Lord Mayors Show
...TOP London Festivals
Saturday 12 November from 11am
The Lord Mayors Show is one of London's
most spectacular festivals so make sure you get
there early. The event begins at 11.00am so get there around 10ish.
Check out the route on
the Lord Mayor's Show website and
then choose a place to view the festival from.
The procession starts in the City of London from
Mansion House and winds it's way through the cheering crowds to the
Royal Courts of Justice - Procession Map
This is where the Lord Mayor swears
allegiance to the Queen just as Dick Whittington did all those years ago.
The return
procession finishes at Mansion House at 2.30pm.
For a FREE guided
walking tour of the area get down to Number 1 Poultry by 3.00am and the City of
London's Guide Lecturers will take you on a walking tour of the area. To see where
this is print out the map from the website
Firework
Display at 5.00pm
At the end of the show London's new Lord Mayor starts the firework display on the river Thames at five o’clock on the 12th of November. The fireworks are launched from a barge on the Thames
between Waterloo and Blackfriars Bridge at 5.00pm and lasts for 15 minutes. This
spectacular event is a pyrotechnic orgy of giant fireworks shooting into the sky over
the River Thames and definitely not to be missed!
The display includes more than half a tonne of giant fireworks, some of which shoot over 600ft into the sky before exploding, and takes a team of eight pyrotechnicians two days to set it all up. For the best view of all head down to Victoria Embankment.
The road will be closed to traffic this year so there's plenty of room. Other good places to view the
firework display are from Victoria Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge, Waterloo Bridge or
on Southbank
between the National Theatre and the Tate
Modern - Lord Mayor's Fireworks
.
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