Hammersmith and Fulham Goes Coronation Crazy
Your guide to all the royal celebrations over this long weekend
Big screens in the borough will be showing the Coronation
May 5, 2023
There are parties, funfairs, live music and celebratory afternoon teas planned across the borough this weekend to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III and Camilla.
Here’s where to join the fun and make the most of this historic occasion.
At Westfield in Shepherd’s Bush, the party has already started with a traditional fairground on Westfield Square open until June 4, from 11am till 4pm daily, including a Carousel and Hook a Duck challenge. This weekend there will also be free arts and crafts and face painting, while the Coronation ceremony will be shown live on a giant screen from 11am on Saturday.
Inside the shopping centre, Hamleys has lots more fun for kids while a range of restaurants are offering special Coronation themed dishes such as ‘Kroningskage’ (‘Coronation cake’ in Danish) at Ole & Steen, Pimm’s served with Chorizo Sausage Rolls a Salt Yard, His Majesty's muffin, British Berries & Cream at SOHO Coffee and Strawberries & Cream Falooda at Bindas Eatery. Find out more here.
Strawberries & Cream Falooda at Bindas Eatery
Across Shepherd’s Bush Green, The W12 Centre is hosting a Coronation Cake Sale on Friday May 5 from 12pm to 4pm. Donations are welcome and everyone is invited to come along and enjoy a slice, with all proceeds going to Age UK.
Saturday, May 6 is of course the day of the ceremony itself, and it will be live on big screens at locations across the borough. In Hammersmith, all eyes will be on the giant screen in Lyric Square, the centre of the King Street Coronation Party which will also include a day market, running from 11am to 6pm and offering over 100 stalls. There will also be a Mad Hatters tea party and a crown making workshop, as well as live music, dancing and street entertainment.
In Fulham, Sands End Arts & Community Centre is hosting a special Coronation event in the Walnut Tree Cafe with royal events on screen all day, from 8.30am till 5pm, and a free afternoon tea with homemade scones on offer from 2pm till 4pm. Everyone is welcome and you can find out more here.
Over 40 streets across H&F will be holding their own parties. If you want to join one near you, here is a map showing all the locations.
Churches around the borough are also hosting celebrations, including Fulham Broadway Methodist Church, which will be screening the royal event in its community cafe. There will be a free BBQ and salads from 1pm till 3pm, a kids play area with free crafts and a singalong session with DJ Alan.
All Saints Fulham will also be showing the ceremony on a big screen within the church which will be open to visitors from 10.15am. Then on Sunday May 7 at 12pm there will be a Big Garden Lunch at All Saints Church Hall in Fulham High Street, with family entertainment including a kids’ Kings and Queens costume competition and a truly British cake contest in the tea tent.
St Paul’s Church in Hammersmith is hosting a picnic on the Green following its 11am service on Sunday, including a special Coronation Bake Off and in Rockley Road in Shepherd’s Bush, St Simons is holding a community breakfast to celebrate the Coronation from 10am until 11.30am, with coffee and croissants, a bouncy castle, face painting, a dressing-up competition and Coronation-themed games.
On Sunday afternoon, from 12pm till Late, Big Coronation Lunches are being held in Bishops Park and Ravenscourt Park, with the evening's Coronation Concert on big screens.
In Fulham’s Bishops Park there will be crown making with Paperbird Arts, face painting, bubbles with JoJoFun, funfair rides, giant board games and drone flying with Urban Flyers. Fulham Football Club will also be holding free have-a-go sessions and there’ll be martial art displays with Reflect CKD.
Live entertainment will take place throughout the day, including jazz, dance workshops and the Fulham Brass Band.
In Ravenscourt Park, for the youngest partiers, there will be pony rides, crown making with Kite Studios, face paint, games and more, while for their older brothers and sisters, sports sessions with QPR Football Club, giant Jenga, martial arts with Reflect CKD and drones to fly with Urban Flyers.
Bunny Nightingale and the Ukrainian Choir will perform live and Urban Food Fest serving up the food in both parks, including burritos, falafel, wood-fire pizzas, gourmet burgers, hotdogs and toasted sandwiches.
There will also be a vintage bar selling beers, cocktails, gin and Pimm’s throughout the day and during the concert, coming live from Windsor Castle from 8pm onwards.
Hammersmith and Fulham Council is blocking off a number of roads to make way for street parties.
They are:
Alderville Road
Ashcombe Street
Bayonne Road
Becklow Road
Binden Road
Breer St
Burnthwaite Road and Wheatsheaf Terrace
Campana Road
Chaldon Road
Clonmel Road
Cobbold Road
Colwith Road
Cristowe Road
Dalling Road
Dolby Road
Doneraile Street
Edenhurst Avenue
Elmstone Road
Elswick Street
Felden Street
Friston Street
Glenrosa Street
Greenside Road
Greswell Street
Gunterstone Road
Hammersmith Grove
Hartswood Road
Hofland Road
Inglethorpe Street
Irene Road
Lysia Street
Napier Avenue
Nasmyth Street
Niton Street
Palgrave Road
Petley Road
Ringmer Avenue
Saint Dionis Road
Saint Maur Road
Starfield Road
Sterndale Road
Stokenchurch Street
Tabor Road
Tunis Road
Walham Grove
Weltje Road
West Kensington Estate
William Morris Way
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