How packed will Trouping the Colour be tomorrow?

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I'm thinking of going down & wondering what time to arrive to bag a view. Any ideas?

That will be great flowery :)

there are a lot of portaloos!
and more kegs of beers being unloaded than the test match!

dh says the horses have been up and down our road all week whilst I have been at work.

Directly opposite the parade hound is blocked off to the press. Hundred of police. Sniffer dogs. 1 group of people at barriers just to the side

It’s a lovely day, got dog walk jacket on and hot

It’s 1 deep all the way along with a 2nd little nine building quickly

Horses and up the mall

It's like having a roving reporter

Great photos @FloweryCurtainTwitcher

We're heading to the museums, best time to go as it will be empty with everyone at Buckingham Palace.

Flowery thank you so much 😍😍👑👑 , I'm v jealous.
Yy to museums, will they be open@TheLadyDIdGood

Steady stream arriving as we left
lots of police and private security- I overheard the briefing. Stand there. Be smart. Look professional!

Great photos flowery, looks like a nice day too

The weather is great. T shirt /light top even now

For the flypast?

Either would be fine, but of those two I'd choose Chelsea

That's because although they look as if the fly straight over the balcony, they're actually very fractionally to the south, and then keep going straight on, beginning the turns (to go back to their respective airfields) more or less over the Thames (less than a mile from the Palace). So that's pretty much directly over most of Chelsea

Mspw thank, I was thinking of atmosphere as well.

If we went to the mall would st James park be best tube?
Will everyone else be getting that tube?

Check the TfL page for transport updates. There are planned closures of some tube stations (to avoid the entirely predictable overcrowding, by forcing people to fan out to other means) St James's Park is one of them, but looks like not today. There might be closures in addition to those if there's need.

https://tfl.gov.uk/status-updates/major-works-and-events/the-queen-s-platinum-jubilee-celebrations

Chelsea is looking very pretty at the moment, as 'Chelsea in Bloom' is still going on (lots of displays, most on shops, many featuring floral corgis) and there's bunting all over Sloane Square.

There's going to be a 'spot the corgi' trail round central London over the summer. I'll see if I can find the link again.

Westminster or st James.

https://londonist.com/london/things-to-do/corgi-trail

It'll be very busy, so check with TfL to see if they have any crowd management measures in place. Might be worth getting the CityMapper app in case you need to devise new routes on the hoof.

Green Park station is also close, but you'll probably be stuck on N side of the Mall. Hyde Park Corner and Knightsbridge are also only an easy walk away.

Sounds like it's going to be busy! I lived in a flat about 3 min walk from Buckingham palace until last Dec (was there 16 years) and the flyover would go right over our balcony every year. It was awesome although frightened the crap out of my the first year as I wasn't expecting it and just heard the roar of the engines coming. Not going near the place today though.

Thank you👑

Which side of at James park should I head for ? Is there a pub or cafe for reference?

Maybe if we went to Piccadilly a s walked down from there?

You wont be able to cross The Mall until its over, so from Piccadilly you'd end up on the north side of it (park is on the south side). If you want to be in the park then walking round the west side is probably the shorter route (down to Trafalgar Square, then along Whitehall to Parliament Square, then turn right on to Great George Street that becomes Birdcage Walk and goes all along the south side of the park.

You'll be able to get through Admiralty Arch from Trafalgar Square (probably) once the police start to re-open The Mall to pedestrians to let everyone get up towards the Palace