A HUGE amount of work goes into Bridgwater Carnival each year - here are just some of the staggering numbers involved...

  • The procession route is just over 1.7 miles long and the carnival will take more than two hours to pass any one viewing point.
  • More than 1,000,000 individual lights (lamps and LEDs) will illuminate the skyline as the carts meander around the streets of Bridgwater.
  • More than 8 Megawatts of electricity will power the 45 carnival carts taking part in the carnival procession.
  • 1,600 traffic cones, 200 road traffic signs, 170 barriers, and 34 traffic marshals will be facilitating the 31 closed roads.
  • 340 collectors will be on the streets on carnival day and night collecting for 20 different charities. They are expected to collect over 500,000 coins.
  • All 2,448 grandstand seats were sold out five weeks prior to the big day.
  • 53 trade stands will line the procession route on carnival night.
  • 195 people are expected to take part in this year’s squibbing display, 15 minutes after the procession has finished.
  • 37 cups and trophies are awarded on carnival night by our 79 judges, with 4,802 scores analysed.
  • 70 coaches / minibuses have already pre-booked to attend Bridgwater Carnival 2017.
  • 35 companies and organisations are official sponsors of Bridgwater Carnival 2017.
  • 6,545 people like the official Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Facebook page.
  • 4,451 people follow Bridgwater Carnival's official Twitter account.
  • In the last 12 months, the official www.bridgwatercarnival.org.uk website has received 195,533 hits.
  • Various research projects and studies have concluded that Bridgwater Carnival is worth an estimated £4,000,000 annually to the local economy - £2,000,000 during the weekend of the carnival and a further £2,000,000 from carnival-related activities throughout the year.
  • This year more than 1,500 local school children are taking part in educational activities organised by Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival Committee.
  • In the last six years, Bridgwater Carnival-related activities have raised more than £138,000 for the official Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival charity and others.
  • Wells-based Globe Carnival Club’s 2017 entry, White Magic, has 64 moving parts and their 100-foot long entry has 34 wheels, using the same amount of electricity as 466 boiling kettles or 2,616 televisions.
  • More than 10 kilometres of electrical cable is on Bridgwater based Marketeers CC’s 2017 entry, The Locker. Their cart is powered by a 125 kVA generator and has 6,000 LED chips, which equates to 300,000 individual lights.
  • Members from the Bridgwater-based Marina Sydenham Juvenile CC made 300 icicles, 600 bricks and 500 cobblestones for their entry this year, Jack!
  • Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, more than 30,000 people in 119 countries across the world were able to see last year’s procession live, online.

You can follow all the action at bridgwatermercury.co.uk