A SHORT WALK ON A LONG PIER

Tue Apr 07 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm UTC+01:00

St Martin’s Church Hall, Canterbury Rd, Herne CT6 7JP | Canterbury

Herne & Broomfield Local History Group
Publisher/HostHerne & Broomfield Local History Group
A SHORT WALK ON A LONG PIER
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Margaret Burns looks at the history of, and life around, Herne Bay’s three piers. Built for passenger steamers the earliest wooden pier gradually rotted away; the second was too short; whilst the 20th century one suffered serious damage in the 1978 storm.
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St Martin’s Church Hall, Canterbury Rd, Herne CT6 7JP, St Martin's Church, North Holmes Road, Canterbury, CT1 1, United Kingdom

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