Blackstone Edge above Littleborough will see the lighting of a beacon to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday later this month.
The beacon will be one of 1,000 being lit across the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and overseas territories after the Queen lights the principal beacon at Windsor Castle in Berkshire on the 21st April.
The Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Ian Sandiford, and the Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Surinder Biant, will get the ceremony under way at 7.30pm before the beacon is lit shortly afterwards.
Councillor Biant said:
“The Queen’s 90th birthday is a real landmark in history, and it is a great honour that Rochdale has been chosen to host one of the birthday beacons. The dramatic setting up on Blackstone Edge will mean our beacon can be seen for many miles around. It promises to be a special evening and I hope lots of people will look out for it up on the Pennine moors.”
As part of the commemoration event, the Army Cadet Force are taking special gas fuelled beacons to the top of the 4 highest peaks in the UK:
Ben Nevis – Scotland (1st Battalion Highlanders Army Cadet Force)
Mount Snowdon – Wales (Clwyd and Gwynedd Army Cadet Force)
Scafell Pike – England (Cumbria Army Cadet Force)
Slieve Donard – Northern Ireland (2nd NI Battalion Army Cadet Force)
