UK’s Firework Champions 2023: Ragley Hall edition

Oct. 12, 2023

On September 23, 2023 it was the last of the UK’s Firework Champion’s seven venues to have three of the UK’s best firework companies compete against each other with a 10-minute spectacular firework display choreographed to music. This time it was Ragley Estate - an exclusive Warwickshire venue set in the heart of Shakespeare’s England.

Ragley Hall in the parish of Arrow in Warwickshire is a stately home, located eight miles west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the ancestral seat of the Seymour-Conway family, Marquesses of Hertford. The house was built to the designs of William Hurlbert, with modifications by Robert Hooke. It became later the home of an English philosopher Anne Conway and she was visited there by a number of notable people including Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Financial instability of the Seymour family left the house threatened with demolition more than once. During World War I and World War II, the house found use as a military hospital. Between 1956 and 1958 the estate was refurbished, and became one of the first stately homes opened to the public.

In 1983, the painter Graham Rust completed a huge mural including pets, friends and family members which is known as "The Temptation" and is exhibited on the Southern staircase. From 2004 to 2012 Ragley was the site of the Jerwood Sculpture Park.

It was Robert Marnock, one of the outstanding English horticulturalists and garden designers of the 19th century, who designed Ragley Estate’s formal Rose Gardens which make an impeccable backdrop for outdoor ceremonies and entertaining guests. So one cannot but agree that this was a great place to finish this year’s Firework Champion tour!

We remind our readers that after watching all the teams battle for the Fireworks Champions title, the audience had all the power in their hands (through their mobile phone) to decide the winner. That night the winners were Chase Lane Fireworks (hooray to them!), and two other teams were Distant Thunder Fireworks and Vulcan Fireworks.

…We at SuperFireworks Co., Ltd. hope that our readers have enjoyed this little run through English history and architecture! Big thanks to the magic of pyrotechnics that let us be more educated and united with the world’s beautiful places and people.

Stay tuned and stay super with SuperFireworks Company!