On the pier head sits a café and waiting area for the Ferry Terminal, as you head outside there is a car park and train station which runs across the Isle of Wight. The use of the pier in December seemed very much to run with ferry times and was busier in the morning and evening during commuting hours. The ferry runs on the hour during the day and the amount of cars driving up the pier fluctuated always rising around the time a ferry arrived. Commuters were the main users, although speaking to locals, holiday users come more in the summer, although it was clear it is still popular to visit the island. I think the commercial use of the pier has been a key factor in keeping it successful to the current day, as it is part of peoples everyday routines the pier generates sufficient use where other piers in the UK may have lost this and been lost through the years.