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17th Jun 2023  18:46  by Earby Rambler

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Visited whilst on day out with Painterman61 Bolt easily found.

Site
Bolt
Nearby Witness Rivet

17th Jun 2023  18:46  by painterman61

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Easily found after studying the photos of previous logs ,1 inch bolt cemented in with a witness rivet close by near the drainage channel. Shocked how high the pier was when the tide was out It must have been over 50 ft down to the shallow water with no safety railings.

Location of the bolt. ©painterman61
Newquay 3 at West Quay ©painterman61
Nice Bolt. ©painterman61
Witness Rivet ©painterman61
Rivet detail. ©painterman61

11th Feb 2023  14:00  by Mickandkim

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Smaller than expected but still found it near rain trough

28th Sep 2022  12:30  by Snoot

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1st Aug 2021  16:29  by lauralj84

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23rd Oct 2018  16:15  by Thomas David Whitaker

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To add some interest, this site was the last place on the British mainland to be invaded. (by American revolutionaires 1778). They should have been allowed to keep Whitehaven.

15th Feb 2018  13:29  by Dusty

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Bolt

14th Oct 2017  12:10  by catman

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11th May 2017  00:00  by Dave_S

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Managed to find this one on the second visit after checking on previous finders photos. Don't think I've ever visited a harbour wall before that has so many random bits of iron work set in it!

The bolt. 2" OS bolt.©Dave_S
Rivet The rivet at the side of the drainage chanel.©Dave_S
Rivet showing bolt location. The crack at the side of the rivet points pretty much straight at the bolt.©Dave_S

15th Feb 2017  20:00  by Moacky

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Simple find with GPS and torch. Night time visit so lots of twinkling lights across the harbour. Whitehaven looks attractive when you can't see it!

3rd Jul 2015  14:09  by tigger4242

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Easy to find near to broken pillar on keyside

©tigger4242

15th Feb 2015  16:00  by rupertal

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14th Jun 2014  14:00  by GIRTy

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2nd attempt with Garmin GPS - closer than Satmap!

Cheap is better? (GPS). ©GIRTy

17th May 2014  12:30  by lonesome_cowboy_burt

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Found it as described - I used the rivet by the drain as a marker. Some construction work on the pier may restrict access.

West Pier - The Bolt ©lonesome_cowboy_burt
West Pier - The Rivet ©lonesome_cowboy_burt

11th Apr 2014  18:30  by GIRTy

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It took a while to find as my GPS was saying the bolt was 23ft away!

A needle in a haystack. A better photo to show the exact location.

24th Feb 2014  03:30  by Triggers

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retrospective log. Staying at St bees caravan park

4th Aug 2013  12:36  by CJO

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2 inch bolt. found correct metal work this time. (clearly got distracted on previous visit) witness rivet 3 m SW of bolt by drainage gully

West Pier 2inch bolt
West Pier witness rivet to SW

21st Apr 2013  00:00  by Border Peat

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14th Apr 2013  11:08  by peregrinus

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Yes, agree with jonglew and asbown, standard hemispherical OS bolt, vgc, also a smaller bolt 4m nearer to top of steps, at edge of drainage channel, slightly damaged and presumably not OS

20th Mar 2013  13:50  by jonglew

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Have to concur with asbown below, all the other photos for this bolt are not the bolt but of the residue of one of the railing uprights - sorry guys, you've been looking at the wrong thing. The actual bolt is the standard 2" diameter and of the usual bronze-like metal and is approx 2.5m in from the edge of the quay. I paced out each side the 'pseudo bolt' and can confirm there are bolt-like items along the quay-side at regular intervals confirming they are the remains of the old railings. The actual bolt has some oxidation, but imho should be re-classified as 'good'.

The Bolt TP9843©jonglew

12th Mar 2013  10:55  by asbown

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a bit of doubt about this one,I'm fairly sure my photo is of the bolt but other photo's show another closeby bolt which I'm not sure is o /s related,good views from both

©asbown

1st Dec 2012  15:00  by dugswell2

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Corroded bolt near West Pier lighthouse seen on a cool, clear and frosty afternoon.

15th Nov 2012  18:35  by PeteBoggs

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Not much to say - it's a bolt near a lighthouse

28th Aug 2012  16:10  by jlc

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22nd Jul 2012  18:27  by CJO

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bolt is slightly corroded in an eroded sandstone block. Located 50cm from edge of pier. the pier edge has been replaced with newer sandstone blocks. UPDATE: see 4 Aug 2013 this log incorrectly describes a metal bracket/bolt/fencestump as the trigmark. The actual mark is 2M from the quayside as has been described by subsequnet visitors

West pier bolt my GPS indicates the reported location of bolt is 1 m to the right. clearly small navigation errors can have big consequences
closeup of bolt

2nd Jun 2009  20:44  by dal

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Noted the corroded bolt when visiting the 1GL Bolt bench marks on the lighthouse (NX 9689 1867) and the one on the Old Quay (NX 9679 1847) .