Brighton Palace Pier - Virtual Reward 3.0
The Logging Tasks
- The published coordinates should take you to the entrance to the amusement arcade. Below the Brighton Palace Pier lights (as pictured at the top of the cache page) are a row of five circular stained glass windows. What is pictured in the middle window (beneath the 'E' of PALACE)? Is it a boat, a castle or a windmill? Send this answer to me via message, email or the 'send answers' button on the app - do not post this answer in your log or include in any photos!
- Take a photo on the pier of something iconically Brighton - this could be of the view from either side of the pier, or something on the pier. The more creative, the better! The photo should contain something that identifies you, but this doesn't have to be your face - a photo of your GPS, a Travel Bug or your caching name on a piece of paper would also be accepted.
Please note that logs where these requirements are not met may be deleted. However, you do not need to wait for me to respond to your answer to task 1 before logging - I'm not the always the speediest at responding to messages, so please assume everything's fine unless you hear from me!
Happy caching - and hope you have a great day out in Brighton!
Palace Pier, Past and Present
Brighton Palace Pier opened in May 1899 and was the third pier built in Brighton. It came after the Royal Suspension Chain Pier, which was just to the east of Palace Pier's location and was destroyed during a storm in 1896; and the West Pier, the remains of which are visible further along the seafront to the west.
Initially known as Brighton Marine Palace and Pier, the pier cost £27,000 to build, which is the equivalent of over £3.1 million in today's money. This cost included 3,000 lights. Initially, there were reading rooms on the pier, but by 1911 these had been converted into a theatre which hosted a wide range of entertainment and summer shows, including the famous comedians Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel.
In August 1971, Palace Pier became Grade II* listed. The theatre closed in the mid-1970s and was replaced with an amusement arcade. A cluster of fairground rides and roller-coasters later joined at the end of the pier. Palace Pier was voted Pier of the Year by the National Piers Society in 1998.
Brighton Palace Pier still remains a popular tourist attraction and Brighton icon, with over four million visitors in 2016 and many appearances in TV, film, music and literature.
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.