London New Year's Day Parade 2025: Start and end times, route and ticket info for city's annual celebration
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If you didn’t manage to bag tickets for the New Year’s Eve fireworks, why not celebrate the start of 2025 by watching London’s New Year’s Day parade?
The annual event rings in the new year in the city with live music, dancers, marching bands, cheerleaders, and a whole programme of outdoor and indoor performances.
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Hide AdHaving been a New Year staple in the capital for almost 4 decades, each year the event attracts around half a million people who line London’s streets to watch the procession.
Organisers have confirmed the event will take place as planned, amid concerns over the weather. A yellow weather warning for wind is in place tomorrow (January 1st) from 9am.
For those wanting to catch the 2025 London New Year's Day parade, here's everything you need to know.
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Hide AdWhat time does the 2025 London New Year’s Day Parade start and finish?
The 2025 London New Year’s Day Parade will start at 12pm on Wednesday, January 1 2025 in Green Park and will finish in Westminster at around 3.30pm.
What is the 2025 London New Year’s Day Parade route?
The parade begins at Green Park and then heads east to Piccadilly Circus, skirts around Eros before moving south down Regent Street St James's.
Then it's left down Pall Mall, a quick march past Trafalgar Square, and along Whitehall to the finish point at Westminster.
The entire procession takes around three hours. The full map of the route is available on the London New Year’s Day Parade website.
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Hide AdDo I need a ticket to watch the 2025 London New Year’s Day Parade?
No. Anyone is welcome to stand at any point of the parade route and watch for free. There are seated areas that are ticketed however they are sold out for this year’s parade.
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