04/06/2012
A network of 4000 Beacons are being lit between 10 -1030pm by communities and others including Sea Cadets from across the UK, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, along with the Commonwealth and UK Overseas Territories, on Monday 4 June 2012 to celebrate HM The Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
HM The Queen will light the first beacon in The Mall, London from 10pm, this will trigger the country wide network.
Britain has a long history of lighting beacons to celebrate a monarch’s Jubilee including in 1897 when beacons were lit to celebrate Queen Victoria’s own Diamond Jubilee.