Bournemouth's Pier Approach has had many different looks over the years, featuring swimming pools and an Imax cinema.
Always a popular destination for locals and visitors, the pier and its approach is one of the top tourism spots.
With the regeneration in the past ten years, the entrance with a “landmark kiosk” offering tourism information and seafront services, and there is low-energy feature lighting to encourage more people to visit in the evenings.
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Meanwhile, a series of water features and landscaping sees the Lower Gardens reconnected with the beach for the first time in over 100 years.
From hotels and swimming baths to the loathed Imax building, we look back at how the Pier Approach has changed.
The Belle Vue hotel on Pier Approach in 1860. Part of the Peters Collection.
Picture of the Day: How the Pier Approach looked in 1860
Bournemouth Pier Approach in 1887
Bournemouth Pier Approach from the East Cliff. Submitted by Roy Howlett of Littledown.
The Pier Approach in 1938
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Swimming baths in 1950
Aerial of Pier Approach in 1956 by Kitchenhams Ltd
Pier Approach 1969
The new traffic scheme, including a new bridge, being constructed in April 1970
The flyover being built on 12 May 1972
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Swimming baths at Bournemouth Pier Approach in 1982
Construction of the Imax underway in 1998
The Imax building in 2002
Demolition of the Imax in 2013
Work taking place in 2015
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