Platinum Jubilee beacon locations in and around Glastonbury: a list

By Emma Dance 31st May 2022

Beacons will be list around the country. Photo: Platinum Jubilee News
Beacons will be list around the country. Photo: Platinum Jubilee News

This Thursday at 9.45pm, beacons will be lit all around the country in honour of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

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.

It is a long-held tradition to light beacons to celebrate Royal Jubilees, weddings and coronations.

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.

Here is a list of the beacons being lit in your area on Thursday:

GLASTONBURY

Glastonbury Tor, Glastonbury

Glastonbury Wedding and Events Venue, Godney

West Pennard Village Hall

Sticklynch

SHEPTON MALLET

Mid Somerset Showground, Shepton Mallet

Royal Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet

Croscombe School Field, next to the Village Hall

Downside Abbey, Stratton-on-the-Fosse

West Pennard Village Hall

Cranmore Tower, Cranmore

Sticklynch

Holcombe Playing Field

Kilmersdon Village Hall

Burford Cross, Pilton

Masbury Hill Fort

WELLS

The Cheese Yard, West Horrington

Chewton Down, Chewton Mendip

Croscombe School Field, next to the Village Hall

Glastonbury Wedding and Events Venue, Godney

Deer Leap, Priddy

Masbury Hill Fort

     

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