Blean Village Londis Fireworks Extravaganza is on tonight!
Wednesday 5th November 2014
Blean Village Londis Fireworks Extravaganza
at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Canterbury
Wednesday 5 November
Gates open at 5.30pm
Funfair, food & beverage open from 5.30pm
On stage entertainment from 6pm
Fireworks display 7.15pm
We advise you to dress suitably for the weather and bring a torch.
No fireworks (including sparklers) are to be brought on site.
Please make sure you print off your tickets, we are unable to scan tickets from a phone.
Entrances
The main entrance for spectators on foot will be by floodlight one off Old Dover Road. This is situated on the left hand side of Sainsbury’s as you look at the store.
Please have your tickets ready to be scanned at the gates. If you have not bought tickets, please do so before you try to enter through the gates. There will be ticket sellers in the area next to Sainsbury’s.
The Nackington Road Gate will also be open for spectators on foot.
Finding The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence
The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence is near the heart of the historic Cathedral City of Canterbury. Click here for an area
map, address – The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, Old Dover Rd, Canterbury, CT1 3NZ.
Car Parking
There is no car parking on site (unless you have booked hospitality in JM Recruitment Harris Room or Les Ames
Boxes). Canterbury City Council & Stagecoach are kindly putting on a FREE Park & Ride service from the New Dover
Road Park & Ride.
They will be asking for a charitable donation for the service. The bus will drop you off outside the ground, and will pick up spectators after the fireworks and take them back up to the Park & Ride.
If you are getting dropped off at the ground, we urge you not to use the Sainsbury’s car park as a drop off/pick uppoint as the shop is operating as normal and it will cause congestion.
Public transport
National Rail: Canterbury East train station 1 mile, Canterbury West train station 1.5 miles, Passenger information –
08457 484950 www.nationalrail.co.uk
Stagecoach East Kent: Buses to/from Folkestone via the Elham Valley (route 17) and Hythe (route 18) serve the bus
stops immediately outside the Cricket Ground on Old Dover Road.
Buses to/from Deal (route 12), Dover (route 15), and Folkestone via Hawkinge (route 16/16A) all serve the bus stops on
New Dover Road (a short walk down St. Lawrence Road opposite the ground).
There are frequent buses direct to Canterbury City Centre from the bus stop on New Dover Road adjacent St. Lawrence
Road.
For timetable information visit www.stagecoachbus.com/eastkent or call Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 (calls cost 10p per
minute plus network extras).
Food & Beverage
There will be a range of food outlets open on the evening including Thai, pizza, jacket potatoes, burgers and chips. The Lime Tree Cafe, Les Ames & Cornwallis Bar (First Floor of the Colin Cowdrey Stand) will both be open to the public from 5.30pm.
Entertainment
The evening’s entertainment will include live music from Ab and the Underclass, the Canterbury Rock Choir, dancing
from the Spitfire Sweethearts, all leading up to the fantastic fireworks which will take place at 7.15pm.
There will be a funfair and competition stalls available all evening (till 9.30pm) next to the five-a-side pitch on the hospital side of the ground.
Glow merchandise will be on sale at the gates as well as on the bank by floodlight 4.