NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL GUIDE
family day: Sunday 2016 MAP Create your Carnival Outfit 50 things you didn’t know about Notting Hill Carnival from the Carnival Guide: Will the tube be running and what station do I go to? Notting Hill Gate will be exit-only from 11am-7pm on Sunday and Monday. There will be no interchange between the District, Circle and Central lines from 11am-7pm on Sunday or anytime on Monday. Ladbroke Grove will be closed on Sunday and Monday. Latimer Road closes at 11.30pm on Sunday and Monday. Royal Oak and Westbourne Park will be exit-only from 11am-6pm, and closed from 11.30pm on Sunday and Monday. Bayswater and Paddington will be operating normally. Stations may temporarily have to shut due to overcrowding, so be patient if you’re waiting to get on the tube or Overground. Other nearby stations are High Street Kensington, Holland Park, Queen’s Park, Kensal Rise, Kensal Green and Shepherd’s Bush. How about the bus? While extra services will be in operation, no buses will enter the Carnival area from first thing Sunday morning until the first service on Tuesday morning. On both Sunday and Monday, bus services begin from Notting Hill Gate in the south and from the Prince of Wales on Harrow Road (close to Elgin Avenue) in the north. Night buses in the area will also be subject to diversions. What happens on the Sunday? Sunday (Aug 28) is ‘Children's Day’ – a more relaxed start before the hard-partying main parade on Monday. Between 6am and 9am, early visitors to Ladbroke Grove can catch the Jouvert procession, a traditional Caribbean event where revellers throw colourful powder paint at each other to a steel band soundtrack. Between 9am and 7pm, there’s a colourful parade for children and eclectic sounds from the World Music Stage. What can I eat there? As you’d expect, many food stalls sell traditional Caribbean food. But there are other options, including BBQ and veggie food, if jerk chicken and curried goat ain't your thing. |