Platinum Jubilee beacon locations in East and West Sussex: see the list

Beacons marking the Platinum Jubilee will be lit at 9.45pm sites including the Tower of London, Windsor Great Park, Hillsborough Castle and the Queen’s estates of Sandringham and Balmoral, along with the tops of the UK’s four highest peaks.

The first beacons will be lit in Tonga and Samoa in the South Pacific, and the final one in the central American country of Belize.

The principal beacon outside the Palace – a 21-metre-tall Tree of Trees sculpture for the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative – will be illuminated by a senior member of the royal family, and images will be projected on to the Palace.

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The history of jubilee beacons

Over the next 70 days, as we countdown to the #PlatinumJubilee Central Weekend, we’ll be sharing an image a day of The Queen – each representing a year of Her Majesty’s 70-year long reign.

🧵 Follow along our #70for70 countdown

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) March 24, 2022

Lighting beacons to celebrate Royal Jubilees, Weddings and Coronations is a long-held tradition.

The flaming displays might appear on top of mountains, church and cathedral towers, castle battlements, on town and village greens, country estates, parks and farms, along beaches and on cliff tops.

In 1897, beacons were lit to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. In 1977, 2002 and 2012, beacons commemorated the Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees of The Queen, and in 2016 Her Majesty’s 90th birthday.

On Thursday, there are four types of beacons being lit:

• A free-standing beacon fuelled by bottle gas
• A beacon brazier with a metal shield
• A bonfire beacon
• Bishops Frome Strawman

Platinum Jubilee beacons in East Sussex

Lewis Wilde tests of one of the gas-fuelled beacons he has made which will be used to signal the start of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. Picture: PA

Battle (Battel Bonfire Boyes) – precise location unspecified

Commercial Square Bonfire Society, Lewes – precise location unspecified

Bexhill on Sea – Galley Hill

Willingdon and Jevington Parish Council – South Downs overlooking Willingdon

Crowhurst Parish Council – precise location unspecified

Isfield and Little Horsted Bonfire Society – I.C.E. Field, Isfield

Rye – Beacon Ridge, Rye

Hamsey Parish Council – Lewes Beacon, Mount Harry, Lewes

1st Horam Scout Group and Horam Parish Council – Horam Recreation Ground

Hartfield Parish Council, Hartfield – precise location unspecified

Andrew J Crotty and Brian Drayson – Galley Hill Beacon, Bexhill-on-Sea

Winchelsea Corporation and Winchelsea Millennium Artefacts Society – New Hall, Winchelsea

Hastings Bonfire Society – East Hill, Hastings

Andrew J Crotty and Brian Drayson – Galley Hill, Bexhill On Sea

Ripe and Chalvington Community Association – precise location unspecified

Seaford Town Council – Near The Shoal at Splash Point, Seaford

Ninfield Carnival Association & Parish Council – The Green, Ninfield

Heathfield and Waldron Parish Council – Cade Street Recreation Ground, Old Heathfield

Fairlight Parish Council – Battery Hill, Fairlight

Crowborough Town Council – Goldsmiths Recreation Ground, Crowborough

Light Up Bexhill CIC – Galley Hill, Bexhill On Sea

Fletching Parish Council – Field opposite Fletching Village Hall, Fletching

Hailsham Town Council – Vicarage Field, Hailsmam

Glynde Village – Top of Mount Caburn, Lewes

Firle Bonfire Society – precise location unspecified

Rotherfield Parish Council – Rotherfield Recreation Ground, Rotherfield

Newhaven NCI Unit – Newhaven NCI Station, Newhaven

Hurst Green Parish Council – Stage Field, Silverhill, Hurst Green

Seaford Town Council – The Shoal, Esplanade, Seaford.

Peacehaven Town Council – Peacehaven War Memorial, Peacehaven

Newhaven Town Council – Newhaven Fort, Newhaven

Platinum Jubilee beacons in West Sussex

Lewis Wilde inspects the crown section of one of the gas-fuelled beacons he has made which will be used to signal the start of Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. Picture: PA

Arundel Town Council – Arundel Castle

Burgess Hill Town Council and Burgess Hill Bonfire Society – St John's Park, Burgess Hill

Bognor Regis Town Council – Seafront, Bognor Regis

Cowdray Estate – Cowdray Park, Midhurst

Ashurst Wood Village Council – John Pears Field, Ashurst Wood

Boxgrove Parish Council – Halnaker Windmill, Halnaker

D H Tupper Farms – Duncton Down

Southbourne Sea Scouts – Prinsted Slipway, Prinsted Shore, Prinsted, Southbourne

West Hoathly Parish Council – Finche Field, West Hoathly

Littlehampton Town Council – The Stage by the Sea, Banjo Road, Littlehampton

Tillington Parish Council – Tillington Recreation Ground, Petworth

Worthing Borough Council – Worthing Promenade, Worthing

Adur District Council and Friends of Shoreham Fort - Shoreham Fort, Shoreham By Sea

Lodsworth Parish Council – Lodsworth Village Hall, Lodsworth, Petworth

Milland Parish Council and The Royal British Legion – Cartersland, Milland

Worthing Scouts – Broadwater Green, Worthing

Plaistow and Ifold Parish Council – The Village Green, Plaistow

Haywards Heath Town Council – Victoria Park, Haywards Heath

Horsham District Council – The Papitol, Horsham

National Trust – Harting Down Car Park, Easting

East Grinstead Town Council – King George's Field, East Grinstead

Billingshurst Parish Council – Village Green, Aversane, Billingshurst

Twineham Parish Council – Beacon Hill, Hookers Farm, Twineham, Haywards Heath

Barns Green Platinum Jubilee Event – Sharpenhurst Hill

Bexley/Three Rivers – The Nest, Cygnet Square, Thamesmead

Tangmere Parish Council – Village Green, Tangmere, Chichester

Lindfield Parish Council – Lindfield Common, Lindfield. Church Farm, Coombes, Lancing