The event will take place in front of St Paul’s Cathedral and in Paternoster Square, click on the map below for an enlarged image:



On foot
Many people access the St Paul’s area via the Millennium Bridge from the South Bank, which offers stunning views of the south side of the Cathedral from the river.

By car
Visitors are advised to arrive by public transport whenever possible. There is a public car park on Queen Victoria Street to the south of St Paul’s Cathedral. On-street parking is very restricted in the area, [but there is limited parking in the Cathedral’s coach park for cars displaying a disabled badge].

By train
The major local over-ground stations are London Bridge (20 minute walk), Cannon Street (8 minute walk), and Blackfriars (5 minute walk).

By underground
The nearest Underground station is St Paul’s on the Central Line (2 minute walk). Mansion House, Cannon Street and Blackfriars stations on the District and Circle Lines are also within walking distance. Central line trains run every four minutes on weekdays and every six minutes at weekends.

*Please note that not all of these stations can be accessed by people in wheelchairs. Please contact London Transport for information about the closest station to the Cathedral with wheelchair access.*

By coach
Coach parking is available on the south side of the Cathedral

By bus
Directly outside St Paul’s Cathedral you can catch the following buses:
No.4 to Waterloo or Archway
No.11 to Liverpool Street or Fulham Broadway
No.15 to Paddington or Eastham
No.23 to Liverpool Street or Ladbroke Grove
No.26 to Elephant and Castle or Shadwell
From Newgate Street you can catch the following buses:
No.242 to Tottenham Court Road to Homerton Hospital
No. 25 Oxford Circus or Ilford

By bike
Free bicycle parking is provided in designated places on streets throughout the City. 

Plan your journey
To plan your own journey from any location in London, use Transport for London’s Journey Planner

City Salute will be a sunset pageant, taking place in St  Paul’s Churchyard on 7 May 2008. Barriers will be put in place from around 5.30pm with the pageant starting at 8pm.  The event will last approximately 45 minutes.

The full  event programme is still being finalised but confirmed are:

- Band  of HM Royal Marines marching through Temple Bar
- State Trumpeters
- Ceremonial troops and  armoured vehicles troops of The Household Cavalry
- Troops from the Ghurkas, Irish Guards, HAC
- RAF fly past by Typhoon jets and Chinook Helicopters
-  Son et lumière projections at St Paul’s Cathedral.  These will start at the end of the event and will run right through until 10pm at night
- Giant screens  showing specially commissioned short films involving interviews with troops who have experienced war and who have lived through injury
- Service personnel represented from RAF and Navy
- Families, patients and staff from Headley Court, members of Help for Heroes and SSAFA
 - A gun salute from HMS Belfast

The event will be broadcast by BBC 2 on May 7th, 8pm to 9pm.

The event will be broadcast by BBC 2 on May 7th, 8pm to 9pm.

No, it’s an Appeal that will split any funds raised between two existing charities - Help for Heroes and SSAFA.

Help for Heroes was the idea of Appeal Chairman Bryn Parry and a group of friends and relations, many of whom have connections with serving servicemen and women. Bryn and his wife Emma wanted to do something to help the wounded and Help for Heroes was launched on 1st Oct 2007. The campaign has been championed by the head of the army, Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Richard Dannatt. Help for Heroes first target is to raise £6m to provide Headley Court with a much needed new swimming pool and sports complex. Once it has achieved that target, Help for Heroes plan to continue with other projects in support of the wounded from the current conflicts.

For more information go to www.helpforheroes.org.uk.

SSAFA is the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association.  The leading national charity committed to helping and supporting those who serve in our Armed Forces, those who used to serve, and the families of both. They provide a reliable, caring and trusted service to more than 50,000 people each year and have been running over 120 years. 

SSAFA is running an Emergency Appeal for £5 million to set up and run two homes for the families of serving personnel injured in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.  So far £3.7 million has been raised and a first home near to the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre in Surrey has been opened.  Funds are needed to set up and run a second property in Birmingham near to the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine at Selly Oak Hospital and to cover the running costs of the first property. 

For more information go to www.ssafa.org.uk.