London is expected to become very busy in the next week as thousands travel to the capital to mark King Charles III Coronation.
Although the region has a very strong public transport system, Transport for London (TfL) has urged that everyone planning on travelling should be aware of their advice.
With advice that you should plan ahead as a number of roads will be closed for the procession and viewing areas and were possible, to avoid driving in central London altogether.
Whether you are planning on heading into to central London or not and just want to check, here's the advice for travelling over the coronation weekend in the capital.
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Kings Coronation weekend TfL London travel advice
From Saturday, May 6 until Monday, May 8, London will be very busy, to help ease the traffic TfL share that there will be no planned engineering closures on the day of the coronation, May 6.
Plus, there will also be a night tube and overground service running of May 5 and May 6.
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All tube trains are set to run as normal, although there will be some short-term safety measures such as queuing, closures, trains non-stopping or changes to the way people enter or exit a station.
A number of stations that are near the procession will be very busy, this includes Westminster, Green Park, Charing Cross, Embankment, Victoria, Hyde Park Corner, Knightsbridge, Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, Temple and Marble Arch.
St Jame's Park station will be shut on May 6 but will re-open once safe, plus Hyde Park Corner will be exit only.
Travellers are being told to give themselves plenty of time and to keep up to date with travel through the TfL service.
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