Pride in London 2023 - information for businesses and residents.

Pride in London is taking place on Saturday 1 July. Pride has returned to the heritage route that it took 2022: commencing at Hyde Park Corner, travelling down Piccadilly, crossing Piccadilly Circus, turning into Haymarket, then turning left towards Trafalgar Square and dispersing on Whitehall Place.

View the Pride in London interactive parade map

The event areas include:

• Trafalgar Square – Main stage
• Golden Square – The World Stage
• Leicester Square – LGBTQI, Women and Non-Binary Stage
• Dean Street – The Cabaret Stage
• Soho Square – Trans and Non-Binary Stage, with Pride in London Community Market
• St Giles in the Fields (LB of Camden) – The Family Area

All areas run from 12pm to 8pm with the exception of the Family Area which will run from 12pm to 6pm.

Road closures

During the parade parking and vehicle access will be affected along the Parade route with parking suspensions also in place.

View road closures on Google Maps

Find out more about road closures during the parade

Along Piccadilly there will be facilitated access to travel from south (around St James’s Street) and heading north until the parade begins. Please note that this is one directional (see road closures map above). There are also pedestrian crossing points across Piccadilly which go in both directions. 

Resident parking

Zone G Permit holders will be able to park in Resident Parking Bays in zones E (Mayfair) and F (north of Oxford Street) during the event parking suspensions. This will be from 6:30pm on Friday 30 June 2023 to 8:30am on Monday 3 July 2023.

Find out more about parking zones and prices in your area.

Information for businesses

Businesses should be aware of road closures and arrange for any deliveries or waste collections to take place outside of the road closure times, as vehicles will not be allowed to travel through. Commercial waste should not be left out on street during the event and must either be collected outside of the road closure times or stored within the premises.

Pride offers the opportunity for businesses to be involved in the event, which may include extending your business operation into the street. Full details on this is provided in the Pride in London Business Pack, including how to get in touch with the relevant Pride team and information on licensing.

If you are a licensed premises, you must follow the conditions of your premises licence.

If you are located in Soho or the surrounding areas and would like to do anything that impacts the highway, including pavements, outside of your normal operation, you must apply to do so. The Pride in London footprint can become very crowded and so it may not be possible to grant permission for some requests.

In all other areas we ask you to consider if al-fresco street dining can be operated safely. Pride in London will not provide any barriers or security staff to enable you to manage al-fresco dining.

For more information about licensing and conditions to be observed, please refer to the Business Information Pack or email [email protected] for a copy.

If you have any issues on the day relating to the Pride in London event, you can contact the organisers directly on 0204 576 9744 during the event times, midday to 8pm on Saturday 1 July.

Parks

The following Westminster parks and gardens will have altered opening hours and may have sections closed for public access due to the set up of the event:

Leicester Square Gardens

• East side of the gardens will be closed on Friday 30 June
• The gardens will be open to the public for the event from midday to 8pm on Saturday 1 July
• They will reopen at its normal time of 10am on Sunday 2 July

Golden Square Gardens

• West side of the gardens will be closed on Friday 30 June
• The gardens will be open to the public for the event from midday to 8pm on Saturday 1 July
• It will reopen at 11am on Sunday 2 July

Soho Square Gardens

• The gardens will be open to the public for the event from midday to 8pm on Saturday 1 July
• The majority of event activities for Soho Square are located on street and outside the Gardens
• It will reopen at 11am on Sunday 2 July

St Anne’s Church Garden

• The gardens will be closed to the public on Saturday 1 July
• It will reopen at its normal time of 10am on Sunday 2 July

Further Information

If you have an issue or concern on the day and wish to contact the Pride in London Event Liaison team, please call: 0204 576 9744.

To contact our Events and Filming Team please email: [email protected]

If you have a noise or street problems to report on the night, please use Report It