LONDON has seen hundreds of road closures today (Sunday, September 22) for Reimagine event World Car Free Day 2019.
Here is what you need to know about the road closures.
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What is the aim of Car Free Day?
The aim of World Car Free Day is to encourage Londoners to "reimagine" their city car free, with mayor, Sadiq Khan saying of the event: "Will help encourage the change in behaviour needed to meet the Mayor’s ambitious target of 80 per cent of all journeys to be taken via sustainable modes of transport by 2041, compared to 63 per cent today."
World Car Free Day hopes to draw awareness to the dangers of toxic air and encourage city dwellers to explore the capital without the use of a vehicle.
Twenty kilometres of roads – the equivalent of nearly 200 football pitches in length – will be closed in central London around Tower Bridge, London Bridge and the City of London.
Cycling and walking will be encouraged, but some areas – including London Bridge up to Bishopsgate will have buses but no other vehicles.
Designated areas across the city will act as special play areas, where Londoners can relax and enjoy the car-free zone.
Which countries are taking part?
The WCN only offers guidelines on how to set up the event and are not responsible for any of the annual festivities around the globe.
As a result, they do not have a list of all the cities which are taking part.
However, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, cities in China, Colombia and Indonesia have taken part in previous years.
Which London roads are affected?
Brent
Coronet Parade
Ellesmere Road
Burns Road
Brownlow Road
Audrey Gardens
Furness Road & Rucklidge Avenue
Keslake Road
Hilltop Avenue
Camden
Charlotte Street from 10am-6pm
Gordon Street
Great Ormond Street from 1-5pm
Leighton Road from 12-3pm
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City of London
Cheapside
Poultry
Mansion House Street
Princes Street
Threadneedle Street
Cornhill
King William Street
Leadenhall Street
Fenchurch Street
Aldgate
Aldgate High Street
Moorgate between Lothbury and London Wall
Gresham Street
New Change
Ludgate Hill
St Paul’s Churchyard
Cannon Street
Queen Victoria Street
Blackfriars Passage
Puddle Dock
Castle Baynard Street
Lambeth Hill
Distaff Lane
Bread Street
Friday Street
Godliman Street
Carter Lane
Dean’s Court
Knightrider Street
Addle Hill
Creed Lane
Ludgate Square
Pilgrim Street
Ludgate Broadway
Pageantmaster Court
Blackfriars Lane
Playhouse Yard
St Andrew’s Hill
Limeburner Lane
St George’s Court
Old Bailey
Warwick Lane
Ave Maria Lane
Amen Court
Foster Lane
Noble Street
Oat Lane
Stain Lane
Carey Lane
Gutter Lane
Wood Street between Cheapside and Love Lane
Love Lane
Aldermanbury
Aldermanbury Square
Basinghall Avenue
Basinghall Street
Coleman Street
King’s Arms Yard
Lothbury
Milk Street
Russia Row
King Street
Old Jewry
Fredrick’s Place
Watling Street
Queen Street
Pancras Lane
Little Trinity Lane
Great Trinity Lane
Garlick Hill
Skinner Lane
College Street
College Hill
Great St Thomas Apostle
Cloak Lane
Dowgate Hill
Bucklersbury
Walbrook
Bush Lane
Gophir Lane
Suffolk Lane
Laurence Pountney Hill
Martin Lane
Arthur Street
Nicholas Lane
Abchurch Lane
Sherborne Lane
St Swithin’s Lane
Clements Lane
Plough Court
Lombard Street
Birchin Lane
George Yard
Bell Inn Yard
Finch Lane
Bartholomew Lane
Throgmorton Street
Old Broad Street between Threadneedle Street and London Wall/Wormwood Street
Union Court
Great Winchester Street
Austin Friars
Throgmorton Avenue
Copthall Avenue
Telegraph Street
Morgate Place
Great Swan Alley
Angel Court
Monument Street
Fish St Hill
Pudding Lane
Botolph Lane
Lovat Lane
St Mary at Hill
St Dunstan’s Lane
Idol Lane
Harp Lane
Cross Lane St
Dunstan’s Hill
Eastcheap
Great Tower Street
Talbot Court
Philpot Lane
Rood Lane
Plantation Lane
Mincing Lane
Dunster Court
Mark Lane
London Street
New London Street
Hart Street
Crutched Friars
Seething Lane
Pepys Street
Muscovy Street
Trinity Square
Savage Gardens
Hammett Street
Crescent
America Square
Cooper’s Row
Crosswall
Vine Street
Jewry Street
Northumberland Alley
Rangoon Street
Carlisle Avenue
Lloyd’s Avenue
Fenchurch Place
St Helen’s Place
St Mary Axe
Great St Helen’s
Undershaft
Creechurch Lane
Mitre Street
Mitre Square
Creechurch Place
Bury Street
Bury Court
Billiter Street
Fenchurch Avenue
Lime Street
Whittington Avenue
Minories between Goodman’s Yard and Aldgate High Street
Portsoken Street
Haydon Street
India Street
St Clare Street
London Bridge
Gracechurch Street
Bishopsgate between Cornhill and Wormwood Street
Queen Street Place northbound
Southwark Bridge northbound
London Bridge
Croydon
Orleans Road, Upper Norwood from 2.30-5.30pm
Farm Fields, Sanderstead from 1.20-4.30pm
Cumberland Road, Woodside from 10am-6pm
Westfield Avenue, Sanderstead from 2-5pm
Churchill Road, Purley Oaks from 9.30am-6pm
South Vale, Crystal Palace from 10am-12pm
