Pier · Southampton · Hampshire

Royal Pier

Royal Pier is a pier in Southampton. It is protected as a Grade II listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 57 more places, Southampton Castle (600 m) first on our list.

Photo: Royal Pier, Sun2Shine (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Southampton

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 44%

#3,733 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Pier in Southampton

Inside Southampton

Royal Pier is inside Southampton’s built-up area, with 17 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Southampton has 320 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Month by month in Southampton

In Southampton, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 18–23°C.

Jan9° / 3°95 mm

Feb9° / 3°67 mm

Mar12° / 4°57 mm

Apr15° / 6°57 mm

May18° / 9°49 mm

Jun21° / 11°55 mm

Jul23° / 13°51 mm

Aug23° / 13°63 mm

Sep20° / 11°66 mm

Oct16° / 9°95 mm

Nov12° / 5°102 mm

Dec9° / 3°95 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Southampton, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Southampton. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Southampton’s full climate →

About

Royal Pier

Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Southampton’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Pier
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Southampton

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting your bearings

Orange is Royal Pier; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Of these 4 towns, the largest is Southampton (249,633 people). The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · It’s in town

Southampton

249,633 people · 31 places to visit

2 · 900 m west of it

Marchwood

5,776 people · 22 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km south of it

Hythe and Dibden Purlieu

19,857 people · 23 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km southeast of it

Netley

6,309 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Royal Pier is	People	Places to visit
Southampton	It’s in town	249,633	31
Marchwood	900 m west of it	5,776	22
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu	2.2 km south of it	19,857	23
Netley	3.7 km southeast of it	6,309	20

Make a day of it

Beyond Royal Pier

Within 15 km are 57 places, among them 4 museums, 2 castles and an art gallery.

CastleSouthampton Castle600 m away 2

Museum · English HeritageMedieval Merchants House300 m away 3

MuseumTudor House Museum400 m away 4

MuseumSeaCity Museum1.3 km away 5

Art gallerySouthampton City Art Gallery1.4 km away 6

CastleNetley Castle3.9 km away 7

MuseumSolent Sky1 km away 8

Big drawTheme parkPaultons Park12 km away · 1.1M visitors a year (2019)

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Know before you visit Royal Pier

Where is Royal Pier?

Royal Pier is in Southampton, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Royal Pier?

Pier in Southampton, England.

When is the best time to visit Royal Pier?

May to September are the warmest months in Southampton, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Royal Pier a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Royal Pier?

Within 15 km: Southampton Castle (600 m), Medieval Merchants House (300 m), Tudor House Museum (400 m) and SeaCity Museum (1.3 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Royal Pier: Sun2Shine, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southampton Castle: John Speed, 17th century artist, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Medieval Merchants House: Tim Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tudor House Museum: Peter Trimming from Croydon, England, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
SeaCity Museum: hahnchen at Wikimedia Commons (must include link if medium allows), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Southampton City Art Gallery: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Netley Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Solent Sky: Nimbus227, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Paultons Park: Paultons Park Home of Peppa Pig World, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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