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People planning to travel to London to celebrate 皇冠体育app Queen鈥檚 Diamond Jubilee are being urged to plan ahead.

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Spectators should visit for further information on the events and their timetables, transport and road closures. 皇冠体育app will聽help people plan their聽travel to events and聽their journey聽home.

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2 June

• On Saturday Hyde Park will play host to
• During the day, the Queen will attend the Epsom Derby. For further information about the event, visit the
• At Horse Guards Parade the are Trooping the Colour dress rehearsals for the Queen鈥檚 Birthday Parade on 16 June

3 June - 皇冠体育app Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant

• and the Thames Pageant will announce on 17 May how and where to watch the event, including the locations of big screens
• 皇冠体育app will take place in Battersea Park with a view of the river pageant. Tickets are now sold out, however you can still get a view of the pageant by checking the
• Due to a number of road and bridge closures, motorists are advised to avoid central London for all but essential journeys, and a number of bus diversions will be in place

3 June - Big Jubilee Lunch / Street Parties

• Piccadilly will be pedestrianized from 11.30am-6.00pm for the Piccadilly Big Jubilee Lunch street party. You can
• Other will take place throughout the capital and the UK

4 June - 皇冠体育app Diamond Jubilee Concert and National Beacon Lighting, Buckingham Palace/皇冠体育app Mall

• and allow plenty of time to get to the station as there will be no additional late night trains Tubes and buses are expected to be busier than normal
• Big screens showing the concert live will be in and the Mall

5 June - Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul鈥檚 Cathedral and the Ceremonial Procession

• 皇冠体育appre will be a carriage procession from the Palace of Westminster to Buckingham Palace. 皇冠体育app route is on
• It will also be shown on big screens in Hyde Park, St James鈥檚 Park and Trafalgar Square

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