Tourists -smoke when they charge ‘rip -off’ prize to walk past pier in iconic seaside resort

Visitors are left over a cost of £ 2 to visit a popular pier in a busy resort aan Zee.

Open in 1899, Brighton Palace Pier is an iconic monument from Brighton and has an honest journeys, arcade games and restaurants.

It was free to come in until last year, when Tourists started to charge £ 1 Between March and September.

But now the price has doubled.

And although the £ 2 entry costs include a voucher of £ 1 to spend on the pier, some visitors are far from happy with the new prize, even insisting that they do not ‘go back’.

A reviewer on Tripadvisor described the ‘admission tax of the pier as a joke’.

‘Rajb_uk’ wrote: ‘What a rise … Many people who turn around and leave.

“No wonder that the number of visitors on a holiday Monday was low … won’t go back.”

Brighton Palace Pier now charges the £ 2 entrance fee for every visitor between the months of March and September

The Pier was opened in 1899 and is an iconic monument from Brighton and has fairground rides, Arcade games and restaurants

Another visitor ‘Haly Condays’ wrote:’ It’s some time since we had been to the palace worker. We [were] Absolutely bewildered to find out that they charged £ 2 per person to continue. ‘

Visitor ‘JJ L’, who left a One -Star review, said: ‘What a scam! What a disappointment is paid! ‘

‘Gregory P’ said: ‘Absolutely disgusting that they now charge a fee to walk off the pier!

‘You should be ashamed of yourself. I refuse to come back to the pier until it is free again! ‘

However, local residents still have free access to the pier all year round, as long as they request a special card.

Brighton Palace Pier told the mirror That people with a BN post code only have to collect a card from a resident from the team at the Pier -Intang or on the website for free access.

And not everyone was upset by the £ 2 registration fee.

‘Katelondon_9’ said: ‘Pay first time to enter the pier, but you get money from the journeys. There is plenty to do – Arcade games, journeys, eating and drinking. ‘

The new £ 2 entrance fee has some visitors less than happy with one who say they will not ‘go back’

Local residents still have free access to the pier throughout the year, as long as they request a special card

‘Michael B’ wrote: ‘This is a piece of history that must and has been preserved for many years of pleasure.

‘Great to spend some time in the old Penny Arcade that plays the vintage games. Great view of the ocean. ‘

The Pier team told The Mirror: ‘De Pier is a substantial structure and in recent years maintenance cards have risen by more than a third.

“The admission costs are crucial to help connect the unique challenges and costs to maintain the structural integrity of the pier and continue to remain as an attraction of the entire year.”

Brighton Palace Pier is currently the fourth best attraction of the city on TripAdvisor with four out of five stars.

Brighton Palace Pier is contacted for comment.