the immediate postwar period. In 2015, Martyn Ware, founding member of pop group The Human League, made a series of field recordings on the pier as part of a project with the National Trust and British Library project to capture the sounds of Britain. Accolades The pier was awarded the National Piers Society's Pier of the Year award in 1998. In 2017, it was listed as the fourth most popular free attraction in Britain in a National Express survey. In 2017, the pier was said to be the most visited tourist attraction outside London, with over 4.5 million visitors the previous year. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Brighton and Hove List of piers in the United Kingdom References Notes Citations Sources External links Brighton Palace Pier – National Piers Society Tourist attractions in Brighton and Hove 1899 establishments in England Piers in Sussex Grade II* listed buildings in Brighton and Hove Amusement parks in England Grade II* listed piers Pier fires 2003 fires in the United Kingdom 2003 in England