St Annes Pier and Manu sand art KAP (kite aerial photography) 11th September 2023

 How Do All,

This September whilst attending the St Annes International Kite Festival, I again took the opportunity to do some Kite Aerial Photography (KAP). 

I had wanted to take some aerial photos during the kite festival but was too busy flying other kites, so after the festival was over, and on an empty beach I had the opportunity to take some photos of the derelict end of the St Annes pier which was the landing jetty, and some sand art work made by Manu during the kite festival.

The wind was very light and and the sky overcast, it was a task to keep my 3 meter delta kite in the air with the camera. so I only got a few pictures. Here are the better ones.

Sand art by Manu, with the derelict end of the pier, behind, and in the back ground the rest of the still used pier and St Annes town.

A self portrait in front of the derelict pier.

Sand art mandala by Manu, with me in the middle as a size reference.

The landing jetty is all that is left from the end of the old pier.

Some information on St Annes Pier.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

St Anne's Pier

View of St Anne's Pier
Type	Victorian Pleasure Pier
Locale	St Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire
Characteristics
Total length	600 feet (180 m)
Width	34 feet (10 m)
History
Designer	Alfred Dowson (1880–1885) Garlick and Sykes (1901–1904)
Opening date	15 June 1885
Coordinates	53.7496°N 3.0351°W
St Anne's Pier Location in Lytham St Annes Show map of Lytham St AnnesShow map of the FyldeShow all

St Anne's Pier is a Victorian era pleasure pier in the English seaside resort of St Anne's-on-the-Sea, Lancashire. It lies on the estuary of the River Ribble. The pier, designed by Alfred Dowson,^[1] was completed in 1885 and was one of the earliest public buildings in St Anne's, a 19th-century planned town. The pier was originally intended to be a sedate promenading venue for the resort's visitors, but attractions were later added. Changes made to the estuary channels to improve access to Preston Dock left the pier on dry land and ended its steamer services to Blackpool and Liverpool.

A Tudor-style entrance was built in 1899. Early 20th-century additions included a Moorish-style pavilion in 1904 and the Floral Hall in 1910. The Moorish Pavilion was destroyed by fire in 1974, shortly after the town's centenary; the Floral Hall burned down in 1982. Originally 914 feet (279 m) long, the pier was reduced to 600 feet (180 m) by the demolition of the seaward end. English Heritage has designated the pier a Grade II listed building.