Dog rescued from under pier during rising tide

A dog has been rescued by a lifeboat crew after becoming stranded under a pier and cut off by a rising tide. The border ...

Cold and wet Collie pulled to safety after Ryde Pier ordeal

A DRAMATIC rescue unfolded at Ryde Pier when a lost Collie was pulled to safety by lifeboat crews. Drone SAR For Lost Dogs ...

UK's oldest pier with 'bizarre' feature that tourists say is 'a must-see'

A Victorian pier, stretching 2,305ft, is the oldest still standing in the UK, and its railway line is still used today with ...
Gazette Series

Pioneering pier is 200 years old

The 200th anniversary of the opening of Britain's first seaside pier is being marked this month. Ryde pier on the Isle of Wight opened on July 26 1814, and today still stands as a reminder of the feat ...
Yahoo

Then and now: Incredible photos of the world's historic piers and boardwalks

The crown for the oldest pier in Britain goes to modest Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Actually a trio of piers in one, the structure dates right back to 1814, though it has been tinkered with a fair ...
The Guardian

Country diary: Postcard from a pier, where brent geese are the main attraction

Ryde, Isle of Wight: Lots of commotion here among the hovercraft and herring gulls, but it’s the wonderful, tubby geese that make my winter There’s a hovercraft on the sand, skirts deflated, dumped ...