Bonfire Night on Plymouth Hoe

Remember, remember the fifth of November!

Plymouth’s spectacular Bonfire Night celebration on 5 November is a safe and free way to spend the most explosive night of the year.

Watch as the huge bonfire is lit, then gaze in awe at the brilliant firework display. If you’re feeling brave enough, have a go on the fairground rides or warm up with a bite to eat from one of the food stalls.

Timings

Fairground and catering open from 4.30pm
Bonfire lighting at 7.30pm
Fireworks from The Royal Citadel at 8pm

Access information

Busy times

Bonfire Night is one of the most popular events on the Hoe, attracting over 25,000 people. It is very busy for the entire event from 7pm until 8.30pm.

Disabled parking

There will be very limited availability for Blue Badge parking via Elliott Street. Please see the ‘How to get here’ section below for more information on parking.

Accessible Viewing Area

There will be a specific accessible viewing area on top of the Belvedere at the Western end of the Hoe. This is on level tarmac. If you wish to access the viewing area whilst avoiding the crowds, you should use the Elliot Street entrance of the Hoe which is a short distance across the promenade on level tarmac. The viewing area is also close to the disabled parking (see below) and accessible toilets and will be regularly patrolled by our friendly stewards and security team.

Event Information

There will be many stewards across the event on Plymouth Hoe, who will always be very happy to help. They will be wearing white high viz tabards so please ask them if you have any questions.

Toilets

There are accessible toilets at both ends of the Hoe. The new permanent public toilets at the East end of the Hoe include six unisex toilets, with one additional accessible toilet and large, accessible changing room. This means the new facilities can be used safely and comfortably by all people with disabilities.

How to get there

Bus

Plymouth Citybus is the main local bus service provider for Plymouth. You can find out which bus you need to catch, where to catch it from and what time it leaves using the journey planner on the Traveline South West website.

Car

Travelling by car to Plymouth is easily accessible from most locations within the UK.

Most driving routes will bring you onto the M5, which eventually merges to become the A38 bringing you directly to Plymouth. If you cross the Tamar Bridge towards Saltash then you've gone too far.

Use Google Maps to plan the quickest route for you.

There is plenty of parking available in Plymouth. Whether it's in the car parks or street parking, both will require a small fee in the city.

If parking in Sutton Harbour, expect long delays when leaving using the lock bridge as maritime traffic will be given priority when re-entering the harbour.

Coach

If you're travelling from within the South West the Stagecoach Falcon service connects Plymouth with Exeter, Taunton, Bristol Airport and Bristol City Centre. National Express operates daily coach services to Plymouth from departure points across the UK. For coach tickets and pricing visit their coach website.

National Express also offers holidays by coach on their Holidays by National Express website, where you can add hotels and attractions to your coach travel and book your next trip to Plymouth in one package.

FlixBus operates a coach service between Plymouth and London, five days a week with additional services running during the summer months.

Train

PLEASE NOTE – a rail strike is planned on Thursday 3 and Saturday 5 November which will affect the service into and out of Plymouth.

Check GWR.com for the latest information.

Walking

From the traffic lights at the centre of Royal Parade, head towards Armada Way, passing the Plymouth Guildhall on your left. Cross Princess Street, then Notte Street and Citadel Road before arriving on the Hoe. The distance from the centre of Royal Parade to the Hoe is approximately 0.4 miles.

Road closures

All road closures finish at 9pm including Hoe Road from the Citadel mound and Madeira Road.