More than half a dozen beacons to be lit from Westbury to Weymouth -- night of May 8 to day of May 9

The V-E anniversary is actually on Friday but events are taking place across the region throughout the weekend, as well as the major national commemorations in London.
The first marking of VE Day will take place across the West when church bells are rung. At Bath Abbey, the city church's bells will ring for half an hour from 9am. "It is a particularly special moment for the Abbey's bell ringing team as the bells were rung 70 years ago on May 8 for VE Day and recorded for a BBC broadcast which was including in a 78 gramophone record of VE Day ringing, with Westminster Abbey, York Minster, Coventry Cathedral and Puddletown in Dorset," said a spokeswoman for Bath Abbey.
After the bells ring, around 200 places, most of which have been traditional hilltop marker points for centuries, will have beacons lit on Friday evening. In the West, more than half a dozen beacons will be lit at spots including Westbury's White Horse, Barbury Castle near Swindon and Castle Hill near Mere – all in Wiltshire – and also at Uphill Hill at Weston-super-Mare, in Bristol, on the roof of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, and from Monmouth to Weymouth.

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