Thousands of people will be able to come together to celebrate the Coronation in public in locations across all four nations.
Thousands of people will be able to gather in public to celebrate King Charles’ Coronation, with big screens set to be installed in towns and cities across the United Kingdom.
More than 57 locations across the UK, from Bournemouth to Belfast, will install big screens, allowing more than 100,000 people to watch the event in their own communities.
Cardiff Castle, Belfast City Hall, and Manchester’s Picadilly Gardens are among the locations that have already been confirmed.
Huge television screens will also be installed in London’s Hyde Park, Green Park, and St James’s Park for public viewing. On Sunday, May 7, screens in St James’s Park will also show the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle.
The Culture Secretary, Lucy Frazer, said of the project, “The Coronation will be a magical moment that brings people together to celebrate the best of Britain over a special weekend in May.”
“These big screens, located in major towns and cities across the four nations of the United Kingdom, will make it easier for everyone to participate and have a memorable experience to commemorate this exciting and historic event.”
Local governments will host cultural festivals, live music, and community workshops during a weekend of celebrations.
On Sunday, May 7, the investiture ceremony will be followed by a Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle. Projections, lasers, drone displays, and illuminations will be used to illuminate iconic locations across the UK.
Thousands of Coronation Big Lunches and street parties will also be held in the United Kingdom and across the Commonwealth, with communities uniting to celebrate the occasion.
People across the UK are also being encouraged to participate in the Big Help Out volunteering scheme on Monday, May 8.
We’ve listed all of the locations where you can watch the Coronation on big screens.
North-West
- Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester
- Parliament Square, Oldham
North-East
- Sunderland (multiple locations across the city TBC)
- Newcastle Upon Tyne (Location TBC)
- Northumberland (Location TBC)
- Darlington Market Square, Darlington
Yorkshire and Humber
- City Hall, Hull
- Trinity Market, Hull
- City Park, Bradford
- Piece Hall, Halifax
- St Peter’s Parish Church, Huddersfield
- Dewsbury Library, Dewsbury
- Millenium Square, Leeds
- Pontefract Castle, Wakefield
- Peace Gardens, Sheffield
- Glass Works, Barnsley
South-West
- Bristol Cathedral, Bristol
- Bristol and Bath Science Park, Bristol
- Lower Gardens, Bournemouth
- Baiter Park, Poole
- The Quomps, Christchurch
- Plymouth (location TBC)
South-East
- Jubilee Square, Brighton
- London: Hyde Park, Green Park, and St James’s Park
Midlands
- Centenary Square, Birmingham
- Broadgate, Coventry
- Himley Hall, Dudley
- Sandwell Valley Showground, Sandwell
- The Core, Solihull
- Derby Cathedral, Derby
- Smithfield, Hanley City Centre, Stoke-on-Trent
- Nottingham (location TBC)
- De Montfort University, Leicester
Wales
- Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Scotland
- Location TBC
Northern Ireland
- Belfast City Hall, Belfast
How can you watch the Coronation processions in person?
Visitors to central London can catch a glimpse of the processions as the King and Queen make their way to Westminster Abbey and back to Buckingham Palace.
Veterans, NHS and social care workers, and representatives of charitable organizations with ties to The Royal Family will be offered approximately 3,800 seats in a specially built grandstand in front of Buckingham Palace. Furthermore, 354 uniformed cadet forces will be given the opportunity to view the Procession at Admiralty Arch.
There will be limited capacity viewing areas lining The Mall and Whitehall, which may close before the events begin.
Following the ceremony, the 1.3-mile Coronation procession route will take the King and Queen from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace, but will avoid many parts of the capital that Queen Elizabeth II’s five-mile route did.
It will be the inverse of their journey to the Abbey, so those who have secured a spot along the route will see the King twice.
The procession will leave Buckingham Palace via the Centre Gate and proceed down The Mall, passing through Admiralty Arch and along the south side of Trafalgar Square, Whitehall, and Parliament Street.
It will then proceed around the east and south sides of Parliament Square to Broad Sanctuary before arriving at Westminster Abbey’s Sanctuary, where the Coronation Service will begin at 11 a.m.
The return procession from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace will follow the same route but will be larger in scale.
It will include Armed Forces from across the Commonwealth and British Overseas Territories, as well as all Services of the United Kingdom’s Armed Forces, as well as The Sovereign’s Bodyguard and Royal Watermen.
Their Majesties will return to Buckingham Palace in the Gold State Coach, which was last seen during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant in June 2022.
