Brockham Bonfire is Saturday 7 November 2026: procession 6.35pm, bonfire 7.45pm, fireworks 8.15pm. Roads shut at 5.30pm, parking £10 cash, buses from Reigate.

Brockham Bonfire is on Saturday 7 November 2026. The organisers, whose page sits on Brockham Parish Council’s website, publish the rule they always follow: the event is “always held on the nearest Saturday to the 5th November”, and their page lists 7 November 2026 and 6 November 2027. It is just over the borough boundary, south of the A25 between Reigate and Dorking, and it is the big bonfire night for anyone in Reigate or Redhill who wants more than a display.

The quick answer

  • Yes, it is on: Saturday 7 November 2026, on Brockham Green, RH3 7JJ.
  • Procession 6.35pm, bonfire lit 7.45pm, fireworks 8.15pm, then the roast pig auction at 8.30pm.
  • Roads into the village close at 5.30pm. Field car parks open at 4.30pm and cost £10 a car; bring cash.
  • Entry is by voluntary donation. There are no tickets.
  • Special buses ran from Redhill and Reigate last year. The 2026 timetable has not been posted yet; last year’s is below.

The timetable for 7 November

This is the order of the evening as set out on the Brockham Bonfire page, read on 29 September 2026:

Time What happens
4.30pm Car parks open
5.30pm Roads through the village close
6pm The Guy and an escort with burning torches leave Brockham Green, head north to the Avenue on Brockham Lane and turn back
6.35pm The torchlight procession leaves Brockham Green with the Marching Sea Cadet Band
7.45pm The bonfire is lit
8.15pm Firework display
8.30pm Roast pig auction

Torches are handed out on the green and along the route to anyone who wants to join the procession. The organisers’ own tip is to “arrive early, 18.00-19.00, join the Procession, enjoy the famous Bonfire Catering and enjoy our beautiful village.”

The display is short and big. The bonfire’s history page says it uses four tonnes of fireworks, takes 50 man-days to set up and clear, and “only 12 minutes to fill the sky”. It has been fired off the green, away from the crowd, since 1982.

Getting there from Reigate and Redhill

By bus. The organisers say additional buses run from Dorking, Redhill and Reigate, and link a timetable on their page. The timetable posted there on 29 September is still last year’s, for Saturday 8 November 2025, run by Ensignbus as route X32. It is the best guide to what to expect until the 2026 version appears:

2025 service, to Brockham Times
From Redhill Bus Station, stop 3 5.40pm, 6pm, 6.20pm, 6.40pm, 7pm, 7.15pm
From Reigate Bell Street, stop H 5.45pm to 7.20pm, about every 10 minutes
From Reigate Red Cross Inn, stop F 5.48pm to 7.23pm, several an hour (Redhill buses call here too)
Arrives at Brockham Bonfire A25 layby

Buses home from the A25 layby towards Reigate (Red Cross Inn, stop E) and Redhill Bus Station ran from 8.45pm to 10.45pm, roughly every eight minutes, taking about a quarter of an hour to Redhill.

2025 fares to Brockham were:

From Adult single Child single Adult return Child return Family return
Redhill £4 £3 £6 £5 £17
Reigate £3.80 £2.80 £5.80 £4.80 £16

Child fares were for ages 5 to 15, and family tickets covered two adults and two children or one adult and three. Tickets were sold in advance on the First Bus app or with contactless on board. We will replace these with the 2026 times and fares when the organisers post them.

By car. Local landowners open fields around the village as numbered car parks at £10 a car. Remember your car park number. The organisers recommend cash because the card terminals “struggle in the fields” when the mobile network is overloaded, and they warn of a walk of up to twenty minutes to the green “on unlit country roads”, possibly muddy. Bring a torch.

Do not park on the roads or verges. From 5.30pm Brockham becomes, in the organisers’ words, “a traffic free village”: Brockham Lane, Kiln Lane, the Borough Bridge, Old School Lane, Middle Street and Wheelers Lane all close at once. There is no vehicle access across the Village Green or Borough Bridge from 5.30pm to 11pm, and the organisers say the road across the green may stay shut until at least 11pm, subject to police approval. If you drive, expect a slow exit from the field car parks after the fireworks.

On foot from Dorking. The organisers suggest parking in Dorking and walking to Brockham through Betchworth Golf Club with the crowds.

Blue Badge parking and accessibility

There are 20 disabled parking spaces at North Downs School in Wheelers Lane, for Blue Badge holders who live locally, and they must be reserved by email to brockhambonfirecarpass@gmail.com with the driver’s name, the car’s make and registration and a photo of both sides of the badge. The organisers say passes are issued towards the end of October, with local residents first. Disabled toilets are near the church, and the organisers “strongly encourage” wheelchair users to watch from the churchyard.

Parts of the parking section are still worded for last year, with 2025 deadlines of 30 October and 4 November for passes, so check the page again in October for the 2026 cut-off.

Residents of Brockham

Guests coming to a house in the village on the night need to arrive before 5.30pm, after which they must use the car parks. Residents who cannot get home before the closures can ask for a car pass by email to the same address, with BONFIRE PASS in the subject line. Passes carry a unique QR code and are strictly non-transferable.

Money: donations and the pig

Entry costs nothing, but the bonfire runs on donations collected on the way in, and the organisers ask drivers who avoid the £10 parking fee to reflect that in what they give. They say the event gives away over £20,000 a year to local organisations and good causes, and close to £450,000 over the last 20 years. You can also donate online through the page, or sponsor a firework with a message printed in the programme for a minimum £30.

The roast pig auction is one of the oldest parts of the night. A “two tailed pig” is roasted from early on bonfire day and sold off in joints straight after the fireworks; pork rolls are sold near the pig fire during the evening.

Brockham or Horley?

Reigate and Banstead’s own display is much earlier this year. The Horley Lions show is on Saturday 17 October, three weeks before Bonfire Night, with advance tickets only; our Horley fireworks page has the details. Brockham is the choice for the traditional night: free entry, a torchlight procession, a bonfire on the green and a bigger display, in exchange for a cold walk and a queue for the car park.

For everything else coming up locally, see what’s on in Reigate this month. If you are leaving the car in town and taking the bus, our parking in Reigate page has the council car parks near Bell Street, and the roadworks and travel page carries any closures on the A25 and the roads to it.

This page will be updated with the 2026 bus timetable and the parking pass deadlines when the organisers publish them.

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