A TORCHLIT procession will get the 48th annual Burgess Hill Bonfire Society under way.

Roads in the town will be closed from 6pm prior to the first procession beginning at 7.30pm on Saturday.

It will start in Crescent Way heading to Crescent Road, Mill Road, Cyprus Road, Church Road and Station Road before ending in Silverdale Road.

The grand procession begins at 8.30pm in Station Road and will go along Church Road, Cyprus Road, Crescent Way, Civic Way, Lower Church Road, Royal George Road, Fairfield Road and Western Road, ending at the Fairfield Recreation Ground.

The firework display and bonfire will begin at 9.45pm.

Programmes for the event are on sale at the Martlets shopping centre.