Diamond Jubilee Tag

To visit and have its photo taken at any of the Diamond Jubilee beacon sites, both in the UK and across the commonwealth.

Most sites can be found here http://www.diamond-jubilee-beacons.buzzsites.co.uk/pages/interactive_map_171898.cfm
however some events are yet to be updated, and those that chose 'no publicity' are not shown.

On 6 February 2012, The Queen became only the second British Monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee.

The National Beacon on The Mall was lit by The Queen using the Jubilee Crystal Diamond at the end of the Diamond Jubilee Concert on Monday 4th June.

As part of the celebrations, a network of over 4,200 beacons was lit by communities and individuals throughout the United Kingdom, as well as the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, overseas Territories and the Commonwealth.

For the first time in history, beacons were lit on top of the four highest mountains in the United Kingdom. These were Scaffel Pike, England (by Cancer Research UK); Slieve Donard, Northern Ireland (by Fields of Life); Ben Nevis, Scotland (by Help for Heroes) and Mount Snowdon, Wales (by Walking with the Wounded).

Venues for beacon lighting included Royal Palaces such as the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Tower of London, as well as the private Royal estates of Sandringham and Balmoral.

Beacons were lit in many Commonwealth countries, including at significant locations such as Parliament House in Canberra, Australia and at the Treetops hotel in Kenya, where the then Princess Elizabeth heard that her father, King George VI, had died in 1952.

Photos of some of the beacons lit can be found here http://thequeensdiamondjubileebeacons.zenfolio.com/p135953711/h7e46b9f