Firework and bonfires in North Devon

Thursday, October 30, 2008, 07:00

● The annual Barnstaple Round Table firework display is back with a bang at the Rugby Ground in Mill Road this year, promising a great evening of family entertainment on Sunday (November 2) starting at 7pm.Organiser and Round Table member, Simon Randall, said: "Our annual displays always attract huge crowds and provides a safe, family atmosphere to watch a great firework show. There will be in excess of £2,000 worth of fireworks for all ages to enjoy, with monies raised going to help local charities. Each year we raise thousands of pounds to help some of the lesser known charities in the area with the money making a real difference to the people it helps."Two Tigers Fireworks, who are noted for their stunning shows, will be responsible for the firework display."If the past displays they have organised for us are anything to go by, this year will once again be truly spectacular," added Simon.There is plenty of free parking available from 6pm onwards at the nearby car parks of Fairview, Rolle Quay, Barnstaple Cattle Market and North Walk.Barnstaple Rugby Club have a licensed bar and will sell hot food and drinks. Gates open at 6pm and the show starts at 7pm. Admission costs, payable on the gate, will be £3 per adult, £2.50 per child or £10 for a family ticket (two adults, two children). Further information: 01271- 379999, or e-mail him at Simon@catertechsouthwest.co.uk More details can be found on the website: www.barnstaplefireworks.co.uk ● The Torrington Cavaliers annual bonfire and fireworks event is at Torrington Rugby Club on Saturday November 8. This popular family event is usually one of the area's biggest November displays. This year promises to be no different as the Cavaliers have secured the services of Two Tigers Fireworks, a pyrotechnics company noted for their great displays.Cavalier Nick Hallam said: "This is very much a family event, where you can enjoy a small bonfire and a professional firework display. We put all the gate money towards the fireworks, so the more people that support the event, the better the display next year.""And if there are any scarecrows left over from our summer competition, they can be dropped off at the rugby club to keep our guy company on the bonfire."The event starts at 7pm. Entry is £2 for adults and £1 for children. A family ticket is £5. Children under three years of age go free. The rugby club bar will be open and there are on-site refreshments. Parking is available on the nearby industrial estate● Ilfracombe's famous virtual bonfire takes place at the Rugby Club on Friday November 7. Gates open at 6.30pm. Entry is £2 per adult, £1 per child and £5 for a family.● Dymond Engineering invites families to join staff at their annual firework display on Sunday (November 2) at 5.30pm in the field opposite the entrance to Fremington Quay. The display will last about 30 to 40 minutes and there be refreshments and children's games. No entry charge but there will be a bucket collection with all proceeds being divided equally between the Children's Hospice South West and the Fremington and District Community Group. There is limited parking in the area so it is recommended that people walk if possible. If the weather is bad the event will be postponed until November 9.● Bratton Fleming holds a parish firework display on Saturday, (November 1) from 7pm onwards at the sports club. There will be a barbecue, food to buy and a bar.● North Molton holds its bonfire night on Friday November 7 at 7pm. The display will be behind North Molton Methodist Church. Entrance is £1.50 with children under-three going free. Hot dogs, burgers and refreshments will be available.● A firework party and barbecue organised by the First Hartland Cub Pack is on Sunday (November 2) at Hescott Farm, Hartland. Gates open at 6pm. Tickets are adults: £3, children: £2, with children under three going free.● In Petrockstowe The Big Fireworks Display is held in the Recreation Ground on Wednesday (November 5) at 6pm. There will be a barbecue, hot soup and mulled wine.● In Beaford a bonfire night and firework display event will be held on The Doorstep Green at 7.30pm on Friday November 7. Entrance to the event, which includes a bar and barbecue, will be: £1.50 for adults, £1 for children aged six to 11, and 50p for under sixes.● Chulmleigh Community College holds a fireworks display and bonfire at the Langleigh Playing Fields on Friday November 7. The bonfire will be lit at 6pm with a display at 7.15pm. Hotdogs, soup and soft drinks will be on sale from 6pm. Family tickets £10 from the college.●There will be Fireworks on the Fields in Woolacombe on Wednesday November 5. The festivities begin at 6pm outside The Red Barn pub with a torch-lit procession to Woolacombe meadow, accompanied by drumming group, Humdrumconundrum. On arrival at the meadow the giant bonfire will be lit. On stage there will be live music from The Bar Stars. There will be a special sparkler and glow sticks zone, trampolines for children and a bar. There will also be hot dogs, sweet pancakes and jacket potatoes with homemade chilli. The grand firework display takes place at around 7.30pm. Colourful Chinese lanterns will be released into the sky. Tickets (£4 adult, £3 child and £10 family) are available from Woolacombe's Londis and Shirley's Newsagents and Mortehoe Post office, and on the gate. The event is in aid of Woolacombe's Family Playdays scheme and is supported by Mortehoe Parish Council and The National Trust. More details can be obtained by logging onto the playdays website, www.funonthefields.org.uk The annual Barnstaple Round Table firework display is back with a bang at the Rugby Ground in Mill Road this year, promising a great evening of family entertainment on Sunday (November 2) starting at 7pm. Organiser and Round Table member, Simon Randall, said: "Our annual displays always attract huge crowds and provides a safe, family atmosphere to watch a great firework show. There will be in excess of £2,000 worth of fireworks for all ages to enjoy, with monies raised going to help local charities. Each year we raise thousands of pounds to help some of the lesser known charities in the area with the money making a real difference to the people it helps." Two Tigers Fireworks, who are noted for their stunning shows, will be responsible for the firework display. "If the past displays they have organised for us are anything to go by, this year will once again be truly spectacular," added Simon. There is plenty of free parking available from 6pm onwards at the nearby car parks of Fairview, Rolle Quay, Barnstaple Cattle Market and North Walk. Barnstaple Rugby Club have a licensed bar and will sell hot food and drinks. Gates open at 6pm and the show starts at 7pm. Admission costs, payable on the gate, will be £3 per adult, £2.50 per child or £10 for a family ticket (two adults, two children). Further information: 01271- 379999, or e-mail him at Simon@catertechsouthwest.co.uk More details can be found on the website: www.barnstaplefireworks.co.uk

