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January

• Charles I Commemoration Ceremony, St. James’s Palace to Trafalgar Square
• Opening of the Courts of Oyer & Terminer, Old Bailey
• Royal Epiphany GIfts Service, St. James’s Palace

February

• Blessing the Throats, St. Ethelreda’s Church, Ely Place
• Clowns' Service, Holy Trinity church, Beechwood Road, Dalston, East London
• Pancake Races, Across London

March

• Ideal Home Exhibition, Earls Court, Early March to early April
• Oranges' and Lemons' Service, St. Clement Dane church, Eastcheap
• Waltham Forest Festival of Theatre , Walthamstow

April

• Easter Parade, Battersea Park, Easter Monday
• Harness Horse Parade, Regent's Park, Easter Monday
• Hot-Cross Bun Service, St.Bartholomew-the-Great church, Smithfield
• John Stow's Quill Pen Ceremony, St.Andrew’s Undershaft, Leadenhall Street
• Real Food Festival, Earls Court
• Spital Sermon Procession, Guildhall to St. Lawrence Jewry
• The Boat Race, River Thames, Chiswick
• THE POUND IN YOUR POCKET , Bank of England Museum , City, 17th April - 31 October

May

• Beating the Bounds, All Hallows-by-the-Tower, Tower Hill, 1st
• Cavalry Memorial Parade, Hyde Park Bandstand, Hyde Park

• Ceremony of the keys, Tower of London, EC3
• Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Late May to early June
• FA Cup Final, Wembley
• Ice Sunday, London Canal Museum, Kings Cross , 20
• Oak Apple Day, The Royal Hospital, Chelsea
• Picture Perfect, Bank of England Museum, City, 27-30 May
• THE POUND IN YOUR POCKET , Bank of England Museum , City, 17th April - 31 October
• Tower of London Jog, Tower of London, City

June

• ARThouse Open Studios, Various venues, Richmond-upon-Thames
• British International Motor Show, ExCel Exhibition Centre
• Europride, Various Venues in Central London
• Grovestock, Grove Park, Chiswick
• London to Brighton Classic Car Race
• Motorexpo, Canary Wharf
• Open Door, Bank of England Museum, City, 28 June
• Taste of London Festival, Regents Park
• The Chelsea Pagean, Chelsea
• THE POUND IN YOUR POCKET , Bank of England Museum, City, 17th April - 31 October
• The Queen's Birthday Parade, Buckingham Palace, The Mall
• Trooping the Colour, Horse Guard Parade, 2nd Saturday in June

• Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship, Wimbledon, Late June to early July

July

• Cavendish School Summer Fair, Edensor Rd, Chiswick, 1st sun in july
• Doggett's Coat and Badge Race, London Bridge to Chelsea
• London Canal Museum Guided Tunnel Trips, London Canal Museum, Kings Cross , 8th
• Moneybox Modelling, Bank of England Museum, City, 21 July-29 Augus
• Royal Tournament, Earls Court, Mid July
• Summer Swing at Kew Gardens, Kew
• Swan Upping, The Thames from Blackfriars to Abingdon
• THE POUND IN YOUR POCKET , Bank of England Museum, City, 17th April - 31 October
• Tour de France Opening Ceremony, Trafalgar Square, SW1
• Vintner's Procession, St. James Garlicky, the church, off Upper Thames Street

August

• Moneybox Modelling, Bank of England Museum, City, 21 July-29 August
• Notting Hill Carnival, W11 & W2, Notting Hill, Sun & Mon Bank Holiday
• THE POUND IN YOUR POCKET , Bank of England Museum, City, 17th April - 31 October
• Write in Time , Bank of England Museum, City, 11-15 August & 18-22 August

September

• Brick Lane Festival, Brick Lane, E1
• Chelsea Antiques Fair, Chelsea Old Town Hall, Chelsea
• Election of the Lord Mayor, Guildhall Yard
• Great River Race, River Thames
• Horseman's Sunday, Hyde Park

• Last Night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, Kensington
• Mayor's Thames Festival, Between Blackfriars and Waterloo Bridges
• Open House Weekend , Bank of England Museum, City, 20 & 21 September
• Open House Weekend, Bank of England Museum, City, 15 & 16
• Punch & Judy Fellowship's, Annual Covent Garden Festival, Covent Garden
• THE POUND IN YOUR POCKET , Bank of England Museum, City, 17th April - 31 October

October

• Banknote Big Draw, Bank of England Museum, City, 27-31 October
• Harvest of the Sea Festival, St. Mary-at-Hill church, Lovat Lane
• Pearly Kings & Queens Festival, St.Martin-in-the-Fields church, Trafalgar Square
• Punch and Judy Festival, Covent Garden
• THE POUND IN YOUR POCKET , Bank of England Museum, City, 17th April - 31 October
• The Wind in the Willows Centenary, Bank of England Museum, City
• Trafalgar Parade, West End

November

• International Playwriting Festival, Croydon
• London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, Hyde Park Corner, 1st Sunday in November
• Lord Mayor's Fireworks Display, River Thames, Guildhall to the Strand
• Lord Mayor's Show, Guildhall to The Strand, 2nd Saturday in November
• Lord Mayor’s Show, Bank of England Museum, City
• Remembrance Day Service & Parade, Cenotaph, Whitehall
• State Opening of Parliament, Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament, Westminster

• The Lord Mayor’s Show - Riverbank Romp, Bank of England Museum, City, 8 November
• Witchfest UK, Croydon

December

• Chickenshed presents Grimm Nights & Everafter Days, The Rayne Theatre at Chickenshed, Southgate
• Christmas Carols and Songs, Bank of England Museum, City, 1-5 December
• Christmas Day Swim, The Serpentine, Hyde Park
• Royal Smithfield Show, Early December
• Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree, West End

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