"Well, it's almost that time of year again. Christmas Day has been and gone, and soon we'll finally wave goodbye to 2025 and ring in a brand new year. You may be planning to spend NYE curled up in front of Jools Holland's Hootenanny, you may have tickets to one of the hundreds of glitzy events going on across the capital or you may be intending to go out on the town and see where the night takes you."
"Unsurprisingly, given the hundreds of thousands of people the descend on London's streets to celebrate, NYE is one of the Met Police's its busiest times of the year. It's said that it 'working closely with our emergency services colleagues to make sure Londoners and the huge number of people visiting the capital can welcome in 2026 in safety and security'."
"If you don't have a ticket for the Mayor of London's New Year's Eve fireworks (now sold out), you won't have access to large parts of central London, including around Big Ben, the London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Victoria Embankment, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Southwark Bridge. Even if you do have tickets, the public are urged to avoid crowding on bridges, some of which offer rubbish views anyway, or will be completely closed for the night."
New Year's Eve in London draws hundreds of thousands of people, making it one of the Metropolitan Police's busiest nights. Police and emergency services will coordinate to ensure visitors can welcome 2026 safely. Authorities will limit large crowds by closing or restricting access to central locations. Ticketed access governs proximity to the Mayor of London's fireworks; without a ticket, public access to areas around Big Ben, the London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Victoria Embankment, Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Waterloo Bridge and Southwark Bridge will be blocked. Several bridges will be closed or off-limits to non-ticket holders and crowding on bridges is discouraged.
Read at Time Out London
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