{"id":11677,"date":"2025-11-09T09:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T09:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/planning-a-new-years-celebration-try-london-for-201213\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T10:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T10:44:59","slug":"planning-a-new-years-celebration-try-london-for-201213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/planning-a-new-years-celebration-try-london-for-201213\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning A New Years Celebration? Try London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>London is a spectacular city at any time of the year, but the atmosphere, buzz and al round goodwill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Alongside some amazing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/events\/nye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fireworks<\/a> make for an unforgettable night! Best of All it can be done on a budget!<\/p>\n<p>For the last 8 years or so I have always managed to enjoy London on New Year&#8217;s Eve\/New years day! If you can try and watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/events\/nye\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fireworks<\/a> that commence at, you guessed it, 12 am on and around the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londoneye.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London Eye<\/a> (the big wheel thing that stands near Big Ben).<\/p>\n<p>It is a very popular evening with what feels like millions of people on the streets!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2018\/10\/24\/15-of-the-best-areas-in-london-you-have-to-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69445\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HandLuggageOnly-8-1.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"10 Best Things To Do In Kings Cross - London (3)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HandLuggageOnly-8-1.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HandLuggageOnly-8-1.jpg?resize=360%2C240&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HandLuggageOnly-8-1.jpg?resize=680%2C453&amp;ssl=1 680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/HandLuggageOnly-8-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Top tip:<\/strong> Arrive early! With crowd control and public safety, alongside the huge amounts of closed streets it can take a very VERY long time to get to a good spot, so arrive at your chosen space around 10 pm and wrap up warm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The best spot I have found is near the London eye itself, opposite Big Ben, or indeed any part of the river Thames where you can see the London Eye.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe take a flask of your favourite nectar or coffee to keep you warm and\/or merry!<\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tfl.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transport for London<\/a> kindly gives FREE central London transport in the evening, which makes for less of a worry in getting back to your hotel or home. But do take into consideration it may take a few hours to get home.<\/p>\n<p>New years day top tip&#8230; Go for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonparade.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New years day parade<\/a> (stand around Trafalgar Square), all Free and well worth a watch!<\/p>\n<p>Have a great time, and always be prepared for the changing weather.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2018\/10\/24\/15-of-the-best-areas-in-london-you-have-to-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read more: Best areas of London<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EpCIPINalA\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2018\/10\/24\/15-of-the-best-areas-in-london-you-have-to-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15 Of The Best Areas In London You Have To Visit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#8220;15 Of The Best Areas In London You Have To Visit&#8221; &#8212; Hand Luggage Only\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" src=\"https:\/\/handluggageonly.co.uk\/2018\/10\/24\/15-of-the-best-areas-in-london-you-have-to-visit\/embed\/#?secret=EpCIPINalA\" data-secret=\"EpCIPINalA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London is a spectacular city at any time of the year, but the atmosphere, buzz and al round goodwill. &nbsp;Alongside some amazing fireworks make for an unforgettable night! Best of All it can be done on a budget! For the last 8 years or so I have always managed to enjoy London on New Year&#8217;s &hellip; Continue Reading<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,396],"tags":[360,361],"class_list":["post-11677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel","category-travel-journal","tag-london","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justpaste.in\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}