The following is a synopsis of events planned over the weekend. The
events are planned by external groups and full policing operations are in place
for each day.
Main information on events can be found at the Department for Culture
Media and Sport at: www.culture.gov.uk
Dates:
Saturday 2nd
June 2012 - Football friendly England v Belgium at Wembley
- Beating the Retreat Horseguards
Sunday 3rd
June 2012 - River Thames Pageant, Chelsea to Tower Bridge
There will be a large scale security operation in place in place from
7am with the closures and searches of the bridges. Large areas of Central
London from Chelsea through to Tower Bridge
will be affected during the day.
Bridges will have various closures in place and
many will have viewing areas where the flotilla can be viewed by invited guests
only:
1. Invited
guests only:
Albert,
Lambeth, Westminster,
Jubilee (Hungerford), Blackfriars, Millennium and Tower.
2. Bridges
where pedestrians can cross but stopping to view the pageant is banned:
Battersea
and Chelsea.
3. Bridges
where traffic can cross (except 3pm to 5.50pm) during the pageant:
Vauxhall,
Waterloo, Southwark and London.
It is expected that Central
London will be busy with 1000 boats on the river and the
opportunity to see this once in a lifetime event. A number of premises
overlooking the river have already identified that they are holding events.
They will need to consider access routes to their buildings.
Businesses will need to consider their logistical
support and areas such as staff travel. The main information will be available:
Monday 4th
June 2012 - Concert in the Mall
The main area for the concert is at the Queen Victoria Memorial at the
front of Buckingham
Palace which is a ticket
only event. The area will extend back down the Mall towards St James Palace.
The remainder of the Mall will be public space with large screen showing
the concert. Overflow areas have been developed in St James Park and Hyde Park
so the Central London area will be very busy
with a number of roads closed.
The concert starts late afternoon and finishes later in the evening with
the lighting of the Ceremonial Beacon. Crowds form the Mall and parks are
expected to be heavy and there may have to be adhoc road closures put in place
to facilitate movement of people safely.
Again it is advisable that businesses check the website for information
on travel and live updates. The TfL website does give detail on trains running
and advice.
Tuesday 5th
June 2012 - Procession from Buckingham Palace
to St Pauls and back via the Palace of Westminster
The main ceremonial event for the weekend is a procession by Her Majesty
the Queen and member of the Royal Family from Buckingham Palace
to a service at St Pauls Cathedral late morning.
There will be major road closures between The Mall and St Pauls
Cathedral along the route of he Strand, and in
areas around St Pauls, Mansion House and Guildhall. The route then heads back
along the Strand and down to the Palace
of Westminster in the
afternoon.
There will then be a ceremonial route back from the Palace of Westminster
to Buckingham Palace with the associated balcony event
and a flypast late afternoon.
Again it is anticipated there will be large crowds in London, major road closures mean changes to
bus routes and crowd dispersal at the end of the event will have to be managed.
Key messages
for the police
·
At
the heart of all our operational planning is the fact that this is a weekend of celebrations - and we know thousands of people will want to come and play a
part in it;
·
Given
that these are events involving the Royal Family, Government and heads of
states there will be the right security measures in place
·
However,
all our officers have will be briefed to be unobtrusive - yet alert and swift
to respond if something were to happen;
·
Finally,
we have vast experience of delivering ceremonial and large scale events and
will use this to guide our policing of this event. We are looking forward to this event, and are
incredibly proud to play our part in this celebration for HM the Queen.
Key
advice
·
Travel - plan your
journeys carefully. Ensure you know train services
and times of trains for your journey home. This will be
important for the
concert event on
the 4th June.
·
Large crowds are expected
so allow time for your journeys for each of
the days.
