VE Day 2025: Map shows the UK landmarks that will be lit up tonight

Landmarks will become red,white and blue (Picture: GOR/Getty Images)

Historic landmarks across the country will be illuminated tonight in a second day of VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations.

Eighty-three monuments,buildings and attractions in the four nations and the Channel Islands will be lit up.

The landmarks will shine red,white and blue from 9pm tonight and glow into the evening.

Sites to be lit up will be famous London bridges,like London and Millennium Bridge,as well as seafronts,such as in Blackpool and Weston-super-Mare.

Historic castles,such as Lowther Castle in Cumbria and Enniskillen Castle in Northern Ireland,will also bask in red,white and blue this evening.

What else is happening today?

The moving light display will be accompanied by another day of events to mark 80 years since the end of World War II in Europe.

Earlier on today,30,000 ceramic poppies will be installed at the Tower of London.

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The government has put together this web page to list hundreds of local activities happening throughout the week of festivities.

What does VE in VE Day mean?

VE Day stands for Victory in Europe Day.It marked the day the world celebrated news of the German surrender.Britons actually celebrated two public holidays for Victory in Europe,the first on May 8 and then another the next day on May 9.