5,500 royal wedding parties on the cards
While royal wedding fever may be spreading, newly released figures suggest some parts of the nation may be more gripped than others.
While royal wedding fever may be spreading, newly released figures suggest some parts of the nation may be more gripped than others.
More than 5,500 parties are expected to be held, according to statistics for road closure requests collected by the Local Government Association (LGA).
But while people in the south appear to be pulling out all the stops, some areas further north are not so enthusiastic – with not one application made in Glasgow.
London tops the table for the number of parties, with more than 800 applications, including one for Downing Street. With 85 events approved for the day, Richmond-upon-Thames is the hottest spot for street parties in the capital. The council said this followed special measures, voted through its cabinet in January, to cut red tape.
Using a rough measure of applications compared to populations to get an average, figures show London, Edinburgh and Cardiff all have higher than average numbers of street parties planned. Other patriotic spots are likely to be Hertfordshire with 298, Surrey with 205 and Kent with 182.
With 52 applications, the capital of Wales has had more than twice as many applications per person compared with nearby Swansea while Edinburgh has a party for every 21,000 residents.
But outside the capitals it appears that, across the north, the number of parties is lower than many cities in the south.
Glasgow appears to be shunning the excitement as not a single application has been made from the 588,500 people living in the city, although the council said just because it is not aware of any plans it does not mean none are being held.
Further south, while Newcastle will be throwing 32 parties – one for roughly every 8,800 residents – just down the road, Sunderland only has four parties, just one in more than 70,000 residents.
The figures were compiled from LGA data and population figures from the Office for National Statistics.
Source: Press Association