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Special Events
New Year’s Day Parade (website: www.londonparade.co.uk), 1 Jan, Parliament Square, SW1, to Berkeley Square, W1
London International Boat Show (website: www.londonboatshow.net), Jan, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, SW5
Chinese New Year Celebrations (website: www.chinatownchinese.com), Jan/Feb, Gerrard Street, Chinatown, WC2
Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race (website: www.theboatrace.org), Mar, River Thames from Mortlake, SW14, to Putney, SW15
Flora London Marathon (website: www.london-marathon.co.uk), Apr, Blackheath, SE3, to the Mall, SW1
Chelsea Flower Show (website: www.rhs.org.uk/chelsea), May, Royal Hospital Chelsea, SW1
Trooping the Colour, Queen’s Birthday parade (website: www.royal.gov.uk), 15 Jun, Buckingham Palace, the Mall and Horse Guards’ Parade, SW1
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships (website: www.royal.gov.uk), Jun-Jul, All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon, SW19
Notting Hill Carnival (website: www.nhct.org.uk), August Bank Holiday Weekend, last weekend Aug, Notting Hill, W8
Thames Festival, arts, sport and river events (website: www.thamesfestival.org), mid-Sep, Westminster Bridge, SE1, to Southwark Cathedral, SE1
London Fashion Week (website: www.londonfashionweek.co.uk), Sep, location varies
The Pearly Harvest Festival, service for cockney Pearly Kings and Queens (website: www.pearlies.co.uk), 1st Sun Oct, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2
Lord Mayor’s Show, celebratory parade (website: www.lordmayorsshow.org), Nov, City of London, EC1
Remembrance Sunday, procession in honour of British service men and women, nearest Sunday to 11 Nov, Whitehall, SW1
New Year’s Eve Celebrations, 31 Dec, Trafalgar Square, WC2, and all over the city
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