Londra, Birleşik Krallık: yıl boyunca neler var

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Christmas week

Ocak ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Christmas week (24 Ara – 1 Oca)

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, London Fashion Week (Feb)

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Feb)

  19–23 ŞubBüyük festivalKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Ara sezon — iki zirve arasında, burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili

• Doğa

  Blossom in the squares

  25 Mar – 30 Nis · geneldeKiraz çiçeği mevsimi

  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. Kaynak ↗

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, London Marathon

• Festival

  London Marathon

  26 NisSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Blossom in the squares (25 Mar – 30 Nis (genelde))

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, RHS Chelsea Flower Show

• Festival

  RHS Chelsea Flower Show

  19–23 MayBüyük festivalKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

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

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Wimbledon

• Festival

  Wimbledon

  29 Haz – 12 TemSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Wimbledon

Temmuz ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Wimbledon (29 Haz – 12 Tem)

Çok kalabalık — editörün seçtiği zirve ay, Notting Hill Carnival

• Festival

  Notting Hill Carnival

  29–31 AğuKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Open House Festival

• Festival

  Open House Festival

  12–20 EylSanat festivaliKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  London Fashion Week (Sep)

  17–21 EylBüyük festivalKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Kalabalık — iki zirve arasında, Birleşik Krallık genelinde October half-term

• Doğa

  Autumn colour in the royal parks

  15 Eki – 15 Kas · genelde

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

• Kural

  Clocks go back

  24–31 Eki · genelde

  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. Kaynak ↗

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Bonfire Night

• Festival

  Bonfire Night

  5 KasIşık ve ateşKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Autumn colour in the royal parks (15 Eki – 15 Kas (genelde))

Sakin — editörün seçtiği sakin ay, Christmas week

• Tatil

  Christmas week

  24 Ara – 1 OcaNoel ve yılbaşıKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