Apostle Way, Thornton Heath from 1pm-2pm
Ealing
Leeland Terrace from 1-6pm
Enfield
Raynham Road from 1-4pm
Greenwich
Charles Grinling Walk from 4-5pm
Olven Road from 1.30-7pm
Spindle Close from 2-4pm
Hackney
Stoke Newington Church Street from 10.30am-5pm
Hammersmith
North End Road from 9am-5pm on Saturday, September 21
Haringey
Middle Lane from 12-4pm
Town Hall Approach Road, Tottenham from 10am-4pm
Harrow
Greenhill Way (between Havelock Place and St George's shopping centre) from 11am-4pm
Islington
St John Street (between Clerkenwell Road and Charterhouse Street) from 11am-4pm
Kensington & Chelsea
Golborne Road (between Portobello Road and Wornington Road) from 12-6pm
Exhibition Road
Pavilion Road
Kingston
Auckland Road (Buckingham Road to cul de sac end), Kingston
Beaconsfield Road (Gordon Road to Birchington Road), Surbiton
Beresford Road, New Malden
Chesfield Road, Kingston
Chestnut Road, Kingston
Durlston Road (between Studland and St Albans Road), Kingston
Hereford Way (from Ripon Gardens to Woodgate Avenue), Chessington
King Charles Crescent (between King Charles Crescent and Hollyfield Road), Surbiton
Laburnum Road, New Malden
Linden Crescent, Kingston
Moorfield Road, Chessington
Nevada Close, New Malden
Piper Road, Kingston
Portland Road (Horace Road to Three Bridges Path), Kingston
Rickards Close (From No. 15 to cul de sac end), Surbiton
Windsor Road, Kingston
Lewisham
April Glen (between 5–10 April Glen) from 12–3pm
Arbuthnot Road (between Junction of Bousefield to Gellatly) from 2–5pm
Ardmere Cottages (between Old School House to Beacon Road) from 2–5pm
Blythe Hill Lane (between 1–69 Bythe Hill Lane) from 10am–3pm
Bousefield Road (between Kitto to Arbuthnot Road) from 2–5pm
Canonbie Road (between Canonbie to Netherby & Westwood Park to Ringmore Rise) from 11am–6pm
Casslee Road (between Between Polsted Road and Montacute Road)
Datchet Road (between Perry Hill to Burford Road) from2–5pm
Eddystone Road (between Buckthorne Road and the footbridge) from11am–2pm
Elsinore Road (between 1 Elsinore Road to Vancouver Road) from 2–5pm
Florence Road (between Flower of Kent to Costcutter) from 2–5pm
Gordonbrock Road (between Whole road) from 12 noon–7pm
Hafton Road (between Hazlebank Road to Dowanhill Road) from 10am–12 noon then 5–7pm
Howson Road (between 56–98 Howson Road) from 2–5pm
Hunsdon Road Monson to Avonley Road) from 10am–12 noon
Kitto Road (between Erlanger Road to Pepys Road) from 2–5pm
Lanier Road (between Hither Green Lane to Radford Road) from 2–5pm
Lutwyche Road (between 19–28 Lutwyche Road) from 2.30–4.30pm
Minard Road (between Dowanhill Road to Sandhurst Road) from 2–5pm
Penerley Road (between Arran Road to Inchmerry Road) from 9.30am–12.30pm
Prince Street (between New King Street to Watergate Street) from 11am–4pm
Reservoir Road (between Sandbourne Road to Vesta Road) from 2.30–5.30pm
Ronver Road (between 91–80 Ronver Road) from 12 noon–3pm
Salehurst Road (between Ewhurst Road to Stillness Road) from 3–6pm
Tewkesbury Avenue (between 9-39 Tewkesbury Avenue) from 2–5pm
Whittell Gardens (between Whole road) from 11am–6pm
Waller Road (between Arbuthnot Road to Queens Road) from 12 noon–5pm
Hengrave Road/Boveney Road
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Merton
A bus stop outside Morden Tube Station will be transformed into a Play Street with attractions for kids
Newham
Lens Road and Dorset Road from 12-2pm
Warrior Square from 2-4.30pm
Hastings Road from 1-4pm
Richford Road from 12-3pm
Stratford Broadway from 11am-2pm
Kingsford Square 12-3pm
Masterman Road 12-4pm
Tylney Road 12-2pm
Dongola Road to Khartoum Road from 1-5pm
Redbridge
Burrow Road, Hainault
Queen Mary Villas, South Woodford
Roman Road, Ilford
Langley Drive, Wanstead Park
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Southwark
Southwark Bridge northbound
Southwark Bridge Road northbound between Southwark Street and Southwark Bridge
Southwark Street eastbound
Tower Bridge Road between Tooley Street and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
London Bridge
Borough High Street between Duke Street Hill and London Bridge
Borough High Street northbound between Southwark Street and Duke Street Hill
Bermondsey Street northbound between Crucifix Lane and Tooley Street
Duke Street Hill
Tooley Street
Fair Street between Tower Bridge Road and Tooley Street
Barnham Street
Shand Street
Holyrood Street
Magdalen Street
Gibbon’s Rent
Bursar Street
Montague Close
Bridge Yard
Hay’s Lane
Counter Street
Battle Bridge Lane
English Grounds
Morgan’s Lane
Braidwood Street
Vine Lane
Weaver’s Lane
Potters Fields
Tower Hamlets
Trinity Square
Tower Bridge Approach between East Smithfield and Tower Bridge Road
Tower Bridge Road between Tower Bridge Approach and the London Borough of Southwark
Wandsworth
Trewint Street, Earlsfield
Westminster
Connaught Village from 12-5pm
Regent Street 7am-8pm
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