Celebrating the Jubilee outside London
The BBC will put up big screens with coverage of the weekend’s events in Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Dover, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Swansea and Swindon.
Saturday to Tuesday: the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh will host a series of events to bring the Jubilee to life, with a Big Jubilee Lunch in the Palace Mews on Sunday.
Saturday to Tuesday: The 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards will mount their homecoming parade in Cardiff on Saturday, while the Millennium Arts Centre has an extensive programme of free concerts.
Saturday to Tuesday: There will be 71 street parties in Birmingham, together with a four-day official celebration including a concert of classical music at Symphony Hall and an expanded edition of the annual Lord Mayor’s show.
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Saturday: Bristol Jubilee Concert at the Mall at Cribbs Causeway (headliners Pixie Lott, Misha B).
Monday 4: Belfast City Hall will stage a Jubilee carnival with music, fashion shows and screenings of films from the archives.
Official events
Saturday
1440 Queen attends the Epsom Derby: Katherine Jenkins will sing the National Anthem before the main race, which will start at 1600. The Queen has had 10 runners in the Derby during her reign - the latest, Carlton House, finished third in 2011.
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Sunday
From Midday The Big Jubilee Lunch: People are encouraged to share lunch with neighbours and friends as part of The Big Lunch. This will see a host of traditional street parties or a picnic lunches springing up all over Britain.
1430 The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant: This event will consist of up to 1,000 boats assembled from across the UK, the Commonwealth and around the world. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh will travel in the Royal Barge which will form the centrepiece of the flotilla. See our interactive graphic, telling you everything you could possibly need to know including full timings
Monday
0900-2230 The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Beacons: A network of 2,012 Beacons will be lit by communities and individuals throughout the United Kingdom, as well as the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Commonwealth, starting with Tonga at 0900. The Queen will light the National Beacon, which will be the final one lit, at 2230.
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1930 BBC Concert at Buckingham Palace: The Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace will be televised to the nation. The musical programme for the concert is still being finalised and is expected to feature British and Commonwealth musicians.
Tuesday
A day of celebrations in central London including an elaborate carriage procession. Approximate timings are as follows:
1015 The Queen leaves Buckingham Palace by car
1030-1130 Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s You can download the order of service, here
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1230 The Queen travels by car from Mansion House to the Palace of Westminster
1420 Carriage Procession from Westminster Hall to Buckingham Palace commences
Approximately 1525 Royal Family appear on the Balcony at Buckingham Palace
Jubilee festivals
Hyde Park Jubilee Family Festival: 2- 3 June
Hosted by Myleene Klass and Jon Culshaw, and featuring live music and entertainment. There be performances of War Horse, of The National Theatre, and BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing.
Battersea Park Festival : 2 June
A festival billed as celebrating all things British - with the added bonus of being an ideal spot to see the Jubilee pageant as it makes its way down the Thames, or on big screens in Battersea Park.
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Weather forecast
Saturday will be dry to begin with, with sun over western Scotland and rain moving north from Cornwall. By evening most of southern England will be under a band of rain.
The rain will linger on into Sunday, and temperatures in London should be relatively cool with a high of 10C. Further north there will be plenty of cloud cover, but less rain.
Monday is forecast to be wet in the morning in the South East, although the rain will ease in the afternoon. Tuesday is expected to be warmer, but most of Britain should see showers.
Traffic and travel
With up to four million people expected to be travelling around Britain this weekend, the country’s roads and railways will be under considerable strain.
The AA warns that traffic will build up on Saturday, particularly before 4pm, but should ease over the next three days. It picks out the M3 in Hampshire, the M6 in Staffordshire and Cheshire and the western arc of the M25 as notable choke points.
Transport for London advises the public not to drive into London unless it is absolutely necessary. It also suggests that those taking public transport in London should plan all journeys well in advance and be aware of extensive road and bridge closures in the centre of the capital.
Some bus routes will be disrupted or cancelled, and 15 Barclays cycle hire docking stations around the Thames will be out of action between Sunday and Wednesday.
For Underground and Overground closures, see the Diamond Jubilee Weekend guide in our Weekend Section.