Pop-up fireworks in Whitby to celebrate Queen's Platinum Jubilee
It'll be a low-noise display which was originally planned for the town's lights switch-on last November
Last updated 10th Feb 2022
There is going to be a fireworks display in Whitby next week to mark the month of the 70th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne.
It will be a low-noise display at 7pm on Friday 18th February along the East Pier.
The fireworks have been re-purposed as it was originally planned for Whitby's lights switch-on event last November.
Announcing this pop-up event, Town Mayor, Cllr Linda Wild said: "The whole town was disappointed when storm Arwen put paid to our plans in November. We had worked with Reaction Fireworks to develop a high-impact, low-noise display, which we would have launched from the East Cliff.
"We believe in waste-not, want-not and now we want to use these fireworks to launch Whitby's celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with a free spectacle that everyone can enjoy on Friday 18 February.
"This will be a 'must see' event for anyone in Whitby next week and a fabulous opportunity for photographers to capture the display.
"We couldn't do this without the fantastic support of the harbourmaster. My thanks go to Captain Burrows and his magnificent team at Whitby Harbour for enabling this to happen. My thanks also go to Scott Hillary at Reaction Fireworks who has come up with this clever reuse of the fireworks that storm Arwen scuppered!"
Whitby Town Council has worked in partnership with Scarborough Borough Council, which provided funding originally allocated to the Christmas Festival, to launch a pyrotechnic display in the shadow of the cliffs below Whitby Abbey at 7pm on Friday 18th February.