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Dates and RoutesYou are in: Somerset > Entertainment and Leisure > Carnival > Dates and Routes > Bridgwater Carnival  More than 100,000 attend the event Bridgwater CarnivalThis page contains information about the date, time and route of Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival.
Bridgwater Carnival factsDistance wise, it is just over 2 miles from the very first entry to the very last entry in the parade, and it will take 2陆 hours to pass any one viewing point. On the night, 501 official collectors will be collecting and hoping to fill a total of 1240 collecting tins. Since 2003, more than 拢115,000 has been collected at the Carnival and shared between local charities and Bridgwater Carnival. 600 road traffic cones, 530 crowd barriers and 140 additional road signs will be set out by six members of the carnival committee in readiness for the big event. These individuals will work non-stop from 6.30am on carnival day until 3am the next morning. 68 personal radios will be used. 72 judges will be involved on the evening and have the difficult task of deciding how to award the 36 cups and trophies on offer. A team of 20 staff sweep and collect what has been left by the thousands of spectators at an estimated cost of 拢5,000 in Bridgwater (拢4,800 in North Petherton and 拢2,500 in Burnham-on-Sea). It usually takes about seven and a half hours to clean the two and half mile route in Bridgwater, about four hours in North Petherton and five hours in Burnham-on-Sea听 and a little longer if it is very windy as the rubbish blows about! Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival, in its 162nd year in 2009, is the largest of Somerset's autumn carnivals. More than 100,000 people are expected to brave the November weather to see the procession, which is part of the Somerset County Guy Fawkes Carnival Association circuit. Earliest records of the event date back to around 1847 and it was set up to mark Guy Fawkes' failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Bridgwater Carnival was held on a Thursday between 1919 and 2000, as it was traditionally the early closing day for shops in the town. In 2001, the Carnival was moved to a Friday. Carnival route
WeatherFrom 91热爆 Points West's Richard Angwin: The weather for the Bridgwater Carnival looks set to be mainly dry. Any showers during the afternoon are likely to have died away by the time the Carnival gets underway. There is a small risk of a shower any which do occur should blow through quite quickly on the southwesterly breeze. Temperatures during the Carnival are expected to be around 7 or 8 degrees Celsius - not too chilly for a November evening. 91热爆 Somerset91热爆 Somerset will be part of the parade along with Pudsey.
Help playing audio/video  Squibbing are set off inthe High Street And don't worry if you can't make it down to the carnival yourself, you can catch it all here on the website as we'll be broadcasting the event live via a webcam. SquibbingA spectacular display of fireworks lights up the town centre after the procession. More than 140 squibs are fired off along the length of the High Street. The squibs, or fireworks, are tied on to wooden coshes lit from a flame in the road and are all held aloft at arm's length simultaneously. This year, 91热爆 Somerset's Emma Britton will take part. Twinned with JerseyBridgwater Carnival is twinned with Jersey's Battle of Flowers. You can view photos on bbc.co.uk/jersey - the link is at the top of the page. Are we missing something?Please note that this event is not organised by the 91热爆. But if you help to organise this Somerset carnival and you spot any mistakes or omissions on this page, please get in touch with us - click on Contact Us to the left for details. last updated: 21/09/2009 at 12:24 SEE ALSOYou are in: Somerset > Entertainment and Leisure > Carnival > Dates and Routes > Bridgwater Carnival Discover more about Somerset's fantastic carnival scene ...  |
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