Queen's Birthday Gun Salutes

21st April 2009
Hyde Park, Westminster, London, W2 3JA
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7298 2000
Queen's Birthday Gun Salutes mark special royal occasions as the Trooping of the Colour and having advantage of taking place on her actual birthday 21st April of being loud, spectacular and smoky. The Union flag is hoisted on government buildings, salutes are fired from locations in London and other authorised stations in the United Kingdom.

In London, cannon and gun shots will be fired across the green expanse of Hyde Park and at The Tower of London. Salutes are fired by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery (41 Gun Royal Salute) in Hyde Park at 12.00 noon and a 62-gun royal salute fired by the Honourable Artillery Company at the Tower of London (on London Wharf). If any of these occasions fall on a Sunday, the Salutes are fired on the following day as no Royal Gun Salutes are fired on Sundays.

This impressive display of British tradition marks the Queen's Birthday Celebration Royal Gun Salutes that take you right back in time.

Visiting The Queen's Birthday Gun Salutes:

Cost: Free
Time: TBC
Age Restrictions: n/a

Nearest Underground Stations:
Bayswater Tube (2 minutes)
Queensway Tube (3 minutes)

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