On June 2 a special beacon will be lit to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee and Honiton Town Council have released a schedule of the ceremony.

The ceremony will take place on Roundball Hill, which overlooks Honiton.

The United Kingdom has a long history of lighting beacons to mark special events such as royal weddings, Jubilees, and coronations.

In 1897 beacons were lit to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and they were lit again in 1977, 2002 and 2012 to mark Queen Elizabeth's milestones. 

This year, our Queen celebrates 70 years of reign as Monarch and Head of the Commonwealth. No previous monarch has celebrated a Platinum Jubilee.

To mark the event, more than 2,022 beacons will be lit across the UK and its Overseas Territories, as well as one in the capital city of each Commonwealth country.

Beacon lighting schedule

2pm – Town Crier's announcement of the event outside St. Paul's Church

9pm – Opening of the event at Roundball Hill

9.35pm – Piper performs 'Diu Regnare'

9.40pm – Bugle call 'Majesty'  

9.45pm – Lighting of the beacon

Closing of the event

How are you planning to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee?

Whether you are having a street party in your community or a get together at home with friends and family, the Co-op are offering Nub News readers the chance to win a Jubilee celebration box packed full of items to help you celebrate the Platinum Jubilee in style!

Inside the pack you will find bunting, a tablecloth, cake toppers and party accessories plus lots of handy hints to help your celebration be a success.

The first person in Honiton to request a Jubilee box will win one. Email your Jubilee celebration box requests to [email protected]

Include your name and the address you would like the box delivered to.

To win a Jubilee celebration box you must be willing to be photographed.