West Pier

The West Pier was a Victoriana pier located in Brighton. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?) It was located near the Brighton Pavilion at a beach. (TV: The Leisure Hive)

History
The Fourth Doctor arrived at a beach in Brighton with Romana II and K9 Mark II, as the Doctor had unsuccessfully — for the second time — attempted to visited the Brighton Pavilion at its first opening. While the Doctor rested at the beach, the pier was visible to his right. (TV: The Leisure Hive)

A few years before 2005, the Ninth Doctor arrived at Brighton to protest for the West Pier to be saved as an example of Victoriana. However, a few months later, the pier mysteriously burned down, and Richard Hawton, who had met the Ninth Doctor during his protest, thought that the Doctor would be gutted. (PROSE: Have You Seen This Man?)

Behind the scenes

 * The pier wasn't named in The Leisure Hive, it was clearly identifiable. It was named however in Have You Seen This Man?, released on 24 March 2005 and mentioned its then recent destruction.
 * As the pier burned down in March 2003 in the real world, it means that the Ninth Doctor's protests for it to be saved — a few months before — happened in late 2002.