Newick Bonfire

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Every year on the first Saturday on or after 30 October · 19:30 to 16:00

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Saturday 30 October 2027, 19:30–16:00

Free, A street collection is taken for charity

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The Green

The processions start at about 19:30, traditionally from the Royal Oak, and end on the village green, where the bonfire is lit and the fireworks follow at about 20:30.

Newick
East Sussex
BN8 4LA

About

Bonfire nights in Newick are recorded from 1828, and the society was formally founded in 1936. It carries seventeen burning crosses for the Sussex martyrs, rolls a tar barrel and holds prayers at the bonfire on the green, on the Saturday before the Lewes celebrations.

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