Queene's Day

For other uses of "Queen's Day", see Queen's Day (disambiguation).

Queene's Day celebrates the accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne of England on 17 November 1558. Observance of the accession was a national holiday in England and Wales for about 300 years, often with the building of enormous bonfires. It was revived in the village of Berry Pomeroy in Devon in 2005.^[1]

Queene's Day
Significance	accession of Queen Elizabeth I to the throne in 1558
Date	17 November
Next time	17 November 2025 (2025-11-17)
Frequency	annual

Celebrations begin with evensong in St Mary's Church, Berry Pomeroy and culminate with a bonfire in the adjacent field, upon which is burned an effigy of the Devil.

See also

• Accession Day tilt