The annual Lord Mayor of London's New Year's Day Parade is parade of 10,000 performers through the streets of the West End of London which takes place on 1 January. The 2 mile (3.2 km) parade route begins at Parliament Square in Westminster and continues along Parliament Street and Whitehall to Trafalgar Square . Continuing along Cockspur Street and Regent Street to its final section along Piccadilly and the end of the parade, at Green Park.
early January - Old Bailey in Session. Central Criminal Court.
January 6 - Royal Epiphany Gifts Service,Chapel Royal,St James Palace.
during January - Court of Common Council Service, The Lord Mayor leaves the Guildhall to attend St Lawrence Jewry for a church service before the sitting of the new Court of Common Council at Guildhall.
Every year on January 30 which marks the anniversary of Charles I 's execution, members of the Royal Stuart Society retrace the monarchs route to the scaffold from St James's Palace to the Banqueting House in Whitehall.
February 3rd - Blessing of the Throats,
St. Ethelreda, Holborn.
Shrove Tuesday is celebrated with Pancake Races in Carnaby Street, London
The Queen's Birthday Salute takes on the Queen's Birthday, April 21 ( her official birthday is in June). In Hyde Park, London, a 41 gun salute is fired at 12 noon in honour of the occasion.
The London Marathon is a road marathon that takes place in London, usually in April. The course starts in Blackheath and the route includes the London landmarks of the Cutty Sark in Greenwich , Tower Bridge, Tower of London , the Embankment and the Houses of Parliament where it turns toward St James's Park and Buckingham Palace , finishing in The Mall.
Battersea Park, in London, hosts an annual carnival on Easter Sunday
The Chelsea Flower Show is a garden show held each year on five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea , London, England. In 2007 the world's most famous flower show takes place in London on 22-26 May .
On May 29 each year , Oak Apple Day is celebrated by a parade at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea . The famous Chelsea Pensioners parade in honour of their founder, Charles II .
The Trooping the Colour Ceremony is an annual military pageant, performed by regiments of the Commonwealth and the British Army. It takes place on Horseguard's Parade, Whitehall, on June 16th in 2007. The tradition dates back to the reign of Charles II . Events at Buckingham Palace after the Queen's return to the Palace from the Parade Ground include a march past, a 41-gun salute in the adjacent Green Park , and a flypast by the Royal Air Force.
Pride London is the name of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-gender registered charity which arranges LGBT events in London, most notably the annual Pride Parade which is held in June/July.
The Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, London. It is the biggest classical music festival in the world.
City of London Festival has a diverse, artistic menu and contains as an extensive programme of Free Street Entertainment, with events often held outdoors in the City of London streets, squares and gardens, alongside open spaces including the Guildhall Yard, Liverpool Street Station and Finsbury Circus Gardens.
The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event which takes place in Notting Hill, London, England each August, over three days (a weekend and a bank holiday). It is led by members of the Caribbean population, many of whom have lived in the area since the 1950s. The carnival has attracted up to 1.5 million people in the past, putting it among the largest street festivals in Europe.
Open House Weekend is a two day event which takes place on one weekend each September throughout London. During this event, many buildings considered to be of architectural significance open their doors for free public tours.
The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run is the longest-running motoring event in the world. The first run was in 1896, and has taken place most years since then. To qualify, the cars must have been built before 1905. It is also the world's largest gathering of veteran cars and in 2007 it takes place on the first Sunday in November and starts at sunrise from Hyde Park.
The Lord Mayor's Show is held on the second Saturday in November and is one of the longest established and best known annual events in London and dates back to 1215. The Lord Mayor's Show begins at about 11 am. and finishes at about 2.30 pm. The event concludes with a fireworks display in the evening.
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