london information / events in london in november

This is a list of the things that happen every year in november central london. The list is in date order:

November - events in london in November

What: State Opening of Parliament Gun Salutes: celebrating the state opening of parliament, there is a 41-gun salute at 12:00 in Green Park and a 62-gun salute at the Tower of London, held at 13:00.
When: the date varies, but it is usually in November.
Where: Green Park and the Tower of London
Station: Hyde Park Corner and Tower Hill

What: the Lord Mayor's Show - this colourful annual procession, where the newly-elected Lord Mayor of London is driven in his gilded 18th century state coach, drawn by six horses, to the Law Courts to take the oath. The procession dates from the 13th century, today hundreds of colourful floats, military bands and marching units accompany the plume hatted mayor, the procession is almost 4 miles long, but the route is only 1.7 miles!
When: second Saturday November
Where: The procession begins in Gresham Street, near the Guildhall at 10:55 and snakes its way through the old city streets, ending at the royal courts of justice in Fleet Street (the new mayor gets there at 12:30). Then from 13:00 there is a return procession along the Embankment and Queen Victoria Street to Mansion House.
Station: St. Paul's
Website: lordmayorsshow.org

STATE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. (After each General Election, and normally end October, beginning November.) The Queen, wearing her crown and robes of state, and escorted by Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards, drives in her state coach along the Mall and Whitehall to the Houses of Parliament. There, in the House of Lords, she makes her speech from the throne, before driving back to Buckingham Palace.

RAC Veteran Car Run
1st Sunday in November
In the very early years of the motor car, a man with a red flag had to walk in front of all cars. This event, also known as the London to Brighton Rally and only open to cars built between 1895 and 1904, commemmorates the repeal of the "Red Flag Laws" in 1905.

London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
The annual route commemorating Emancipation Day (abolition of a man preceding the car with a red flag). Spectators may watch along the route.

5th november (plus nearest weekend) Fireworks Night

Remembrance Day Service & Parade 14 November
Wreaths are laid to commemorate the dead of the two World Wars. Attended by the Queen, members of the Royal Family and the Prime Minister.

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY. Annually, on the Sunday nearest November 11th. the Queen, the Prime Minister. Ministers. and members of the Opposition, take up their places by the Cenotaph, for the 11 am. two minutes’ silence. Then the Queen leads the laying of wreaths in memory of those killed in battle since 1914.