Pride in London 2025 - information for businesses and residents

Pride in London is taking place on Saturday 5 July. Pride has returned to the heritage route it has used since 2022: commencing on Piccadilly near to Hyde Park Corner, travelling along 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
• Victoria Embankment Gardens – The Family Area

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

Road closures

During the event, vehicle access and parking along the parade route and in the event areas, including Piccadilly and Soho, will be restricted.

Find out more about road closures during the parade

Once Piccadilly is closed to traffic, the only route into the area around St James’s Square/South of Piccadilly will be via Marlborough Road and St James’s Park. Local access into this area will be possible via St James’s Park roads during Pride due to the Royal Parks keeping the roads open (unlike a usual Saturday)

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 E (Mayfair) and F (north of Oxford Street) zones during the event parking suspensions. This will be from 6:30pm on Friday 4 July 2025 to 8:30am on Monday 7 July 2025.

Find out more about our parking zones.

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 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 the Soho or 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 rbl@prideinlondon.org for a copy. 

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:

Victoria Embankment Gardens

• Bandstand paved area and some of the central pathway will be closed on Friday 04 July
• The Gardens will be open to the public for the event from 12pm to 6pm on Saturday 5 July
• it will reopen at 7am on Sunday 6 July

Leicester Square Gardens

• East side of the Gardens will be closed on Friday 4 July
• The Gardens will be open to the public for the event from 12pm to 8pm on Saturday 5 July
• it will reopen at 10am on Sunday 6 July

Golden Square Gardens

• North and East side of the Gardens will be closed on Friday 4 July
• The Gardens will be open to the public for the event from 12pm to 8pm on Saturday 5 July
• it will reopen at 10am on Sunday 6 July

Soho Square Gardens

• North West side of the Gardens will be closed on Friday 4 July
• The Gardens will be open to the public for the event from 12pm to 8pm on Saturday 5 July
• it will reopen at 10am on Sunday 6 July

St Anne’s Church Gardens

• The Gardens will be closed to the public on Saturday 5 July
• it will reopen at its normal time of 10am on Sunday 6 July

Further Information

Find out about the events happening as part of Pride 2025

If you wish to contact the Pride in London Resident and Business Liaison team, please email rbl@prideinlondon.org

You can also contact them on the day of the event on 0204 576 9744

To contact our Events and Filming Team please email: eventsandfilming@westminster.gov.uk

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