Bonfire Night

Lewes Bonfire Night

Thursday 5 November 2026. Seven bonfire societies, their processions through the town, and a fire site each with its own fireworks. Where every fire site is, and how to get in, from the societies' own pages.

The fire sites on the map The societies and tickets

The night

  • Roads close from 4.45pm on Thursday 5 November, and reopen at 2am or once Sussex Police say it's safe. Parking restrictions start at noon, and there's no parking at Brooks Industrial Estate on the 5th.Lewes District Council's Bonfire travel page, last changed 26 October 2026; the emergency services' joint statement, as the Sussex Express reported it on 30 October 2026
  • No trains stop at Lewes, Falmer, Cooksbridge, Glynde or Southease from 5pm until the first train on Friday 6 November. The last ones from Lewes: 16:44 to Brighton, 16:55 to London Victoria, 16:59 to Ore, 17:02 to Seaford. The last from London Victoria to Lewes: 3.24pm and 3.54pm.The multi-agency release, 18 September 2026; the joint statement of 30 October 2026 (Sussex Express) for the trains from Victoria
  • The organisers say the night isn't suitable for children, young families or dogs, because of the crowds, the noise and the smoke, and ask people from outside to go to their own local bonfire instead.The multi-agency release, 18 September 2026
  • There's nowhere to park in the town centre on the day.Visit Lewes's guide (undated)
  • The processions start at around 5pm. Lewes Borough's own times: the barrel run at 5.30pm from White Lion Lane, and the Bonfire Prayers at about 11.30pm.Visit Lewes's guide (undated); Lewes Borough's own Nov 5th page, read 21 Oct 2026
  • Lewes Borough's page has the roads closed from 4pm until 2am; Cliffe's 2026 safety page says no vehicles move inside the closure until 1am.The societies' own pages, read 3 Nov 2026

The societies, their fire sites and tickets

  • Cliffe

    On sale

    Its colours: black and white.

    Fire site: Mountfield Road, BN7 2XD: in from the corner south of Lewes station, to the field behind Lewes Leisure Centre. When: Opens 9pm; fireworks about 10.15pm.

    Price
    £10.84 online, with the booking fee; £10 on paper
    Paper tickets
    Its programme sellers in the Cliffe Precinct on Saturdays, and pubs, cafés and shops in town: the Dorset, the Gardeners, the Volunteer, the John Harvey Tavern, Harvey's shop, Beckworths Deli, Caffè Nero, Fuego and the Patch
    Opens
    9pm
    Fireworks
    About 10.15pm

    Strictly no animals on the fire site, and it's unsuitable for children: a field, likely cold and wet, with no facilities.

    TicketsOn the mapIts website

    Its own firesite tickets and safety pages, and its TicketSource page (still on sale), read 3 Nov 2026.

  • Lewes Borough

    On sale

    Its colours: blue and white.

    Fire site: Landport Bottom (Motor Road), at the top end of town. When: After its Grand procession reaches the fire site, about 9.30pm.

    Price
    £10, one person
    Where
    Online, and on site
    Fireworks
    After its Grand procession arrives, about 9.30pm

    TicketsOn the mapIts website

    Its own pages (home and Nov 5th), read 3 Nov 2026; its ticket seller's page wouldn't open, so we can't say whether it has sold out.

  • Southover

    Not on sale yet

    Its colours: red and black.

    Fire site: Convent Field, behind Lewes FC's ground, off Mountfield Road. When: Not said for 2026.

    2026
    No firesite tickets on its own site or ticket page (3 Nov 2026)
    Last year
    £10

    It asks people not to bring prams, pushchairs or buggies into the processions.

    On the mapIts website

    Its own site and its Universe page (no upcoming events), read 3 Nov 2026.

  • Commercial Square

    Free entry

    Its colours: gold and black.

    Fire site: Landport, off the Offham Road. When: About 9.45pm.

    Entry
    Free, says Visit Lewes's guide (undated)
    2026
    Nothing from the society itself when read

    On the mapIts website

    Visit Lewes's guide (undated); its own site had only its name on it, 3 Nov 2026.

  • Waterloo

    Free entry

    Its colours: red and white.

    Fire site: Malling Recreation Ground, behind Tesco (Mayhew Way, BN7 2FZ). When: About 9.30pm (Visit Lewes's guide, undated).

    Entry
    Free, with crowdfunding towards the fireworks
    From
    Its own Our Night page, which isn't dated, so it may not be for 2026

    Its display costs over £15,000, its own page says, with crowdfunding (JustGiving) towards it.

    The same page also mentions buying a wristband to get up close to the display, which doesn't sit with free entry: ask the society if it matters.

    On the mapIts website

    Its own Our Night page (undated), read 3 Nov 2026; the start time is Visit Lewes's.

  • South Street

    On sale

    Its colours: brown and cream.

    Fire site: The Railway Land Nature Reserve, in by Railway Lane off Cliffe High Street (BN7 2FG). When: Opens about 8.30pm, once the processions arrive.

    Price
    £10 an adult, plus a booking fee online; under-16s free with an adult
    Wristbands
    £10 at the Tourist Information Centre, the Patch, Harvey's shop, or its programme sellers by Cliffe Bridge on Saturday mornings
    Opens
    About 8.30pm

    No fireworks or sparklers on site, no facilities, and it's likely to be wet, it says.

    TicketsOn the map

    Its own ticket page on Eventbrite (still selling, "sales end soon"), read 3 Nov 2026.

  • Nevill Juvenile

    Its own night has been

    Its colours: green and white.

    Fire site: Landport Bottom, Motor Road, BN7 1PH, the same field as Borough, for its own night. When: Its own night was Saturday 17 October 2026.

    Its night
    Saturday 17 October 2026, a grand firework display at Landport Bottom
    On the 5th
    Its members march with Lewes Borough

    On the mapIts website

    Its own site, ticket page and October newsletter, read 21 Oct 2026.

Prices and times can change: check the society's own page before you go. The societies' pages were read on 21 Oct 2026, and again on 3 Nov 2026. Plain stripes in each society's colours, no society's badge or crest. Lewes Dogs researched this first.

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Got a dog?

The organisers say the night isn't for dogs, and no fire site lets animals in. Lewes Dogs' Bonfire guide has how to get yours through the bangs, Badge Night and the early-morning maroons.