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This was the first iron pier to be built on the North East Coast and is the most northerly surviving British Pier. It is the only remaining pleasure pier on the North East coast. Commissioned by the Saltburn Pier Company in 1867, it was designed by Mr John Anderson and completed two years later, opening in May 1869. Lots of information and images here: www.saltburnbysea.com/html/pier.html

The cliff lift at Saltburn-by-the-Sea is one of the oldest in the world having opened on 28th June 1884 having replaced a vertical lift that was closed in 1883 on safety grounds. This standard gauge funicular railway operates on the water balance system and raises passengers up the 120ft cliff on a gradient of 1:1.33. The bottom station for the lift is situated behind the red and cream painted buildings which are associated with the 1869 pier on which I was stood.