Mumbles Pier, Swansea, Wales 12 Oct 2026

What do you get when a railway, a lifeboat station and a seaside day out meet at the water"s edge? Mumbles Pier. Stretching 255 metres into Swansea Bay, this Victorian landmark opened on 10 May 1898 and has been part of the Welsh coast ever since.

© Helen Hotson/Shutterstock

palette

Today in History

A prehistoric pavement
12 Oct 2023Palouse region, Idaho, USA
12 Oct 2024World Migratory Bird Day
12 Oct 2025Village of Saranac Lake, New York, United States

More Desktop Wallpapers:

10 May 2026Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada
29 Mar 2025Superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, United States
27 Aug 2025World Lake Day
27 Jun 2025Splendid leaf frog
1 Nov 2026Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
27 Dec 2024Lake Bled, Slovenia
1 Oct 2025Welcome to Black History Month
4 Sep 2024Dusky eagle-owls, Pakistan
12 Aug 2024World Elephant Day
31 Dec 2023Happy New Years Eve!
10 Oct 2023Mount Sopris, Colorado, USA
30 Sep 2023Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA
Beauty comes in trees
9 Mar 2024Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico, USA
20 May 2025World Bee Day
A temple to treasure
11 Sep 2025Gdańsk on the banks of the Motława river, Poland
Magnificent moss, magnified
30 Oct 2023Common raven
2 Dec 2025Christmas market in Leipzig, Germany
13 Feb 2026Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
23 Sep 2025Keel-billed toucan, Costa Rica
28 Jan 2025Short-eared owl
31 May 2025Knuthöjdsmossen nature reserve, Sweden
10 May 2025Minnesota State Capitol, St Paul, Minnesota, United States
15 Jul 2025Perseid meteor shower over Nevada, United States
See-through cephalopod
13 Nov 2024Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
5 Oct 2026World Teachers Day
17 Feb 2026Chinese New Year