The clock tower, a gift to the town of Morecambe in 1905 by Councillor John Robert Birkett, who was Mayor of Morecambe nine times. The skeleton of Morecambe Tower is on the left, which was was removed around the time of the Great War, with only the complex around the base surviving until 1961. On the far left is the entrance to the (Central) Pier, which opened in 1869. It boasted a pavillion known as the "Taj Mahall of the North" which burnt down in 1933. The replacement buildings also burned in 1989, and the pier was finally removed in 1991.

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The clock tower, a gift to the town of Morecambe in 1905 by Councillor John Robert Birkett, who was Mayor of Morecambe nine times. The skeleton of Morecambe Tower is on the left, which was was removed around the time of the Great War, with only the complex around the base surviving until 1961. On the far left is the entrance to the (Central) Pier, which opened in 1869. It boasted a pavillion known as the