Platinum Jubilee beacon locations across the south

Here's where you can see them

Author: Jason BeckPublished 1st Jun 2022

More than 3,000 beacons will be set ablaze across the UK and the Commonwealth on Thursday in tribute to the Queen during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Here are the locations across the south:

Dorset

Milton Abbas – precise location not listed

Berwick St John Parish Council – precise location not listed

Wareham Town Council – Howard’s Lane car park

Wimborne Minster Town Council, Colehill Parish Council and Pamphill and Shapwick Parish Council – Wimborne Cemetery, Wimborne

Studland Parish Council – location not listed

Blandford Forum Town Council – Railway Arches, Blandford Forum

Bere Regis Parish Council – Bere Regis

Sydling St Nicholas Parish Council – Eastfield Hill, Sydling St Nicholas, Dorchester

National Trust, North and West Dorset – Thorncombe Beacon, Bridport

Island and Royal Manor of Portland Court Leet – The Beacon Ground, Priory Corner, Portland

Sandford Orcas, Queen Thorne, Sherborne – Above Mitre Inn, Sandford Orcas

Wareham Town Council – Howards Lane Car Park, Wareham

Sturminster Newton Town Council – Railway Garden, Old Market Hill, Sturminster Newton

Corton Denham Village Hall – Corton Denham Hill, Corton Denham

Stratton Parish Council – Grimstone Down, Stratton

Minterne Estate – Field at Bakers Plain, Cerne Abbas

Corfe Castle Platinum Jubilee Committee – East Hill, Corfe Castle, Wareham

Christchurch Town Council – Mudeford Quay, Christchurch

Frampton Parish Council – Frampton

West Parley Parish Council – The Memorial Hall, West Parley

East Lulworth Parish Council – Icehouse Field, Lulworth Castle, East Lulworth, Wareham

Spetisbury Parish Council and Charlton Marshall Parish Council – Spetisbury Rings, South Farm, Spetisbury

Dorset Council – Durlston Castle, Durlston Country Park, Swanage

Newman Farming Partnership – Castle Hill, Cattistock, Dorchester

Charmouth Parish Council – Charmouth Beach/Foreshore, Lower Sea Lane, Charmouth

Broadwindsor Fun Group – Allotments opposite Broadwindsor School, Broadwindsor

Kimmeridge Village Hall – Kimmeridge Bay, Kimmeridge, Wareham

Lyme Bay NCI Unit – Near Lyme Bay NCI Station, Lyme Bay

Parish of Melcombe Horsey and Hilton – Melcombe Park, Ansty, Dorchester

Membury Merry Makers & Membury Parish Council – Membury Castle, Membury

Rotary Club of Gillingham (Dorset) - Harding's Lane Recreation Ground, Gillingham

Yetminster Jubilee Celebration Committee – St Andrew's Church Tower, Yetminster

Hampshire

Wellington Estate, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, RG7 2BT

Porchester Castle, Church Ln, Portchester, Fareham PO16 9QW

The Bund, Shamrock Way, Hythe Marina Village, Southampton SO45 6DY

Clift Meadow Park, Minchens Ln, Bramley, Tadley RG26 5BS

Fort Widley, Portsdown Hill Rd, Cosham, Portsmouth PO6 3LS

Southsea Castle, Clarence Esplanade, Portsmouth, PO5 3PA

Binley Farms, Binley, Andover

Village Green, Sherfield on Loddon, Hook, RG27 0DE

Cricket Field, Victoria Rd, Netley Abbey, Southampton, SO31 5FA

St Mary Bourne Village Centre, Bourne Mdw, Andover SP11 6BE

Village Beacon, Damerham, Fordingbridge SP6 3HQ

Pamber Park, Pamber Heath, Tadley

Hatch Grange, West End, Southampton SO30 3FE

Liss Junior School, Hill Brow Rd, Liss GU33 7LQ

Pondside Farm, Meonstoke, Hampshire

Scout and Guide HQ, Romsey Road, Copythorne, Southampton, SO40 2PB

Mapledurwell & Nately Parish Council and Village Hall, Newnham Road, Basingstoke, RG279AF

Clanfield Parish Council, Top Green, Clanfield

Breamore House, Breamore, Fordingbridge, SP6 2DF

Three Villages Sports Field, Thruxton, Andover, SP11 8PN

Trigonometrical Point, Knowle Park, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, SO50 7GL

Sapley Lane Playing Field, Overton

Fosbury Hill Fort, Vernham Dean, SP11 0JY

The National Museum Of The Royal Navy, HMS Warrior Jetty, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, PO1 3NH

Wield Parish Council, The Village Green, Weild, Alresford

Beacon Field, Buryfields, Odiham, Hampshire, RG29 1NE

Beaulieu Estate, The Mill Pond, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst SO42 7ZN

All Saint's Church, 330 Catherington Ln, Waterlooville PO8 0TD

Harting Down, Woolbeding, GU31 5PN

Otterbourne Common, Boyatt Lane, Otterbourne, Winchester, SO21 2HW

Matterley Estate, Cheesefoot Head, South Downs Way, Winchester SO21 1HW

Buster Hill, Queen Elizabeth Country Park, Gravel Hill PO8 0QE

Calshot Castle, Jack Maynard Rd, Calshot, Southampton SO45 1BR

Stone Point, Lepe Country Park, Lepe, SO45 1AD

Gang Warily Recreation Centre, Fawley, Newlands Rd, Southampton SO45 1GA

The Recreation Ground, Ewshot

Manor Park, Burley, Ringwood, BH24 4BS

Crabtree Plantation, London Rd, Old Basing, Basingstoke RG24 7HB

Diving Museum at No. 2 Battery, Stokes Bay, Gosport PO12 2QU

Wellington Statue, Aldershot GU11 1QB

Calthorpe Park and Fleet Road, Fleet, GU51 4AB

Isle of Wight

Bonchurch

Brading Down

Culver Down: A town crier, piper, bugler, choir blessing and the lighting by Caroline Peel DL, with the Scouts.

Carisbrooke Castle

Compton Bay

Cowes Parade: Entertainment from 7pm, including Mike Christie from G4, the Medina Community Choir, a piper and a bugler.

East Cowes Esplanade

Freshwater Bay (near the golf course car park)

Mottistone: National Trust's Longstone Farmhouse

Ryde Marina

St Helens Green: An electric flame in a specially made brazier.

Tennyson Down

The Needles

Wellow (Millennium Green)

Yarmouth (River Road car park)

West Sussex

Arundel - Arundel Castle

Ashurst Wood – John Pears Field

Barns Green – Sharpenhurst Hill

Billingshurst – Village Green

Burgess Hill – St John's Park

Bognor Regis - Seafront (The Esplanade)

Chichester -Village Green (Tangmere)

Crawley - Tilgate Park

Duncton Down - Tupper Farms (Duncton Hill)

Easting – Harting Down Car Park

East Grinstead – King George's Field

Halnaker - Halnaker Windmill

Haywards Heath – Victoria Park (Twineham)

Beacon Hill - Hookers Farm, (Twineham)

Horsham– The Papitol

Lancing - Church Farm (Coombes)

Lindfield – Lindfield Common

Littlehampton – Banjo Road

Midhurst– Cowdray Park (Cowdray Estate)

Milland – Cartersland

Plaistow– The Village Green

Petworth– Tillington Recreation Ground (Tillington)

Petworth - Lodsworth Village Hall (Lodsworth)

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