Our Greatest Team Parade The parade set out from Mansion House at 1:30pm (BST), travelling along Queen Victoria Street and Cannon Street, including passing St Paul's Cathedral before passing along Ludgate Hill into Fleet Street and continuing towards Aldwych. It then travelled along The Strand and passed Trafalgar Square, travelling through Admiralty Arch and passing down The Mall before finishing at the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace. A further celebration also took place outside Buckingham Palace. As the parade passed Trafalgar Square, a big screen at the base of Nelson's Column allowed live commentary and also allowed the general public to further celebrate
Trafalgar Square Christmas tree countdown to Christmas. Since 2009, the Poetry Society has commissioned new poems annually for display on banners around the base of the tree. In 2010, schoolchildren also performed one of the poems at the lighting-up ceremony. Trafalgar Square Christmas tree The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is a Christmas tree donated to the people of Britain by the city of Oslo, Norway each year since 1947. The tree is prominently displayed in Trafalgar Square from the beginning of December until 6 January. The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree has been an annual gift to the people of Britain by the city of