A classic British pier!
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Date of visit: July 2026
I am a disabled person. I have experience of challenges around: accessing toilets and moving around.
I use or have experience of: disabled toilet, wheelchair
Overall Rating
Good
Brighton Pier is exactly what you would expect most UK seaside piers to be! It is a long pier with wooden slat flooring. It has a large arcade in the centre, at the very end is a small amusement park with rides, there’s a restaurant and in between all of them are lots of smaller shops and food vendors. It cost £1 to enter the pier and then everything else on there were additional costs. I found the pier mostly okay to navigate in my wheelchair. Sometimes the wooden flooring felt wobblier in some places compared to others which made me a bit nervous. The slats were laid horizontally so when I was rolling up and down the pier I had no issues with my wheels. However, at one point when I was admiring the view, I turned to the side and one of my back wheels momentarily fell into the gap between two slats. It was very easy to remove myself and I wasn’t in any danger of falling but it was still a bit disconcerting. There was lots of seating available up and down the pier and it was a really lovely spot to admire the coast and enjoy the sea breeze.
Disabled Access In and Around
Good
At the entrance to the pier there are lots of food vendors around the entrance and there were some large crowds of people in that area. There are two kiosks where you pay to enter the pier, it’s a £1 fee to enter. The flooring of the pier is wooden planks laid horizontally. I didn’t have any issues with my wheels getting stuck anywhere when I was travelling straight up and down the pier. The only time I had a problem was at one point when I turned to the side and one of my rear wheels fell into a gap between two planks. It was an easy fix, but still slightly disconcerting. Some of the areas seem to have been relaid more recently than others so some of the older sections were bumpier. There were metal railings on either side of the pier that came up past my shoulders (sat in my wheelchair). There were lots of seating options available along the pier, lots of benches and picnic tables and even some deck chairs!
Accessible facilities: Single-level venue, Step-free entrance, Seating at regular intervals, Step-free access to most areas
Parking & Transport
Poor
I travelled to this place by walk or wheel
There isn’t any dedicated parking. There are some public car parks in the area nearby. The pier is roughly 1 mile away from Brighton Railway Station. Some of the roads between the two are quite steep. There are a few bus stops near the entrance of the pier. There is one on either side of Marine Parade. From here you can get the 12, 12X, 13, 13X, 14, 27, 27B, 37, 37B, 47, 52, 271, 272, N12, and N14. There are also two, on the same side of the road as the pier, on Grand Junction Road. From here you can get the 77.
