Lewes 5th with kids

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Prettyboyshaw

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• Nov 4, 2014

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Only been once but without kids. Any tips which society to go too, how to get there (prefer to bus or car train seemed rammed when I went) and times?

Cheers

 

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atomised

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If I were to go with kids I'd head for south street, their display tends to start a lot earlier than the others. The firesite is just along from the carpark off cliffe high street.
Transport wise buses run from over by caffyns. Bit would be far easier to get a bus after that display than wait in a long queue after 11 once all the other displays are done

 

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Prettyboyshaw

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Cheers, are the buses okay or really packed and busy from Brighton...to they lay specials on anywhere?

 

Lord Bracknell

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• Nov 4, 2014

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It'll be a long evening for the kids, but I would recommend arriving early. Processions start at about 5.30 in the Cliffe High Street area and crowds are not excessive at that time. If you can then escape from the Cliffe, make your way to the top end of town (near the Black Horse / St Anne's Church), where you'll get a good view of the United Grand Procession and its preliminaries. As for which bonfire / display to go to, I always used to recommend first timers to go to Waterloo's display (near the river / Tesco's), where admission was free. But this year, Waterloo are charging £3 (wristbands available early evening) and it's difficult to guess how this will shake out. As suggested above, South Street's firesite is worth thinking about.

As for travel to and from Lewes ... if you don't fancy trains, buses 28 and 29 will be running, but whether they will have the capacity is anyone's guess.

 

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Buses still get busy although if you head over at a sensible time shouldn't be too bad. It's extra services that run coming back but not sure whether they add extra buses going to lewes

 

Eeyore

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Initially I thought the title was referring to Lewes FC having made 5th spot whilst playing youngsters. Perhaps a blue print, given our successful Under 18s side.

 

Norman Potting

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How old Or the kids? Based on experiences at outdoor events with the younger Pottings the dreaded T word -, toilets - springs to minds.

 

Cowfold Seagull

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Brighton Lines said:

Initially I thought the title was referring to Lewes FC having made 5th spot whilst playing youngsters. Perhaps a blue print, given our successful Under 18s side.

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So did l!, Alas though the 1st team seem to be struggling at the moment.