Bonfire Night

Firework displays close to the Rembrandt Hotel, Knightsbridge:
Battersea Park, Albert Bridge Road, SW11
Station: Battersea Park, Sloane Square
Saturday 3 November
Gates open: 6pm. Bonfire: 7.30pm. Fireworks: 8pm.
Admission: £5.00 for Adults, £1.00 for children under-10

Firework festivities take throughout London's boroughs. It's great fun to wrap up warm and head out to enjoy spectacular fireworks, huge bonfires, delicious refreshments and great entertainment. Organised displays are a safer way to celebrate.

Bonfire Night is also known as Fireworks Night or Guy Fawkes Night. It's a British tradition dating back to the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 which aimed to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I.

The Gunpowder Plot
The conspirators were Roman Catholics who wanted to restore civic rights to members of their religion. The plot was set for the State Opening of Parliament since all the members of the House of Commons and Lords, as well as the King, would be present. Gunpowder was hidden in a vault beneath the House of Lords. The plot was foiled when an anonymous letter was sent to Lord Monteagle, a Catholic, warning him not to attend the opening. The letter raised suspicions and a search party was dispatched. Guy Fawkes was caught as he prepared to light the fuse on 5 November. He was promptly arrested and tortured until he named his fellow plotters.