På gång i London, United Kingdom under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Christmas week

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas week (24 dec – 1 jan)

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, London Fashion Week (Feb)

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Feb)

  19–23 febStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Blossom in the squares

  25 mar – 30 apr · vanligtvisKörsbärsblom

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, London Marathon

• Festival

  London Marathon

  26 aprSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Blossom in the squares (25 mar – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, RHS Chelsea Flower Show

• Festival

  RHS Chelsea Flower Show

  19–23 majStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

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

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Wimbledon

• Festival

  Wimbledon

  29 jun – 12 julSportevenemangTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Wimbledon

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Wimbledon (29 jun – 12 jul)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Notting Hill Carnival

• Festival

  Notting Hill Carnival

  29–31 augTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Open House Festival

• Festival

  Open House Festival

  12–20 sepKulturfestivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Sep)

  17–21 sepStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, October half-term i United Kingdom

• Natur

  Autumn colour in the royal parks

  15 okt – 15 nov · vanligtvis

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

• Regel

  Clocks go back

  24–31 okt · vanligtvis

  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. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Bonfire Night

• Festival

  Bonfire Night

  5 novLjus & eldTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Autumn colour in the royal parks (15 okt – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Christmas week

• Helg

  Christmas week

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