This June, the entire country will be celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with an extra-long Bank Holiday weekend from 2 to 5 June and the people of Plymouth are being encouraged to celebrate with their community.
Plymouth City Council has created a simplified process for road closures across the Jubilee weekend, making it easier for neighbours to gather together and host their own platinum street party.
Road closures between 2 to 5 June will be free of charge. Applications must be submitted at least 8 weeks before the date of the closure, so people are asked to apply by Friday 8 April to allow the team time to process requests.
Plymouth will also join thousands of towns and cities across the UK and the Commonwealth in hosting a Platinum Jubilee Beacon.
The city’s beacon, which will be on the walls of the Royal Citadel on Plymouth Hoe, will be lit at 9.45pm on Thursday 2 June and remain burning for the entire weekend.
Civic leaders, including the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, will attend the ceremonial lighting of the beacon and the event will be livestreamed across the What’s On Plymouth Facebook page for everyone to watch.
During the weekend, Council buildings will also be illuminated in purple each evening in celebration of the Jubilee.
For more information about the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in Plymouth, please see: www.plymouth.gov.uk/celebratequeensplatinumjubileeus.