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Edenbridge Bonfire

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Every year on the first Saturday on or after 2 November · From 18:30

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Saturday 6 November 2027, From 18:30

Free, The procession is free; the fireworks field is ticketed

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Recreation Ground

The torchlit procession starts at about 18:30 and goes along the High Street and back. The celebrity guy is burnt and the fireworks start at about 20:30 on the Recreation Ground, entered from Lingfield Road or Mont St Aignan Way.

Edenbridge
Kent
TN8 5HL
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Edenbridge Bonfire Society was founded in 1928 and holds its night on the Saturday nearest 5 November. It is best known for its giant celebrity guy, an effigy of someone in the news that is kept secret until shortly before the night and then blown up and burnt.

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edenbridgebonfire.co.uk
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