Pop-up fireworks in Whitby takes place tonight to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
It was re-scheduled several times due to strong winds
Last updated 1st Mar 2022
There will be pop-up fireworks in Whitby tonight (1 March) to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
Due to the strong winds, the event was postponed a handful of times but It's finally happening at 7pm tonight.
The display will mark the 70th Anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. The special low-noise display, which was originally planned for the town's lights switch-on event in November, has been repurposed into linear display of low-level fireworks along the East Pier.
Announcing this pop-up event, Town Mayor, Cllr Linda Wild said:
"The whole town was disappointed when storm Arwen put paid to our plans in November. We had worked with Reaction Fireworks to develop a high-impact, low-noise display, which we would have launched from the East Cliff.
"We believe in waste-not, want-not and now we want to use these fireworks to launch Whitby's celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a free spectacle that everyone can enjoy."