Lewes Bonfire Night
Thursday 5 November, 17:00 to 23:00
- Price
- Free to watch the processions; most fire sites need a ticket (about £10)
At a glance
- Processions from about 5pm
- Borough: 5.30 barrel, 6.10 first, 8.25 town, ~9.30 Grand to Landport Bottom, ~11.30 prayers (full: /bonfire#borough)
- Grand Procession about 8pm
- Fires about 8.30–9.45pm
- Fireworks end about 11pm
Where to watch
The Grand Procession's route runs from Western Road through the Bottleneck, along the High Street, past the War Memorial and down School Hill to Boots Corner. It fills early and the barriers close once the centre is full: after that, watch away from the main route, or go to a fire site with a ticket. Each society's own procession has its own route.
Fire sites
- CliffeOn saleMountfield Road, BN7 2XD · Opens 9pm; fireworks about 10.15pm
- Lewes BoroughOn saleLandport Bottom · Grand reaches the fire site about 9.30pm; fireworks after that
- SouthoverNo tickets foundConvent Field · Not said for 2026
- Commercial SquareFree entryLandport, off Offham Road · About 9.45pm
- WaterlooFree entryMalling Recreation Ground · About 9.30pm
- South StreetOn saleThe Railway Land, by Railway Lane · Opens about 8.30pm, once the processions arrive
Getting around
- Roads close from 4.45pm and reopen about 2am, once the police say so. Parking restrictions from noon.
- No trains stop at Lewes, Falmer, Cooksbridge, Glynde or Southease from 5pm. The last from Lewes: 16:44 to Brighton, 16:55 to Victoria, 16:59 to Ore, 17:02 to Seaford.
- There's nowhere to park in the town centre on the day.
Not for children, young families or dogs, the organisers say, and they ask people from outside to go to their own local bonfire.