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Lord Mayor’s Show in London

  • Lord Mayor's Show

    Lord Mayor's Show
  • Lord Mayor's Show

    Lord Mayor's Show
  • Lord Mayor's Show

    Lord Mayor's Show
  • Lord Mayor's Show

    Lord Mayor's Show
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    London - City Sightseeing© www.city-sightseeing.com
2 or 3 day tour
Prices available on request

This annual event of the Lords Mayor’s Show in London has been taking over the streets for some 400 years. The parade involves over 6,000 people, bands and costumed performers, over 140 decorated floats and a gilded ‘State Coach’ that the Lord Mayor travels in. Ensure your group arrive early in the morning to get their chosen position. Regardless of the weather you will a spectacular event so be prepared maybe bring an umbrella just in case. As the route winds through the city you will have ample opportunity for photographs from the many vantage points.

The Lord Mayor’s Show is on the second Saturday in November each year and in 2023, on Saturday 11th November and on Saturday 9th November in 2024.


Dates

The Lord Mayor's Show will be on 10th November 2024 & 8th November 2025


Suggested itinerary by coach

Friday

Travel to your hotel and evening at leisure

Arrive in London at your leisure and check into your hotel, the rest of the day is your own to explore London. In the evening enjoy an optional dinner at the hotel (price on request).

Saturday

The Lord Mayor’s Parade

In 1215 the King was persuaded to issue a Royal Charter that allowed the City of London to elect its own Mayor with one important condition: Every year the newly elected Mayor must leave the safety of the City, travel upriver to the small town of Westminster and swear loyalty to the Crown. For the past 800 years this tradition has been kept alive and is now known as the musical & vibrant, Lord Mayor’s Parade.

There’s plenty going on for the Lord Mayor’s parade, the day starts with the River Pageant. The glorious Thames Barges set off from Westminster at 8.30am and Tower Bridge will open in salute at 9.25am. The procession will set off from Mansion House at 11.05am, stopping at the Royal Courts so the Lord Mayor can swear allegiance and then return to Embankment at 1pm. The procession arrives back at Mansion House just after 2pm.  The day then concludes with fireworks on the river at around 5.15pm.

Afterwards, head back to the hotel.

Sunday

A free day in London with optional excursions

After breakfast at the hotel; you will then have some free time to explore the sites of the Capital. We can arrange a boat trip on the Thames, maybe a trip on the London Eye or an open top bus tour around London. Leave London at your leisure to return home.


Suggested Hotels

We offer a wide selection of hotels across Greater London, all with easy access to the City Centre.

You can find out more about the Lord Mayor’s Show (including the route map) here

The show is held on the second Saturday of November each year.


Please note

1 night stays also available on request.


Dates 3 days / 2 nights 
November 2024 Prices available on request
November 2025 Prices available on request

A single room supplement will apply and this varies between hotels – details on request.

All prices are per person based on sharing a double or twin room and with one free place for a coach driver or group organiser in a single room, both are based on a minimum 20 full fare paying passengers. Prices do not include coach hire or travel insurance. Dates are subject to availability. Smaller groups can be quoted for on request. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Our website policy is to use only copyright free images or images which have been authorised to us for free use by the owner. If you consider an image to be unauthorised or to be your property, please contact us immediately and if invalid we will have the image removed. If your image requires crediting or is missing a copyright statement then we will be pleased to add this to the webpage, contact us at info@greatdays.co.uk

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