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Apêl Pier Garth Bangor Appeal 2025: Your Pier Needs You!
The Friends of Bangor Garth Pier need your help to raise £40,000 to complete the essential work on the substructure of the pier to make it safe and protect it for generations to come. Bangor Pier is one of only 3 Grade II* listed piers in the whole of the UK and is of architectural and historical significance as a Victorian gem. It has been beloved by locals and visitors alike for a walk to enjoy the Menai Strait since 1896. Since 2017 Bangor City Council, who own the pier, has spent £2.2 million on the urgent repairs. The unseen substructure beneath the planks is the challenge, it has deteriorated since the 1980s when the last significant renovations took place. Without the work we risk further deterioration on the two sections yet to be completed. Due to rising costs and inflation, the FBGP, in partnership with Bangor City Council are asking for your support to finish the final 2 phases of the work which will future proof the pier. The £40,000 from our appeal will be matched with...
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Appeal 2025 Update – We have raised 25% of our £40,000 target!
We have reached the end of the first week and got A QUARTER of the way due to lots of incredible donations including some awesome anonymous ones! DIOLCH, THANK YOU!! But we cannot stop there!! If you have not had a chance yet, YOU CAN STILL DONATE. If you love your pier like we do, please dig as deep as you can, so we can still enjoy it for years to come. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE come on the journey with us… FBGP Patron Aled Jones said, "As a Patron of the Friends of Bangor Garth Pier I fully support their appeal to raise £40,000 ensuring a sustainable future for this iconic heritage structure in the City of Bangor. The pier is very close to my heart as I was born in Bangor and grew up locally, singing in Bangor Cathedral. "The 2025 appeal means this unique and special place will be enjoyed for generations to come. Even if you can only give a little, it will make a big difference to this wonderful cause." DONATE NOW

