{"id":662468,"date":"2025-12-30T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/662468\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:42:12","slug":"londoners-are-being-told-to-stay-away-from-these-areas-on-new-years-eve-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/662468\/","title":{"rendered":"Londoners Are Being Told To Stay Away From These Areas on New Year\u2019s Eve 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it\u2019s almost that time of year again. Christmas Day has been and gone, and soon we\u2019ll finally wave goodbye to 2025 and\u00a0ring in a brand new year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You may be planning to spend NYE curled up in front of Jools Holland\u2019s Hootenanny, you\u00a0may\u00a0have 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. If you fall into the third category, just be warned that there will be parts of the city off-limits on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, given the hundreds of thousands of people the descend on London\u2019s streets to celebrate, NYE is one of the Met Police\u2019s its busiest times of the year. It\u2019s\u00a0said that it\u00a0\u2018working 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\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Part of making sure Londoners are safe and sound on NYE is limiting huge crowds and blocking off certain areas of the city. So, here are all the no-go zones in London on New Year\u2019s Eve this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Central London<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a ticket for the Mayor of London\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve fireworks (now sold out),\u00a0you won\u2019t have access to large parts of central London, including around <strong>Big Ben, the London Eye, Trafalgar Square, Victoria Embankment, Tower Bridge,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>London Bridge, Waterloo Bridge <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Southwark\u00a0Bridge<\/strong>. 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paul Martinelli, the chair of the City Bridge Foundation, said: \u200b\u2018Tower Bridge, London Bridge and Southwark Bridge provide a terrible view of the fireworks. The Millennium Bridge will be closed, and Blackfriars Bridge will be off limits to non-ticket holders.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We still expect to see significant crowding on the bridges, which can present a danger to all bridge users, including pedestrians and drivers who will also be using the bridges.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We want everyone to have a happy New Year\u2019s Eve, but if you\u2019re after fireworks, you\u2019ll get a much better view watching the BBC\u2019s coverage at home or in one of London\u2019s numerous bars and restaurants.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full map of ticketed and closed off areas for the Mayor of London\u2019s NYE fireworks event.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"c54fc556-dc51-8b96-eac2-bb6a0c7b4f7c\" class=\"photo lazy inline\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"lazy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1767098532_342_image.webp.webp\" alt=\"Map of New Year\u2019s Eve closures in central London\" data-caption=\"\" data-credit=\"Image: London Assembly\" data-width-class=\"\" data-image-id=\"106359115\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\nImage: London Assembly&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Primrose Hill<\/p>\n<p>More than 30,000 people headed to Primrose Hill in 2024 to see in the new year and catch a glimpse of the city\u2019s fireworks displays. But this year, the park will be closed and the Met Police have warned people not to try and access it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Commander Nick John, who is charge of the Met&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Eve policing, said: \u2018The Royal Parks are urging people not to try to gather at Primrose Hill this year and we would echo those calls. Please make alternative plans. Anyone trying to access the park will find that it is not possible.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/news\/london-travel-disruption-christmas-and-new-year-2025-full-list-of-closures-and-alterations-122425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Plan your night with\u00a0Time Out\u2019s guide to public transport on NYE<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Need to book something last minute? You may still be able to find tickets for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/clubs\/new-years-eve-parties-in-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of these brilliant London New Year\u2019s Eve parties<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get the latest and greatest from the Big Smoke \u2013 from news and reviews to events and trends. Just\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VabxG0jK0IBqoptkHH3i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-modified-href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VabxG0jK0IBqoptkHH3i\" data-modified-><strong>follow our Time Out London WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay in the loop: sign up to our\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/newsletter?cid=uk~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" data-modified-href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/newsletter?cid=uk~editorial~acquisition~newsletter~contentlink\" data-modified- target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>free Time Out London newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, it\u2019s almost that time of year again. Christmas Day has been and gone, and soon we\u2019ll finally&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,6419,393,4884,257,10972,6417,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-662468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-categories-things-to-do","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-news-events-festivals","14":"tag-things-to-do","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115808577212174426","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}