Visit London Blog » the mall http://blog.visitlondon.com Enjoy the very best of London Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:43:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Our Greatest Team Parade in London http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/09/our-greatest-team-parade-in-london/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2012/09/our-greatest-team-parade-in-london/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:20:34 +0000 Jenny http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=29065 Lions lead the parade. Photo by Zoe Craig Jessica Ennis and teammates. Photo by Zoe Craig Sir Chris Hoy. Photo by Zoe Craig Athletes. Photo by Zoe Craig Red Arrows. Photo Zoe Craig The crowd at Buckingham Palace. Photo by Zoe Craig

London said a big thank you to the athletes of Team GB and ParalympicsGB yesterday during a parade through Central London.

Athletes including Mo Farah, Victoria Pendleton, Sarah Storey, Sir Chris Hoy and Ellie Simmons showed off their medals from floats that travelled from Mansion House, through Trafalgar Square and ended at The Mall, in front of Buckingham Palace.

The floats were led by two giant lion puppets, a steel band and dancers.It was also a chance to pay tribute to the police, armed services and volunteers who contributed to the Games.

British Airways led a flypast with the Red Arrows over The Mall, and the Pet Shop Boys played some of their biggest hits on a stage outside Buckingham Palace.

At the end of the parade, Princess Anne, Prime Minister David Cameron, and Mayor of London Boris Johnson gave speeches praising “the best ever” Games.

Did you go to the parade? Don’t forget to add your photos to our Flickr pool.

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With one week to go to the London 2012 Olympic Women’s Marathon on 5 August, we thought we’d share this fab video of the route with you. This will be the same course for the Men’s race on 12 August.

Are you going to watch the race? Let us know where you’re planning to stand. And if you take any great photos, don’t forget to share them in our flickrpool!

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Back in 2002, The Queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee. Take a look back at what the celebrations involved ahead of this year’s Diamond Jubilee extravaganza.

Want to know more about the exciting events planned for celebrating The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? Bookmark www.visitlondon.com/jubilee and we’ll keep that page updated with all the latest on the events taking place this spring.

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What else could possibly have been our choice as Video of the Week for this week?

Here’s an amazing film of the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – Prince William and Kate – on their way from Westminster Abbey after the wedding ceremony to Buckingham Palace. And it gives a great view of that gorgeous dress!

Did you see the Royal Wedding on TV? Or were you watching from the Mall? Perhaps you were hosting a street party in honour of the royal couple. Let us know in the comments below.

And don’t forget to add your Royal Wedding photos to the Visit London flickrpool.

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London 2012 has announced a new route for the Olympic road cycling races.

The world’s leading cyclists will race through six London boroughs, passing attractions including:

The road cycling race is one of the first major events of London 2012.

Seb Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee, said, “Following our success in Beijing, the road cycling events really will bring the magic of the Games to life for many thousands of spectators.”

The races are provisionally scheduled to take place on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 July. The men’s race on Saturday will be 250km (156 miles) long and the women’s race on Sunday will be 140km (87 miles).

See a map of the new route here: http://www.london2012.com/documents/venue-documents/cycling-road-race-route.pdf

Read our previous blog entry on the Olympic Cycle Route

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