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Bonfires and fireworks

Bonfire Night, or Guy Fawkes night, is a much-loved date on the Sussex events calendar, with many towns and villages celebrating it between September and November.

The Sussex Bonfires have a 300-year-old tradition of remembering not only the day Guy Fawkes and his band of conspirators were foiled in their plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605, but also the 17 Protestant martyrs burned at the stake as heretics during the reign of Mary I (Bloody Mary) in the 1500s.

While bonfires up and down the country burn effigies of Guy Fawkes, in 1066 Country he is just one of several 'victims'. Each Society chooses its own subject for that year, which may be any person of their choosing – often a politician or celebrity – and it remains a closely guarded secret until the night of the bonfire.

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Ninfield Bonfire Night

Address

Church Lane, Ninfield, TN33 9JN

Ninfield

Procession and firework display will follow the route of Church Lane onto the Green into Manchester Road, Coombe Lane and Standard Hill, onto the High Street, The Green and back into Church Lane leading onto the Recreation Ground.
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Dates

From:
12 Oct 2019Open 19:15 -

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Hastings Bonfire Celebrations

Address

Hastings Beach, Hastings, East Sussex, TN35 5BT

Telephone
+44(0)1424 440604

info@hbbs.info

Price
Free

Hastings

The spectacular torchlit procession, starting from The Stade, bonfire and fireworks commemorate the Battle of Hastings, as well as the traditional gunpowder plot.

Dates

From:
19 Oct 2019

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Northiam Bonfire Procession & Fireworks

Address

Northiam Road, Northiam, East Sussex, TN31 6HS

Telephone
01797253375

karen@terenceayling.co.uk

Northiam

Northiam's Bonfire Procession will leave the Bonfire Field (on the A28 south of the village) at 7.30pm, processing into the village, and returning for the lighting of the Bonfire at about 8.30pm followed by fireworks. Bonfire Societies will be…

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From:
19 Oct 2019Open 18:30 -

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Hailsham Bonfire Night

Address

Hailsham, BN27 1DT

Hailsham

The town will be turned into a blazing spectacle with the staging of the annual Guy Fawkes celebrations. The grand procession will form up and up to 1,000 flaming torches will light the night sky as the massed societies make their way back through…

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From:
19 Oct 2019Open 19:30 -

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Battle Bonfire and Firework Display

Address

BATTLE, East Sussex, TN33 0AD

Telephone
+44 01424 437753

chairman@battelbonfire.co.uk

BATTLE

Guy Fawkes is said to have sourced his gunpowder from the Battle powder mills and the Battel Bonfire Boyes, one of the world's oldest membership societies, commemorate this fact in style.

Dates

From:
2 Nov 2019

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Rye Bonfire Celebrations

Address

Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7JH

Telephone
+44 01797 223136

Rye

Rye Bonfire Celebrations

Dates

From:
9 Nov 2019

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Robertsbridge Bonfire Night

Address

Station Road, ROBERTSBRIDGE, East Sussex, TN32 5DE

Telephone
+44 01580 880639

secretary@robertsbridgebonfiresociety.com

ROBERTSBRIDGE

The Sussex bonfire season goes out with a bang with the Robertsbridge Bonfire and Torchlight Procession on Saturday 19 November. Don't miss out on the fun when the procession sets off from Station Road

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From:
16 Nov 2019

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