The Clevedon Pier and Heritage Trust

Sponsor a Plank

One of the biggest fund raisers for Clevedon Pier has been its now famous Plank Sponsorship. Since the Pier was re-built in 1989, well over 9,500 brass plaques have been donated to raise funds.

The plaques come in various sizes and can be engraved with any specific words that you require. They may just be an individual's name, a group, club, society or company or a plaque in memory of a loved one or the celebration of a new birth or anniversary, are just a few examples.

Win the 10,000th Plaque and a unique celebration!

Buy a raffle ticket for the 10,000th plaque - Over 9,500 plaques have already been donated.
Win a champagne reception in the Pagoda for 12 people and a unique celebration plaque.

1st prize	Champagne reception and unique plaque
2nd prize	Plaque on Pier Head deck
3rd prize	Plaque on Promenade deck

Raffle Tickets from the pier toll house

Picture: Brass Plaque

example of a typical plaque

Prices

1. £20 Minimum Donation
Will provide a brass plate (100mm x 12mm) engraved with your name (approximately 12 letters) and placed on the pier decking.

2. £50 Minimum Donation
Will provide a brass plate (100mm x 30mm) engraved with your name or message (approximately 30 letters) and placed on the decking of the pier head.

3. £85 Minimum Donation
Will provide a brass plate (125mm x 50mm) engraved with your name or message (approximately 10 words) to be set into one of the restored benches down the promenade.

4. £175 Minimum Donation
Will provide a brass plate (220mm x 50mm) engraved with your name or message (approximately 15 words) to be set into one of the restored benches down the promenade.
All donations now include V.A.T.

Application Form

Alternatively contact Linda Strong, Pier Manager at the Toll House on 01275 878846, or via e-mail at: enquiries@clevedonpier.com.

How to find your plaque

Over 9,500 plaques have been issued since the start of the scheme. We keep records of all the plaques laid, including their location on the pier. Try searching our new plaques database.

Plaque on left bench nearest the toll house...

Beautiful iron pier of the silvery sea
All your numerous arches and pillars are so grand to me
And pagoda and legs which seem to the eye
To be almost reaching up to the sky.
The greatest wonder it must be
And a great beautification to the Severn Sea
Most beautiful may I boast
Near by Clevedon and the Somerset coast.

By Mike Lord, after the poem "An Address to the New Tay Bridge" by William Topaz McGonagall.
McGonagall's earlier and perhaps best known poem "The Tay Bridge Disaster" described the collapse of the central spans of the first Tay railway bridge during a stormy night on December 28 1879 as a train was crossing. All 75 passengers were lost. The present New Tay Bridge was completed in 1887. At low tide the remains of the stone pillars of the old bridge can be seen alongside.