Archbishop Temple & PTA Bonfire and Firework Night 2026

Archbishop Temple is hosting its Bonfire and Firework Night on Friday 6 November, run by the school's PTFA. It's become their main fundraiser over the last few years, and it's grown into a proper school, family and community evening. The whole thing is built around a bonfire and a firework display, with stalls selling food, snacks, sweet treats, novelty items and a tombola running alongside.

What the night raises goes back into the school as extras. Recent years have seen the money fund a new school library, dance mirrors for the Drama Department, fitness suite equipment, a geography pupil author talk, a Zoolab 'Rainforest Roadshow' workshop and a Dragon's Den event. The PTFA relies entirely on volunteers to pull it off, so it's a community effort as much as a school one.

It's a long evening, so you can come and go as you like. Gates open at 6:00pm, the bonfire is lit at 6:30pm, and the fireworks go off at 8:00pm. Tickets are £7 per person or £25 for a family of four, and children aged two and under go free. The event is at Archbishop Temple Church of England High School, St Vincent's Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 8RA (Archbishop Temple Back). Parking is available at Preston College, which closes and locks at 9:30pm.