In March 2014, the British boyband One Direction — who Simon Cowell put together following their individual auditions for ITV’s The X Factor show — filmed the music video for hit single “You & I” at Clevedon Pier in North Somerset, England.

See some of my illustrations celebrating the massive moment for the town here:

When film crews initially turned up on the famous pier, crew members reportedly told people that BBC’s “Countryfile” was filming an episode there. Clevedon has had its fair share of film crews over the years (from Broadchurch to Sanditon too! ) so more filming vans on the seafront was nothing really new for residents.

There was a whisper of a rumor about One Direction being in town, but that was quickly put aside.

Massive crowds gathered, though, after Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Liam Payne were spotted on the Grade I listed structure that Sir John Betjeman once described as "the most beautiful pier in England."

The blustery weather didn’t stop local school children from skipping class to get a glimpse of the singers, who reportedly stayed at nearby Walton Castle.

After the Ben Winston-directed video was released, the pier immediately became a must-visit site for Directioners who would travel from far and wide to walk in the footsteps of the singers and touch and pose for photos with the plaque.

Where is the One Direction plaque on Clevedon Pier?

The plaque that the pier initially installed to remember the filming was moved to a bench near the pier entrance to keep an eye on after fans scrawled messages around it. “Coming to the pier and seeing the plaque has become something of a pilgrimage for fans. We have encountered problems with fans trying to graffiti and leave their own messages to the band since the plaque was installed,” ITV quoted then-Piermistress Linda Strong as saying at the time.

All the plaques around that original plaque are now tributes to and from One Direction fans.

The music video for "You & I" itself starts with Niall Horan leaving the Pagoda Cafe, walking down the steps and onto the main Pier itself. He then morphs into the other singers as they walk down the planks towards land. It ends with them all walking together, as I detail in my illustration.

See the video here:

I'm releasing my very first digital download just in time for the summer holidays.

It's a series of three outlines of some of my artwork of Clevedon in north Somerset. It's a great children's activity, and comes recommended by my 5-year-old daughter who tested them out for me, and loved colouring them in.

Clevedon Pier, Clevedon's Curzon Cinema, Clevedon town centre and the beautiful Dial Hill are all featured.

Buy the product here from my Etsy shop for £2.39, download the PDFs when it tells you to and then print them off on your own printer.

I also create other activity sheets for children. Want one for your own school, group or business? Email me on [email protected] for a chat.

The iconic Paddle Steamer Waverley is returning to the Bristol Channel in 2023, and will be taking passengers on trips from the beautiful Clevedon Pier.

To mark the PS Waverley's return, I've created a special souvenir print and card! The print can be personalised with any message you want.

Buy the card on my Etsy shop here and the mounted print here. Visit the Waverley's website here, with all the timetables of its trips elsewhere, on the Glasgow and Clyde coast, Oban and the Inner Hebrides and Liverpool and Llandudno. There's also the Bristol Channel sailings timetable.

To mark the coronation of King Charles III on May 6, 2023, I've designed a commemorative print (above) and card (below) featuring the monarch and Queen Camilla on Clevedon Pier in north Somerset, England.

The souvenir royal print and card of King Charles coronation celebrations on Clevedon Pier
are available to buy from my Etsy shop.

​Visit the print listing here, and the card listing here. 

🚨 COMPETITION & DISCOUNT NEWS 🚨

Win 1 pack of my newly released 4x CIevedon Pier coasters -- worth £16 -- to celebrate their launch.

Excited to reveal that you can now pre-order a pack of 4 coasters of Clevedon Pier.

Each pack comes with 4 different designs -- regular visitors to the pier in north Somerset, England, may recognise three of the illustrations as they've featured on my cards and prints before. But the fourth design, bottom right below, is a brand new one for 2020.

I've only got a limited number for sale before Christmas 2020.

They are printed on Melamine, have cork backs and will arrive in a box.

You can pre-order via my Etsy page -- they should be dispatched by December 4, 2020.

Buy Clevedon Pier coasters through my Etsy shop here.

I also have a range of other products of Clevedon Pier, where One Direction filmed the music video for "You & I."

Visit my Etsy for more information.

You can also put yourself into one of my existing illustrations, get in touch via the contact page for more information, and I offer a bespoke art / illustration service for people looking for that extra special gift or reminder of a special moment, day or place.

I was really happy to sell out of my first ever Clevedon Pier jigsaw, that I released as a limited edition of just 5 last week.

Lots of people asked if there would be any more, so I've created an initial limited run of 20 of a new 1,000 piece Clevedon Pier jigsaw. This one is a landscape version of an illustration that I've never printed as a poster before.

Buy Clevedon Pier jigsaw puzzle via my Etsy here.

It's always a lovely surprise when a magazine drops through the door and some of my work is featured inside it!

The November 2020 edition of the Clevedon & Yatton Living magazine features a story -- on page 6 -- about the logo that I recreated to mark the 50th anniversary of the collapse of the beautiful Clevedon Pier in north Somerset, England,

The plaque was unveiled on the point where the pier actually collapsed by Julia Elton, the daughter of Sir Arthur Elton who founded the Clevedon Pier Preservation Trust.

I've illustrated Clevedon Pier in various ways over the last few years -- and turned them into Christmas cards, greetings cards, prints and even a jigsaw. Visit my Etsy for more info,

Here's the front page of this month's Clevedon & Yatton Living magazine too:

I'm jumping into the jigsaw game!

My illustration of the iconic Clevedon Pier in North Somerset (where One Direction's Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik filmed their 2014 music video for 'You & I') is now a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle.

Perfect for the winter? Given how we are now again spending a lot more time at home due to you know what...

This is a limited edition run -- I have just five for sale.

And I won't be selling this exact image as a jigsaw again. It's in the same style as one of my best-selling prints of Clevedon Pier, but with a few added characters (can you spot the Banksy?)

Buy Clevedon Pier jigsaw puzzle from my Etsy page here.

I'll hopefully have news to share with you very soon about Clevedon Pier coasters and magnets.

I have other Clevedon designs on my Etsy page -- also of Clevedon's Curzon Cinema.

Please get in touch if you'd like a bespoke illustration -- or to put yourself into one of my existing prints for that extra special gift.

Check out the jigsaw here and the video for One Direction's "You & I" under.