Best end-of-pier attractions

For the weird and wonderful

Southwold Pier, Suffolk

Southwold's coast award-winning pier re-opened in 2001 after major restoration. Today, it has all the usual gift shops and cafés, but, instead of modern-day amusements, Tim Hunkin's Under the Pier Show offers visitors ‘A Mad Arcade of Home-Made Slot Machines & Simulator Rides'. Experience being frisked by a machine, taking a mechanical dog for a walk or diving to the bottom of the ocean. An automated doctor can diagnose your illness, a chiropodist tends to your feet and you can even get brainwashed! Off-the-wall fun.

Admission free (01502 722105, www.southwoldpier.co.uk, www.underthepier.com).