On Sunday 3rd June 2012, over one thousand boats will muster on the River Thames in preparation for Her Majesty The Queen to take part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

The formal river procession will be between 2pm and 6pm, starting upriver of Battersea Bridge and finishing downriver of Tower Bridge. The boats will muster between Hammersmith and Battersea and disperse from Tower Bridge to West India Docks.

It will be one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river. Rowed boats and working boats and pleasure vessels of all shapes and sizes will be beautifully dressed with streamers and Union Flags, their crews and passengers turned out in their finest rigs. The armed forces, fire, police, rescue and other services will be afloat and there will be an exuberance of historic boats, wooden launches, steam vessels and other boats of note.

The team at Forty Hall & Estate are immensely excited about the forthcoming Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant! Find out more about the route, timings and travel directions here.

Remember to book on to our talk 2012: A Year of Pageantry on Thursday 18th October 2012 at at 6.30pm as we look at the year’s extraordinary pageants in preparation for the recreation of Rainton's Pageant on 3rd November 2012 in Enfield!