Swanage Pier is Victorian and is one of just a few wooden piers left in UK. It was built in 1895 for passenger ship services. It still has daily ferries between Poole Harbour and Swanage. A trust took on the task of raising over £1,000,000 needed to carry out major restoration work on the pier's piles, timbers and ironwork fittings. It was reopened in 1998, after a period of decline.