Slough has no council display. The nearest, both on Sat 7 Nov: Windsor Racecourse, fireworks 7.30pm, adults £14; Fire.Fest in Maidenhead, 5pm to 8pm.

Slough has no town fireworks display. The council stopped running the Bonfire and Firework Spectacular at Upton Court Park as a budget saving, and nothing has replaced it. Bonfire Night 2026 falls on Thursday 5 November. The two nearest confirmed displays are both on Saturday 7 November, at Windsor Racecourse and at Braywick Park in Maidenhead.

Updated 3 October: both 7 November displays now have times and tickets on sale. Windsor Racecourse: gates 4.30pm, fireworks 7.30pm, adults £14. Fire.Fest: 5pm to 8pm, early bird adults £12.

This page sticks to what organisers have published themselves. Where a 2026 date is not out yet, it says so.

Why there is no Slough display any more

The council used to run it. Its equality impact assessment for budget saving RES-2324-11c describes “the proposal to stop providing public outdoor events including Bonfire and Firework Spectacular, Canal Festival, Festive Fun, Christmas Lights, Christmas Tree and switch on event”, along with deleting the marketing post that ran them. (Slough Borough Council, consolidated EIAs for the Chief Operating Officer directorate, scrutiny meeting 1 December 2022)

The same assessment records what the bonfire was: an event with a dedicated car park and a hard-standing viewing area for disabled visitors, which is why it drew a higher share of disabled attendees than the council’s other events. It also accepts that losing free events would fall hardest on families on low incomes.

The saving went through as part of RES-2324-11, worth £0.150m, described in the directorate’s budget presentation as a “cessation of some corporate outdoor events”. (Slough Borough Council, COO Budget 2023/24 presentation) Cabinet recommended the 2023/24 budget to full Council on 27 February 2023. (Slough Borough Council, agenda item 122)

It has not come back. The council’s own events calendar, filtered to Upton Court Park and set to the full list, returns nothing at all, and the whole borough-wide list runs to five entries, none of them a display. (Slough Borough Council events) No temporary road closure order for a firework event appears on the council’s public notices pages either. (Slough Borough Council, public notices and orders)

The two confirmed 2026 dates near Slough

Royal Windsor Racecourse, Saturday 7 November. Tickets are on sale. Gates open at 4.30pm, the fireworks start at 7.30pm and gates close at 9.30pm. Adults (13 and over) are £14, children aged 4 to 12 £8.50, and a family ticket for two adults and two children is £40. There is also a restaurant package in the 1866 Restaurant at £44 for adults and £24 for children. The racecourse bills it as a traditional fireworks night with a funfair, and when we checked on 3 October several ticket types showed as unavailable on its booking panel, so buy early if you are set on it. (Royal Windsor Racecourse, Fireworks Night) The course is on Maidenhead Road on the Windsor side of the river, a short drive south of Slough.

Fire.Fest, Braywick Park, Maidenhead, Saturday 7 November, 5pm to 8pm. This is the third year for A & L Events’ display, with a professional fireworks show, food and drink traders, a licensed bar and a Traylens funfair. Early bird tickets are £12 for adults (16 and over) and £7 for children aged 4 to 15, each plus a 75p booking fee, and under 4s go free. There are also bundles: one adult and one child at £15.50, or two adults and two children at £31, plus booking fees. Under 16s must be with an adult. (A & L Events, Fire.Fest tickets) The organiser lists three free car parks: Vicus Way (SL6 1AB), Braywick Road (SL6 1DX) and Braywick Leisure Centre (SL6 1BN). (A & L Events, Fire.Fest)

The closest village display, and what it did last year

Eton Wick, just outside the borough on the Eton side, runs the nearest small display. In 2025 it was on Saturday 1 November, the bonfire lit at 7.30pm and the fireworks at 7.45pm, organised by the Eton Wick Firework Committee with Eton Wick Library as the beneficiary and youth club volunteers collecting donations. (The Wick 4-Weekly, edition 19, October 2025)

No 2026 date has been published yet, as at 4 October. The village association’s September newsletter, out on 28 September, lists its autumn dates (a quiz on 23 October, a toy sale on 7 November, bingo on 13 November and the lights switch-on on 28 November) and does not mention a bonfire or fireworks. (The Wick 4-Weekly, edition 28, September 2026) The display is run by a separate firework committee, so that is not proof it is off, but last year the date was in the October edition. We will update this page when it lands.

If you are letting off fireworks at home

The council sets out the legal hours on its own noise pages. Fireworks can be let off between 7am and 11pm, with four exceptions: Bonfire Night, until midnight; Diwali, until 1am the following morning; New Year’s Eve, until 1am; and Chinese New Year, until 1am. Outside those hours it is a police matter on 101, not a council one, and the council says short bursts from several properties at once are close to impossible for it to act on. (Slough Borough Council, firework noise)

Two dates matter locally this year. The council’s licensing table for fireworks sellers gives Bonfire Night as 5 November 2026 and Diwali as 8 November 2026, and allows shop sales for Bonfire Night only between 15 October and 10 November. (Slough Borough Council, dates you can sell fireworks) Diwali falling on 8 November puts it on the same day as Remembrance Sunday.

The council’s advice is blunt: go to a professional display rather than letting them off at home, and if you do, give neighbours a few days’ notice, especially those who are elderly or have children or pets.

Getting there and parking

Both confirmed displays are outside the borough, so this is a driving or train night for most people. If you are parking in Slough before travelling on, charges now apply at nine park and leisure sites and the free stay has to be activated on RingGo or PayPoint or you will be fined: see parking in Slough for the tariffs and the sites. For anything affecting the drive out, check Slough roadworks and travel.

What is still to be confirmed

  • Eton Wick’s 2026 date, expected through the village newsletter and Facebook in October.
  • Fire.Fest’s fireworks start time. The organiser gives the event as 5pm to 8pm but not when the display begins.

We check these sources again through October and update this page as each is published.