Firework and bonfire safety

The best advice we can give is to enjoy fireworks as part of an organised event. 

If you are hosting your own bonfire night or celebration party with fireworks, the Fire Service has prepared some tips to make sure you stay safe.

• Make sure your fireworks are CE marked
• Only allow adults to handle fireworks
• Keep fireworks in a closed box and use them one at a time
• Read and follow the instructions on each firework using a torch if necessary
• Light the firework at arm's length with a taper and stand well back
• Keep naked flames, including cigarettes, away from fireworks
• Never return to a firework once it has been lit
• For an emergency keep buckets of water or the garden hose close by
• Don't put fireworks in pockets and never throw them
• Direct any rocket fireworks well away from spectators
• Never use paraffin or petrol on a bonfire
• Make sure that the fire is out and surroundings are made safe before leaving
• Keep children under supervision when using sparklers
• Prepare a bucket of sand to dispose of used sparklers
• Never buy fireworks from unlicensed sellers
• Pour water on the embers before leaving

The best advice we can give is to enjoy fireworks as part of an organised event. Listed below are organised displays happening within the Gloucestershire area.  To find out the details for each one please contact the organisers.

Firework displays 2026

• Saturday, 31 October 2026
  Cerney Spooktacular fireworks event
  at South Cerney Airfield, Northmoor Lane, Cirencester GL7 5RD.

• Thursday, 5 November 2026
  The Red Hart Inn, Blaisdon GL17 0QH

• Thursday, 5 November 2026
  Warden Hill Primary School PTA, at the school, Durham Close, Cheltenham.
  
  
• Friday, 6 November 2026
  Hatherop Castle School, Hatherop, Cirencester, GL7 3NB.
  
  
• Friday, 6 November 2026
  Ann Cam CofE Primary School, Bayfield Gardens, Dymock. 
  
  
• Saturday, 7 November 2026
  Sir William Romney's School, Lowfield Road, Tetbury.
  
  
• Saturday, 7 November 2026
  France Lynch Playing Fields.
  
  
• Saturday, 7 November 2026
  Wotton Fireworks Display.
  
  
• Saturday, 7 November 2026
  Lions Speech House Fireworks, Forest of Dean
  
  
• Sunday, 8 November 2026
  Hawkesbury Upton Village Hall