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VE Day Beacon Lighting - Uphill

Uphill Beacon, Uphill hill, Uphill Beacon, Uphill, North Somerset, BS23 4XR
Uphill Beacon with Weston-super-Mare in the background

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Join together for a poignant shared moment of celebration at Uphill Tower, on the top of Uphill hill, for the lighting of the Millennium Beacon at 9pm on Thursday, May 8.

The lighting is part of a national chain of beacon lightings to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

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