● The Torrington Cavaliers annual bonfire and fireworks event is at Torrington Rugby Club on Saturday November 8. This popular family event is usually one of the area's biggest November displays. This year promises to be no different as the Cavaliers have secured the services of Two Tigers Fireworks, a pyrotechnics company noted for their great displays. Cavalier Nick Hallam said: "This is very much a family event, where you can enjoy a small bonfire and a professional firework display. We put all the gate money towards the fireworks, so the more people that support the event, the better the display next year." "And if there are any scarecrows left over from our summer competition, they can be dropped off at the rugby club to keep our guy company on the bonfire." The event starts at 7pm. Entry is £2 for adults and £1 for children. A family ticket is £5. Children under three years of age go free. The rugby club bar will be open and there are on-site refreshments. Parking is available on the nearby industrial estate

● Ilfracombe's famous virtual bonfire takes place at the Rugby Club on Friday November 7. Gates open at 6.30pm. Entry is £2 per adult, £1 per child and £5 for a family.

● Dymond Engineering invites families to join staff at their annual firework display on Sunday (November 2) at 5.30pm in the field opposite the entrance to Fremington Quay. The display will last about 30 to 40 minutes and there be refreshments and children's games. No entry charge but there will be a bucket collection with all proceeds being divided equally between the Children's Hospice South West and the Fremington and District Community Group. There is limited parking in the area so it is recommended that people walk if possible. If the weather is bad the event will be postponed until November 9.

● Bratton Fleming holds a parish firework display on Saturday, (November 1) from 7pm onwards at the sports club. There will be a barbecue, food to buy and a bar.

● North Molton holds its bonfire night on Friday November 7 at 7pm. The display will be behind North Molton Methodist Church. Entrance is £1.50 with children under-three going free. Hot dogs, burgers and refreshments will be available.

