Qué hay en Londres, Reino Unido, a lo largo del año

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Christmas week

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Christmas week (24 Dic – 1 Ene)

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, London Fashion Week (Feb)

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Feb)

  19–23 FebGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Five days of autumn/winter runway shows across the city push up hotel rates and fill venues around the Strand and Soho with industry crowds and street-style photographers. Fuente ↗

Temporada media — entre los picos, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Blossom in the squares

  25 Mar – 30 Abr · normalmenteFlor de cerezo

  Cherry and magnolia in the garden squares and along the park avenues, usually through April. Kew and Greenwich do it best and charge for one of them. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — entre los picos, London Marathon

• Festival

  London Marathon

  26 AbrEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  Late April, and a large part of central and east London closes to traffic for the day. Getting across the course before mid-afternoon means the Underground or nothing. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Blossom in the squares (25 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente))

Concurrido — entre los picos, RHS Chelsea Flower Show

• Festival

  RHS Chelsea Flower Show

  19–23 MayGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  Five days in the third week of May, members first. Tickets go months ahead and the hotels in SW3 know exactly when it is. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Wimbledon

• Festival

  Wimbledon

  29 Jun – 12 JulEvento deportivoMucha genteReserva pronto

  A fortnight from the last Monday in June. The ballot closes the previous autumn, and the queue on the day is still the honest way in. Fuente ↗

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Wimbledon

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Wimbledon (29 Jun – 12 Jul)

Máxima afluencia — el mes de más afluencia según el editor, Notting Hill Carnival

• Festival

  Notting Hill Carnival

  29–31 AgoMucha genteCierres

  Europe's largest street carnival takes the late-August bank holiday weekend, with steel bands on the Saturday and the main parade on the Monday. Local Tube stations close or go exit-only. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — entre los picos, Open House Festival

• Festival

  Open House Festival

  12–20 SepFestival de artesMucha genteReserva pronto

  Over 600 buildings across all 33 boroughs, from private members' clubs to government offices, open free for two weekends; the popular sites need tickets booked well ahead. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Sep)

  17–21 SepGran festivalMucha genteReserva pronto

  The spring/summer counterpart to February's shows, with the same runway-week crush on hotels and central venues, timed a few days after the Open House weekend. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — entre los picos, October half-term en Reino Unido

• Naturaleza

  Autumn colour in the royal parks

  15 Oct – 15 Nov · normalmente

  Richmond, Hampstead Heath and Kew turn through late October and hold into November, which is the one thing the month reliably gives you.

• Norma

  Clocks go back

  24–31 Oct · normalmente

  British Summer Time ends on the last Sunday of October and the evening simply stops. Plan anything outdoors for the morning from then until March. Fuente ↗

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Bonfire Night

• Festival

  Bonfire Night

  5 NovLuces y fuegoMucha gente

  Fireworks on and around 5 November, run by the boroughs rather than the city, so the good ones are in the parks out from the centre and often ticketed. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Autumn colour in the royal parks (15 Oct – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Tranquilo — el mes tranquilo según el editor, Christmas week

• Festivo

  Christmas week

  24 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierres

  No trains at all on Christmas Day and a skeleton service after it. The centre is lit and crowded up to the 24th, then the city empties completely for a week. Fuente ↗