade II listed piers in England (Picture: Adam Gasson/PA Media Assignments)

A seaside pier left abandoned for more than 30 years has moved one step closer to reopening.

Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare, which first opened in 1867, was...

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