A network of flaming tributes to the Queen will stretch throughout the country on Thursday, including across Cumbria.

Beacons marking the Platinum Jubilee will be lit at 9.45 pm sites including the Tower of London, Windsor Great Park, Hillsborough Castle and the Queen’s estates of Sandringham and Balmoral, along with the tops of the UK’s four highest peaks; Ben Nevis (Scotland), Mount Snowdon (Wales), Scafell Pike (England) and Slieve Donard (Northern Ireland).

The first beacons will be lit in Tonga and Samoa in the South Pacific, and the final one in the Central American country of Belize.

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The principal beacon outside the Palace – a 21-metre-tall Tree of Trees sculpture for the Queen’s Green Canopy initiative – will be illuminated by a senior member of the royal family, and images will be projected on to the Palace.

The history of jubilee beacons

Lighting beacons to celebrate Royal Jubilees, Weddings and Coronations is a long-held tradition.

The flaming displays might appear on top of mountains, church and cathedral towers, castle battlements, on town and village greens, country estates, parks and farms, along beaches and on cliff tops.

In 1897, beacons were lit to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. In 1977, 2002 and 2012, beacons commemorated the Silver, Golden and Diamond Jubilees of The Queen, and in 2016 Her Majesty’s 90th birthday.

On Thursday, there are four types of beacons being lit:

  1. A free-standing beacon fuelled by bottle gas
  2. A beacon brazier with a metal shield
  3. A bonfire beacon
  4. Bishops Frome Strawman

 

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Platinum Jubilee beacons in Cumbria

  • Birdoswald Roman Fort (English Heritage)
  • Whelprigg House
  • Mansergh Parish Meeting
  • Barton & Pooley Bridge Parish Council – Heughscar Hill, Nr Pooley Bridge, Ullswater
  • Brough Sowerby Parish Meeting – Brough Sowerby Common, Eden
  • Hayton Parish Council – Hayton Community Field, Hayton
  • Cumbria Army Cadet Force – Murton Pike, Eden
  • St Bees Parish Council, Egremont.
  • Huddleston Masonic Lodge, Millom – Haverigg Airfield, Haverrigg
  • Lamplugh and District Heritage Society – Lamplugh Hows
  • Levens Village – Hyning Field, Levens.
  • Norman J Thompson – Thompson Ground, Haverigg, Millom
  • Biggar Community Jubilee Celebrations – Biggar Village, Barrow in Furness
  • Crook Parish Council – Crook, Kendal
  • Barrow Borough Council – Clock Tower, Town Hall, Barrow-in-Furness
  • Ulverston Town Council, Ulverston
  • Orton Parish Council – Orton Scar Beacon Hill, Orton (Beacons have been lit on this Hill for Coronations and Jubilees since Queen Victoria)
  • Ousby Parish Council – Land above Ousby, Penrith
  • Coniston Parish Council – Maundry Bank, Coniston or summit of Coniston Old Man
  • Westmorland County Agricultural Society
  • Windermere Masonic Lodge – Castle Syke Farm, Troutbeck, Nr Windermere
  • Kingmoor Parish Council – Cargo, Carlisle
  • Shap Parish Council – Hardendale Fell, Shap
  • Castle Carrock and Geltsdale Parish Council – Castle Carrock, Carlisle
  • Workington Town Council – Vulcan Park, Workington
  • Torver Parish Council – Brookfield, Torver, Coniston
  • Casterton Parish Council – Brownthwaite
  • Whinfell Beacon, Nr Kendal
  • Sedbergh Parish Council – Winder Fell, The Howgills, Sedbergh
  •  Penrith Town Council – Top of St Andrew's Church Tower, Penrith
  • Wigton Town Council – Barton Laws, Wigton
  • Cleator Moor Town Council – Dent Fell, Cleator Moor
  • Shepherds Viewes Holidays – Behind Shepherds Views Holidays at the highest point between St Bees head and Eskmeals
  • Ambleside Masonic Lodge 2745 – Kirkstone Road, Ambleside. Rockcliff Parish Council – Rockcliffe Village, Rockcliffe
  • Crosby Garrett Parish Council – Andrews Church Car Park on the Hill, Crosby
  • Ulverston Town Council – Hoad Hill, Ulverston
  • Dalston Parish Council & Dalston Recreation Committee – The Green, Dalston, Carlisle
  • Bampton Parish Council – Knipe Scar, Bampton, Penrith
  • Holker Hall and Gardens, Cark-In-Cartmel
  • Penrith Town Council – Top of St Andrews Church Tower, Penrith
  • Penrith Town Council – Fairhill Playing Field, Penrith
  • Penrith Town Council – Penrith Castle, Penrith
  • Tebay Parish Council – Tebay Fell
  • Millom Army Cadets – The Old Kings Head Pub, Broughton in Furness.
  • Kirkby Stephen Town Council – Nine Standard Hill, Kirkby Stephen
  • Kirkby Stephen Town Council – Nine Standard Hill, Kirkby Stephen
  • Bela Lodge of Freemasons No 7576 – Kendal Rugby Club, Kendal
  • Clifton Community Council – Penrith Beacon, Beacon Hill, Penrith, Eden
  • Hawkshead Parish Council – Summit of Latterbarrow, Hawkshead, Ambleside
  • Holme Parish Council – War Memorial, Holme
  • Matson Ground Estate & Windermere Masonic Lodge – Brant Fell