Rye Bonfire Night 2026
Rye Bonfire Society's torchlit procession through the cobbled streets, with a beach bonfire and fireworks display over the Salts.
- When
- Where
Procession through Rye Old Town; bonfire and fireworks at The Salts, the cricket ground at the foot of the Citadel
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Sussex bonfire is its own beast — torchlit, costumed, theatrical — and Rye Bonfire Society does it as well as anyone. On the Saturday closest to 5 November (this year the 14th), Rye fills with visiting societies in 18th-century costume, brass bands and burning crosses. The procession winds out from the cobbled lanes of the Citadel down to The Salts, where a vast bonfire is lit on the cricket ground and a half-hour fireworks display erupts over the river. It's loud, it's smoky, and it's brilliant.
The Salts is a 15-minute walk from The River Haven. Stay riverside and walk home through the cobbled lanes when the fireworks have faded.
Stay at The River Haven
The Salts is a 15-minute walk from The River Haven. Stay riverside and walk to the procession — no driving in the dark.
