Bonfire Night in Alnwick 2026: The Community Fireworks Have Moved Venue

Bonfire Night 2026 falls on Thursday 5 November, but Alnwick's display does not. The town's fireworks run on Saturday 7 November, as they usually do, put on by Alnwick Round Table. Gates open at 6pm and the first rocket goes up at 7.30pm.

Before anything else, the one thing worth getting right: the venue changed in 2025. The display is now at Alnwick Town Juniors FC on Taylor Drive, postcode NE66 2DH. If you last went a few years ago, or if you are working from a listing you found online, there is a very good chance you have the wrong address saved.

The venue moved: check the postcode before you set off

For years the community fireworks were held at Alnwick Rugby Football Club. From 2025 they moved across to the Alnwick Town Juniors FC ground at Greensfield, which has a floodlit 3G pitch, a clubhouse and the Greensfield Sports Bar.

The problem is that a lot of the internet has not caught up. Tourism listings and older write-ups still carry NE66 1BE or NE66 1BG for this event, and neither of those will take you to Taylor Drive. Plug either into a sat-nav and you will end up somewhere else in Alnwick entirely, in the dark, with children in the car and a display already under way. If your phone has an old pin saved from a previous year, delete it now.

The postcode you want is NE66 2DH. The entrance is at the Town Juniors ground at Greensfield, on the edge of town.

Best for: If you take one thing from this guide, take the postcode: NE66 2DH, Taylor Drive, not the rugby club.

Times, tickets and what is on

Where the Round Table's own page and the tourism listings disagree, we have followed the organiser, because it is their event. That means gates at 6pm rather than the 6.30pm some sites carry, and gate prices of £6 for adults, £4 for children aged 4 to 16, and free for under-4s. Both cash and card are taken on the gate.

The Round Table has also been offering 10 per cent off pre-bought fast-track tickets until 13 October, which is worth a look if you would rather not queue at the gate with everyone else at ten to six. We have not been able to confirm the advance booking link is live, so check the Round Table's own page before relying on it.

The first launch is at 7.30pm. Give yourself time: the fun fair is back this year, set up at the far end of the car park, the food trucks are returning, and the football club bar is open before, during and after the display. Parking at the ground is limited, so if you live close enough to walk down, walk down.

Best for: Adults £6, children 4 to 16 £4, under-4s free. Cash and card on the gate.

A fundraiser, not a visitor attraction

Alnwick sees a great many visitors, and it is easy to assume anything happening in the town is laid on for them. This one is not. The community fireworks are run by Alnwick Round Table, and the money taken on the gate goes towards putting on next year's display and towards local causes across Alnwick and district. You are buying a night out for your family and quietly funding something for the town at the same time. That is a decent reason to pay at the gate rather than watch from a field over the road.

Eating before or after

The ground sits on the southern side of town, so the Hog's Head Inn on Hawfinch Drive is the closest proper sit-down option if you want to eat before heading over, and it has its own car park. In the centre, The Plough on Bondgate Without and The Market Tavern on Fenkle Street both do a solid early evening meal, though November Saturdays are busy and a table is worth booking.

For something simpler on the way home, Victoria House Fish & Chips on Victoria Crescent is the traditional answer to a cold night. Or just eat at the ground: the food trucks and the club bar are part of the evening.

Sparklers, dogs and small children

A few practical notes. Organised displays almost always ask that you leave personal fireworks and sparklers at home, and the Round Table has not published a separate rules page for 2026, so assume the usual and do not turn up with a box of your own. Dogs are better left indoors with a radio on and the curtains drawn; a firing site is not a kind place for them.

If you have very young children, or anyone in the family who finds loud bangs difficult, the 7.30pm start and the open ground at Greensfield make it a reasonably manageable evening, but there is no low-noise section. Elsewhere in Northumberland, Blyth's free fireworks on Saturday 31 October run a deliberately low-noise display at 6pm ahead of the main one, and the Ponteland PCPS display starts at 6pm on Bonfire Night itself, both of which suit smaller children better.

If Saturday the 7th does not work

The nearest alternative is Morpeth RFC's bonfire and fireworks on Sunday 1 November, about twenty miles down the A1, which still has an actual bonfire, lit at 6pm. Further afield, Hexham's free fireworks are on the same Saturday night as Alnwick's, so that is a choice rather than a second chance.

For the full picture across the region, including the handful of displays that genuinely fall on Thursday 5 November, see our Bonfire Night in the North East round-up.

Full details for the town's own display, including the booking link, are on our Alnwick Community Fireworks event page.

Details were checked against Alnwick Round Table's own listing in late September 2026. Times and prices can change, so confirm before travelling. Have a suggestion? Get in touch.