D-DAY 80th ANNIVERSARY BEACON LIGHTING

Thursday 6 June

Victoria Pleasure Ground, Uckfield, TN22 5DJ

On the evening of 6 June, Uckfield Town Council will be commemorating 80 years since the D-Day landings as beacons across the UK are lit in unity.

At Victoria Pleasure Ground, we will be hosting a brilliant family event with activities from 6pm to 9.15pm, when the beacon itself will be lit.

With live performances from Uckfield Concert Brass, Nutley Rock & Roll, Rosie’s Retro Rhythms, Deborah Lamb Theatre Arts and Rosalind Lloyd-Bostock, a BBQ from Uckfield & District Lions Club, a bar run by the Town Council, and plenty of games to get involved in, it should be a great night.

As the event culminates in a proclamation by the Uckfield Town Crier and the lighting of the beacon, which overlooks the glorious Low Weald, we are really looking forward to welcoming residents down for one of our two major events of the summer.

Free entry to all, so come along and be part of town history!

More information on the D-Day 80th Anniversary can be found here: https://www.d-day80beacons.co.uk/

Schedule:

6.00pm – 6.30pm – Nutley Rock & Roll Dancers

6.30pm – 7.00pm – Rosie’s Retro Rhythms

7.10pm – 7.40pm – Deborah Lamb Theatre Arts

7.45pm – 8.00pm – Opera singer Rosalind Lloyd-Bostock

8.00pm – 9.00pm – Uckfield Concert Brass

9.00pm – Formal prayers by Father John Wall, Proclamation by Town Crier and reading of International Tribute by a representative of His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for East Sussex, to take place near the beacon.

9.15pm – Beacon Lighting

Key information

Entry to the event is free to all residents. Food and drink will be available to purchase, and we recommend that as this is an outdoor event, residents come prepared with picnic blankets and chairs. Residents are advised to walk where they can, as parking will be restricted.

Free parking will be available for the duration of the event, and from 5pm to 11:59pm, at the Uckfield Train Station Car Park (High Street, TN22 1HS). We thank Network Rail and APCOA Parking for agreeing to this exemption of parking charges for the event.

The evening is hoped to be an unforgettable occasion in Uckfield’s commemoration of this key event in national history.