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Notting Hill Carnival advice for Westminster residents

More information for Westminster residents about road closures, bins, ID and other changes over the carnival weekend.

Road closures

Plan your carnival journey ahead of time, and check the TfL website for travel advice over the bank holiday weekend.

If your car has been moved as a result of the road closures, you can locate it using the trace.london service.

List of road closures in Westminster 

The following Westminster roads will be closed for the carnival between 6am on Sunday 25 August and 6am on Tuesday 27 August 2024. Roads will be opened by the police as soon as it’s safe to do so:

  • Aldridge Road Villas
  • Alexander Mews
  • Alexander Street
  • Alfred Road
  • Artesian Road
  • Bark Place
  • Bishops Bridge Road (from Porchester Road to Westbourne Grove)
  • Botts Mews
  • Bridstow Place
  • Brunel Estate
  • Caradoc Close
  • Caroline Close
  • Caroline Place
  • Chapel Side
  • Chepstow Road
  • Courtnell Street
  • Dartmouth Close
  • Dawson Place
  • Durham Terrace
  • Edgware Road, southbound at junction of Harrow Road and junction with Marble Arch
  • Elgin Avenue
  • Fermoy Road
  • Fosbury Mews
  • Garway Road
  • Great Western Road, starting at the junction with Harrow Road
  • Hatherley Grove
  • Head’s Mews
  • Hereford Road
  • Hereford Mews
  • Holland Park Avenue
  • Holland Road
  • Hormead Road
  • Ilchester Gardens
  • Inver Court
  • Inverness Terrace
  • Inverness Place
  • Kennet Road
  • Kensington Church Street
  • Kensington Gardens Square
  • Kildare Gardens
  • Kildare Terrace
  • Leamington Road Villas
  • Ledbury Road
  • Leinster Square
  • Lombardy Place
  • Monmouth Place
  • Monmouth Road
  • Moorhouse Road
  • Moscow Road
  • Moscow Place
  • Needham Road
  • Newton Road
  • North Carriage Drive
  • Northumberland Place
  • Orme Court
  • Orme Court Mews
  • Orme Square
  • Orme Lane
  • Ossington Street
  • Park Lane, junction Hyde Park corner
  • Palace Court
  • Pickering Mews
  • Poplar Place
  • Porchester Road
  • Porchester Gardens
  • Porchester Square
  • Princess Court
  • Princes Square
  • Princes Mews
  • Queensway
  • Queen’s Mews
  • Redan Place
  • Rede Place
  • Salem Road
  • Shrewsbury Mews
  • Shrewsbury Street
  • Shrewsbury Road
  • St Lukes Road
  • St Petersburgh Mews
  • St Petersburgh Place
  • St Stephens Crescent
  • St Stephens Gardens
  • St Stephens Mews
  • Sunderland Terrace
  • Uxbridge Street
  • Sutherland Place
  • Talbot Road
  • Tavistock Road
  • Tavistock Crescent
  • Uxbridge Street
  • Wellington Close
  • Westbourne Gardens
  • Westbourne Grove
  • Westbourne Grove Terrace
  • Westbourne Park Road
  • Westbourne Park Villas
  • Western Mews
  • West Carriage Drive
  • West Cross Route
  • Westway (eastbound)
  • Woodfield Place
  • Woodfield Road

Traffic diversions 

Traffic will generally be diverted around the following ring route in both directions:  

  • Harrow Road, Porchester Road, Bishops Bridge Road, Inverness Terrace, Bayswater Road, Notting Hill Gate
  • Holland Park Avenue, Uxbridge Road, Wood Lane, Scrubs Lane, Harrow Road

For more information on travel disruption, visit the Transport for London website. 

Planned road works 

In the Carnival route and wider area, there will be a moratorium for planned road works between Wednesday 21 August until Wednesday 28 August. During this time, our Streetworks team won't grant any permits for work except for emergency work.

Published: 10 July 2024

Last updated: 27 August 2024