Royal Series : street meets !

The royal preparations are finally being finished… but what is the rest of Britain doing in the mean time? Well… preparing their own parties !

Royal Street Meets !

More than 5,500 parties are expected to be held, according to statistics for road closure requests collected by the Local Government Association (LGA).

London tops the table for the number of parties, with more than 800 applications, including one for Downing Street. With 85 events approved for the day, Richmond-upon-Thames is the hottest spot for street parties in the capital. The council said this followed special measures, voted through its cabinet in January, to cut red tape.

Using a rough measure of applications compared to populations to get an average, figures show London, Edinburgh and Cardiff all have higher than average numbers of street parties planned. Other patriotic spots are likely to be Hertfordshire with 298, Surrey with 205 and Kent with 182.

But outside the capitals it appears that, across the north, the number of parties is lower than many cities in the south.

Glasgow appears to be shunning the excitement as not a single application has been made from the 588,500 people living in the city, although the council said just because it is not aware of any plans it does not mean none are being held, they will be more intimite and not necessarily official unlike those London ones… for which londoners in cars will be taking deviated road after deviated road…. So one advice, if you’re planning on going to London on the day, stick to walking!

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