Friends Of Bangor Garth Pier

21/06/2026

Happy birthday to William Scottie Love and why not pop down to the pier to see him today Whistlestop on the Pier 🎂🎂🎂

Happy Birthday to me, the sun is shining so we’ll be open from midday with plenty of flavours to choose from 🥰🍦🍦🍦🍦

19/06/2026

Lovely gift ideas in Strait o Gymru - Strait from Wales. Why not pop down to the pier to take a look? 🩵🩵🩵

After a week of birthday celebrations and family time, normal service is resumed, and what better way to celebrate than with this riotous explosion of colour from Môn Clay!

We had a fresh delivery of fantastical gonks just before my birthday and they’re certainly ready to enjoy the summertime party. All individually hand crafted and painted, there are never 2 identical, each with their own character, waiting to find their forever homes.

Come and see what we have in stock now!

17/06/2026

Lovely article on the future of piers in the UK in the latest edition of Country Life Magazine featuring Bangor Garth Pier 🩵🩵🩵

17/06/2026

A lovely article on the future for piers in the UK in the latest edition of Country Life Magazine featuring our wonderful pier 🩵🩵🩵

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/publication/country-life/whats-in-this-weeks-issue-of-country-life-and-how-to-subscribe-or-get-your-copy?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhfacebook&utm_content=null&fbclid=IwVERDUASfaFNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEetXG8QQ4-mb2Y5DS3_2-Z92VqA2MBTF3wJhCLmqil3RT34uu0qi4bwqcThds_aem_YWdncwBOB2eFIkugZaAy1Isgbk8C

Find out what's in this week's edition of Country Life magazine.

17/06/2026

Book of the week Strait o Gymru - Strait from Wales 📚🩵🩵

This week our Book of the Week comes from the Flavours of Wales Collection. A very popular book, I was unable to source it for quite some time whilst it was being reprinted, but we’re glad to welcome the Welsh Cake Cookbook by Gilli Davies and Huw Jones back to our shelves.

One of the most unique and best loved of Welsh delicacies, this cook book takes you on a journey of exploration from the traditional recipe (using butter, fruit and spices), to some newer recipes such as heart shaped Lavender Welsh cakes, and hazelnut and treacle ones. There’s even some savoury recipes - I’m looking forward to attempting the Caerphilly Cheese and Leek ones!

Welsh Cakes are one of the most iconic flavours of Wales and now making them at home is that little bit easier with clear step by step instructions and beautiful photographs throughout.

12/06/2026

Beautiful 🌅🩵🩵

09/06/2026

Another great book of the week at Strait o Gymru - Strait from Wales 📚🩵🩵

Today I’m taking a trip down memory lane with Book of the Week, which seems only appropriate as I turn 40 tomorrow. Growing up we had a video of Spot that my brother and I watched over and over: The Adventures of Spot. Whilst writing this post, I searched YouTube and found a copy of it - if anyone fancies a bit of nostalgia I’ll post a link to it in the comments.

Imagine my delight when, as a Welsh learner, I came across Smot, the Welsh version of one of my childhood favourites. This bilingual lift-the-flap board book, Chwilia am Smot ar y Traeth - Find Smot at the Beach, follows Smot on his adventures at the beach. A delightful story, with seaside surprises to find behind each flap, it is sure to put smiles on little ones faces (and mine!)

06/06/2026

As part of Bangor Pier’s 130th birthday celebrations, established local artist Pete Jones has donated a painting of the Pier called ‘Gwawr’ (Dawn) to Friends of Bangor Garth Pier.
The painting is one of our Grand Raffle prizes - tickets for which are available on the Pier - which will be drawn at the end of August.

We also have 50 limited edition A3 prints (£50), and 50 limited edition A4 prints (£30), signed by the artist, for sale now in our shop, along with some cards (£3).

So come down and get your own special version of this beautiful painting, knowing that all the profits will go towards maintaining our lovely pier.

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Fel rhan o ddathliadau pen-blwydd yn 130 oed Pier Bangor, mae'r artist lleol sefydledig Pete Jones wedi rhoi paentiad o'r Pier o'r enw 'Gwawr' i Gyfeillion Pier Garth Bangor.
Mae'r paentiad yn un o wobrau ein Raffl Fawr - mae tocynnau ar gael ar y Pier - a fydd yn cael eu tynnu ddiwedd mis Awst.

Mae gennym hefyd 50 print A3 rhifyn cyfyngedig (£50), a 50 print A4 rhifyn cyfyngedig (£30), wedi'u llofnodi gan yr artist, ar werth nawr yn ein siop, ynghyd â rhai cardiau (£3).

Felly dewch i lawr a chael eich fersiwn arbennig eich hun o'r paentiad hardd hwn, gan wybod y bydd yr holl elw yn mynd tuag at gynnal a chadw ein pier hyfryd.