King's Pier

King's Pier is a 17th-century stone shipping quay, located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England; part of the Jurassic Coast.

King's Pier became one of the main stone shipping places on the east side.

The limestone quarries of East and Penn's Weares were the location of Sir Christopher Wren's first workings of stone to rebuild London after the Great Fire of 1666.

[3] The stone was shipped from the adjacent Durdle, Folly, and King's Piers.

[4] The stone for St. Paul's Cathedral came from the East and Penn's Weares quarries, and the majority of it was shipped from King's Pier.

King's Pier as it remains today.
A view from King's Pier looking up towards the cliffs, on top of which is the Verne Citadel , (once HM Prison The Verne ).
King's Pier in the foreground, with the outer arm of the breakwater in the distance.