Bonfire pageant lights up the streets of Rye

All streets on the processional route in Rye town centre were closed to traffic between approximately 7.30-9.30pm to accommodate the hundreds of people enjoying the festivities.

The processional route followed Ferry Road to the Crown Inn, left into Cinque Ports Street, Tower Street, through Landgate Arch, Hilders Cliff (East Cliff) in to High Street, The Mint, right into Wish Ward, Cinque Ports Street, Tower Street, left down Landgate, right into Bedford Place and on to the Bonfire site where at 8.30pm merrymakers witnessed The Chairing down of Rye Fawkes 2018 who subsequently lit the Bonfire.

A Grand Fireworks Display followed.