Sussex Bonfire Societies
（重定向自Bonfire Society）
![Members of the Lewes Borough Bonfire Society on Bonfire Night in Lewes, Sussex.](/Images/godic/202501/01/Lewes_Bonfire,_Lewes_Borough_Bonfire_Society5757.jpg")
![Members of the Cliffe Bonfire Society drag burning tar barrels through the streets of Lewes as part of their Bonfire Night celebrations.](/Images/godic/202501/01/Lewes_Bonfire,_burning_tar_barrels5757.jpg")
The Sussex Bonfire Societies are responsible for the series of bonfire festivals around Central/Eastern Sussex along with parts of Surrey and Kent from September - November.
The celebrations mark both Guy Fawkes Night and the burning of 17 Protestant martyrs in Lewes' High Street from 1555 to 1557, during the reign of Mary Tudor.