It’s this time of year when I normally list all the bonfire night and firework displays taking place across London in November — but this year is very different.
Most venues are cancelling, or haven’t committed to anything yet — but, at time of writing, three venues seem to be going ahead with firework displays.
Crystal Palace, Kingston and Warlingham — so far, seem to be planning to put on a display.
I’ve gone through the list of venues who normally have fireworks and marked those who have definitely cancelled their displays, or marked as TBA where they haven’t made a firm statement yet.
It’s likely that those of us without a back garden to have their own fireworks display will do well to find somewhere high and watch the skyline in a socially distanced manner for the domestic displays going off.
Maybe this will be the year of the sparkler instead.
| Area | Date | Gates Open | Main Fireworks | Cost (price in advance) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Palace | Cancelled | ||||
| Arnos Grove | Cancelled | ||||
| Barnes | Cancelled | ||||
| Barnet | TBA | ||||
| Battersea | Cancelled | ||||
| Beckenham | Cancelled | ||||
| Bexley | Cancelled | ||||
| Blackheath | Cancelled | ||||
| Bounds Green | Cancelled | ||||
| Brockham | Cancelled | ||||
| Bromley | TBA | ||||
| Carshalton | Cancelled | ||||
| Caterham | TBA | ||||
| Central London | Cancelled | ||||
| Chigwell | TBA | ||||
| Chingford | Cancelled | ||||
| Chislehurst | Cancelled | ||||
| Crystal Palace | 7th Nov | 5pm | 8:30pm | TBA | Funfair and bonfire. |
| Dulwich | TBA | ||||
| Ealing | TBA | ||||
| Eden Park | Cancelled | ||||
| Epping | TBA | ||||
| Epping/Ongar | TBA | ||||
| Epsom | Cancelled | ||||
| Finchley | TBA | ||||
| Hackney | Cancelled | ||||
| Hammersmith | TBA | ||||
| Harrow | TBA | ||||
| Hendon | TBA | ||||
| Hillingdon | TBA | ||||
| Kempton Park | Cancelled | ||||
| Kingston | 6th Nov | 6:30pm | 8pm | £6 (£5) | Children’s funfair rides |
| Lambeth/ Brockwell Park |
Cancelled | ||||
| Morden Park | Cancelled | ||||
| Orpington | TBA | ||||
| Richmond | Cancelled | ||||
| Romford | TBA | ||||
| Ruislip | Cancelled | ||||
| Southgate | TBA | ||||
| Southwark | Cancelled | ||||
| Teddington | TBA | ||||
| Tower Hamlets/ Victoria Park |
TBA | ||||
| Waltham Abbey | Cancelled | ||||
| Wanstead / Redbridge | TBA | ||||
| Newham Royal Docks (formerly Wanstead Flats) |
TBA | ||||
| Warlingham | 31st Oct | 5pm | 6:30pm | tba | Prebooked tickets only |
| Watford | Cancelled | ||||
| Welling | Cancelled | ||||
| Wembley | TBA | ||||
| West Wickham | Cancelled | ||||
| Wimbledon Park | Cancelled | ||||
It looks like Kingston is now showing as cancelled: http://kingstonrotaryclub.org.uk/events/fireworks/
Not sure if the big one behind the town hall in Walthamstow is on or not.
St. Albans has been made free and “reimagined”, to be visible city wide (from homes?)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-54264017
I mention St Albans because it’s normally fairly convenient to get to from London on fast Thameslink trains (plus a 10 minute walk to Verulam Park), and even more convenient from the Abbey line trains (which stop very close to the park).
Crystal Palace has been cancelled