Date Set For Team GB Parade
Team GB’s successes at the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics are to be celebrated with a parade through the streets of central London on 16th October.
About 500 Olympians and Paralympians will take part in the parade which will also be screened live on the BBC.
All athletes who went to Beijing have been invited, with 10 flat-bed trucks to carry them through the streets.
The parade will begin in front of the Mansion House at 1100am, following a route down Queen Victoria Street and past St Paul’s Cathedral. The first float is due to arrive in Trafalgar Square at around 12:30pm.
Team GB returned from Beijing in August after their best Olympic medal haul in 100 years, finishing fourth in the medal table with 19 golds, 13 silvers and 15 bronze.
The ParalympicsGB team were Britain’s most successful for two decades, winning 102 medals, including 42 golds, to finish second in the table behind China.
The parade will follow a similar route to those which celebrated England’s Rugby World Cup win in 2003, the Athens Olympics in 2004 and the Ashes cricket success the following year.
