New Years Eve Firework Display London - 31st Dec 2007

London's festivities for New Years Eve 2007 will be focused on a free fireworks display at the British Airways London Eye which will light up the Thames at midnight to mark the start of a new 2008.

Like last year it will be accessible to all and many are expected to watch from the Embankment.

Best Place to View

People will start arriving at 8.00pm and it will start getting crowded from 9.30pm onwards, so best to get there for 9.00pm.

Westminster bridge and the North embankment, opposite the London Eye, are the best places to see the display.

The display lasts 15 minutes from midnight and will be visible from many parts of London and will also be on television.

The Organisers

The show is commissioned by London Mayor Ken Livingstone and the GLA and is produced by Jack Morton Worldwide.

The fireworks are being designed and executed by the French company Groupe F supported by local Kent based company, Phoenix Fireworks.

2006-7 New Years Eve.

Groupe F, lead by Christof Berthonneau, are globally known as the experts behind the recent Athens Olympic Games opening and closing ceremonies, and the Eiffel Tower for the millennium celebrations.

Phoenix Fireworks are providing English pyrotechnicians, explosive transport and storage.

See the fireworks display build BLOG
- Starts day after Boxing day

While the rest of the country face the inevitable turkey sandwiches, the Phoenix Team start work with Groupe F at 9.00am on the day after Boxing Day. Drop in every day for the daily report of what is involved in building the UK's biggest display. You have a chance to ask the team questions on the forum, and see photographs of the build in the Gallery section click here for the BLOG

Facts of 2006-7 Display

• The display is fired using three computers, has 3 barges in front of the London Eye, each stacked with fireworks.

• A team of 30 pyrotechnicians worked from Boxing Day right up to New years eve.
• The fireworks mounted on the wheel are cold burn, self susuming fireworks designed not to damage the London Eye or capsules in any way

Show Podcast

This podcast is the first in an audio series that tell the story of how the show that thrills and entertains 350,000+ people is staged, Hear from the people that make it happen and how the challenges are overcome in this podcast called

"London Eye Fireworks Display at New years eve - Setting the stage"

Click here to hear the first podcast of the event

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The second podcast of the series will follow the fireworks team as they build the display, will talk to the designer, the supporting roles and then follows the show right up to the firing at midnight, when the display is unleashed.

It will be published on this page in the week after the new year.

Transport:

The tube will run all night on New Year's Eve and will be free between 11:45pm and 4:30am, making it much easier for people to get home safely wherever they are celebrating. Many thanks to sponsors NatWest.

Please note some smaller stations will not be open for the whole evening. Check details before traveling.

The congestion charge will be suspended so you will not have to pay to drive into central London from Saturday 23 December to Wednesday 2 January.

British Airways London Eye Riverside Building,
County Hall,
Westminster Bridge Road,
London SE1 7PB.
Telephone 0870 443 9862

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