● A firework party and barbecue organised by the First Hartland Cub Pack is on Sunday (November 2) at Hescott Farm, Hartland. Gates open at 6pm. Tickets are adults: £3, children: £2, with children under three going free.● In Petrockstowe The Big Fireworks Display is held in the Recreation Ground on Wednesday (November 5) at 6pm. There will be a barbecue, hot soup and mulled wine.● In Beaford a bonfire night and firework display event will be held on The Doorstep Green at 7.30pm on Friday November 7. Entrance to the event, which includes a bar and barbecue, will be: £1.50 for adults, £1 for children aged six to 11, and 50p for under sixes.● Chulmleigh Community College holds a fireworks display and bonfire at the Langleigh Playing Fields on Friday November 7. The bonfire will be lit at 6pm with a display at 7.15pm. Hotdogs, soup and soft drinks will be on sale from 6pm. Family tickets £10 from the college.●There will be Fireworks on the Fields in Woolacombe on Wednesday November 5. The festivities begin at 6pm outside The Red Barn pub with a torch-lit procession to Woolacombe meadow, accompanied by drumming group, Humdrumconundrum. On arrival at the meadow the giant bonfire will be lit. On stage there will be live music from The Bar Stars. There will be a special sparkler and glow sticks zone, trampolines for children and a bar. There will also be hot dogs, sweet pancakes and jacket potatoes with homemade chilli. The grand firework display takes place at around 7.30pm. Colourful Chinese lanterns will be released into the sky. Tickets (£4 adult, £3 child and £10 family) are available from Woolacombe's Londis and Shirley's Newsagents and Mortehoe Post office, and on the gate. The event is in aid of Woolacombe's Family Playdays scheme and is supported by Mortehoe Parish Council and The National Trust. More details can be obtained by logging onto the playdays website, www.funonthefields.org.uk A firework party and barbecue organised by the First Hartland Cub Pack is on Sunday (November 2) at Hescott Farm, Hartland. Gates open at 6pm. Tickets are adults: £3, children: £2, with children under three going free.

● In Petrockstowe The Big Fireworks Display is held in the Recreation Ground on Wednesday (November 5) at 6pm. There will be a barbecue, hot soup and mulled wine.

● In Beaford a bonfire night and firework display event will be held on The Doorstep Green at 7.30pm on Friday November 7. Entrance to the event, which includes a bar and barbecue, will be: £1.50 for adults, £1 for children aged six to 11, and 50p for under sixes.

● Chulmleigh Community College holds a fireworks display and bonfire at the Langleigh Playing Fields on Friday November 7. The bonfire will be lit at 6pm with a display at 7.15pm. Hotdogs, soup and soft drinks will be on sale from 6pm. Family tickets £10 from the college.

● There will be Fireworks on the Fields in Woolacombe on Wednesday November 5. The festivities begin at 6pm outside The Red Barn pub with a torch-lit procession to Woolacombe meadow, accompanied by drumming group, Humdrumconundrum. On arrival at the meadow the giant bonfire will be lit. On stage there will be live music from The Bar Stars. There will be a special sparkler and glow sticks zone, trampolines for children and a bar. There will also be hot dogs, sweet pancakes and jacket potatoes with homemade chilli. The grand firework display takes place at around 7.30pm. Colourful Chinese lanterns will be released into the sky. Tickets (£4 adult, £3 child and £10 family) are available from Woolacombe's Londis and Shirley's Newsagents and Mortehoe Post office, and on the gate. The event is in aid of Woolacombe's Family Playdays scheme and is supported by Mortehoe Parish Council and The National Trust. More details can be obtained by logging onto the playdays website, www.funonthefields.org.uk There will be Fireworks on the Fields in Woolacombe on Wednesday November 5. The festivities begin at 6pm outside The Red Barn pub with a torch-lit procession to Woolacombe meadow, accompanied by drumming group, Humdrumconundrum. On arrival at the meadow the giant bonfire will be lit. On stage there will be live music from The Bar Stars. There will be a special sparkler and glow sticks zone, trampolines for children and a bar. There will also be hot dogs, sweet pancakes and jacket potatoes with homemade chilli. The grand firework display takes place at around 7.30pm. Colourful Chinese lanterns will be released into the sky. Tickets (£4 adult, £3 child and £10 family) are available from Woolacombe's Londis and Shirley's Newsagents and Mortehoe Post office, and on the gate. The event is in aid of Woolacombe's Family Playdays scheme and is supported by Mortehoe Parish Council and The National Trust. More details can be obtained by logging onto the playdays website, www.funonthefields.org.uk