Giant Conservatory

Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier is to install a giant glass conservatory on the South Deck of the Pavilion building.

The conservatory, which will be more than 50 metres long and 10 metres wide, will cost over a quarter of a million pounds. The roof will open and retract electronically and the doors will all slide open and stack, so the whole area can be opened up on sunny days.

Work will begin this week and the conservatory will be ready for the October half-term holiday, one year on from when the Grand Pier re-opened after the fire.

Grand Pier owner Kerry Michael said: “The conservatory will enable us to extend the season and allow our visitors to enjoy the great outdoors day to day during the winter months.

“It will also be used for special events like concerts and weddings and will be a great place to watch the Grand Pier firework display on 5th November”.

The conservatory will be specially constructed with tall, wide automatic doors at each end which will allow the land train to drive through it and turn around.