As the country prepares for a long bank holiday weekend in honour of the Queen, military aircraft are rehearsing for their iconic flypast across UK skies - especially the famous Red Arrows.
The Platinum Jubilee, celebrating 70 years of the monarch's reign, will kick off on Thursday June 2 with several events and celebrations around the country.
The flypast will see 70 aircraft including the RAF Red Arrows, as well as the Lancaster Bomber, Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane - which make up the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - put on a spectacular airshow.
Here's what you need to know about the route and timings of the Jubilee Red Arrows flypast.
What is the flypast route?
The aircraft will assemble near the The Wash, a bay near the northwest corner of East Anglia, on Thursday June 2, at 11.45am.
Sweeping in from the North Sea, the jets will pass over a number of eastern countries before heading south over Swaffham and Thetford in Norfolk, on to Ipswich then over Colchester in Essex around 12.15 pm.
Then, the flypast will emerge in central London at about 12.40 pm, where it is expected to pass over Buckingham Palace at 1pm, with members of the Royal Family gathered on the balcony to watch.
The iconic air show will begin to disperse after 1.15pm, over the south and west of the London Control Zone, also flying over Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, though it will be visible until around 1.30pm.
The route for the flypast is split into areas A to I, with London falling between areas E and F, including parts of South London like Mitcham, Croydon and Surrey.
Some areas maybe missed out during the flypast, including areas in North London like Wood Green.
What are the timings for the Red Arrows flypast route?
Here are the timings and route for the RAF Red Arrows for the Queen's Jubilee on Thursday, June 2.
- Scampton - 12.26pm
- South east of Fiskerton -12.28pm
- South Lopham - 12.43 pm
- Northwest Lowestoft - 12.47pm
- Bentwaters - 12.54pm
- Colchester - 12.57pm
- East of Stapleford Abbotts - 1.02pm
- Fairlop - 1.03pm
- Stratford - 1.04pm
- Buckingham Palace - 1.06pm
- Westminster - 1.06pm
- Heathrow - 1.08pm
- Windsor - 1.09pm
- North of Reading - 1.12pm
- Fairford - 1.18pm
It's important to note that timings and routes are only approximate as the weather, as well as the number of aircraft taking part in the event, will have an impact on the flypast.
