It's less than a month away until the King's Coronation. A weekend of special events is being held from Saturday 6 to Monday 8 May to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III and Her Majesty the Queen Consort.
National celebrations will be taking place across the UK. If you’re hosting your own public event, street party or other celebration, or want to find out where events are being held across the borough, check out the national and local event map.
Confirmed road closures throughout the borough have been published on our website, and can be found here.
Celebrate in style
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Eden Project Communities is part of the official Coronation celebrations and is inviting communities to hold a Big Lunch across the weekend. Your Big Lunch doesn’t have to be a big event, it could even be a small gathering with family or friends in a garden or park. Their Big Lunch pack is full of ideas, inspiration and top tips to get your Big Lunch started. Offer a helping hand To mark His Majesty The King’s Coronation, thousands of organisations across the country are getting together to give people the chance to help out in their own local communities. Starting on Monday May 8, there will be opportunities for everyone to join in, from checking in on someone who’d like a bit of company to volunteering for a charity. You’ll find all the information you need to plan and register an event on the Big Help Out app, by visiting the Big Help Out website. |
Tips for sustainable Coronation celebrations
While we are busy preparing for the biggest national event of the year, spare some time to read these useful tips that can help make your celebrations more sustainable and eco-friendly.
Decorations
- Avoid single-use plastic: decorations are often one of the biggest sources of party waste. Try to swap those made out of plastic with reusable and recyclable alternatives, such as felt chains or flower garlands.
- Make your own decorations: feeling crafty? You can use old sheets and clothes to make your own bunting or make paper chains from scrap paper and old magazines.
Catering
- Choose loose fruit and veg: pick up loose fruit and vegetables instead of bagged ones to help reduce single-use plastics.
- Try alternatives to cling film: use food storage containers or reusable silicon lids to store or wrap food, instead of cling film which can't be reused or recycled.
- Bring your own cup: encourage participants to bring their own cups, plates and cutlery, so as to save using single use paper or plastic versions.
Cleaning up
- Love your leftovers: ask everyone to take some leftovers home after the party. Remind them to bring a couple of storage boxes for any leftover food.
- Recycle: set up a few pop-up recycling bins on site to help participants recycle as much as they can, and take drink bottles to the glass banks near you.
- Reuse: instead of buying new cleaning cloths, turn pure cotton T-shirts and towels that have come to the end of their life into cleaning cloths. Also, keep the decorations for future use.