Key information
Request reference number: MGLA230623-0465
Date of response:
Summary of request
Your request
The Mayor of London's office said an estimated 80,000 people were in Hyde Park, 75,000 in ceremonial viewing areas and 60,000 on South Carriage Drive for the Queen’s funeral on 8 September 2022. Please provide:
1. A copy of any document – a press release, email or similar, which shows where this estimate comes from and how it was made
2. Any document which makes a similar estimate for London crowd sizes at King Charles’ Coronation.
Our response
1. The Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II took place on 19 September 2022. Please find below the information we hold within the scope of your request. This information was compiled and agreed during live conversations between key agencies responsible for operations in the Event Liaison Facility.
From: Samantha Hart
Sent: 19 September 2022 16:33
To: Mayors Press Office <[email protected]>
Subject: OLB stats for media
Hi All,
Here are stats we can give to ES and anyone else who asks.
Crowd numbers as follows (please note - these are for the specific areas set out, they don’t include the wider footprint/central London or the route out of London towards Windsor)
• In the ceremonial viewing areas 75k
• On South Carriage Drive 60k
• In Hyde Park 80k
• Total 215k
In addition, if you add up all the stewards, volunteers, police, LFB, LAS, St John’s Ambulance and military support working in London = 22k
Cheers
Sam
Sam Hart
Head of Media, Mayor of London’s Press Office
GREATERLONDONAUTHORITY
City Hall, Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE
[ Mobile number redacted ]
london.gov.uk
@LDN_PressOffice
2. The GLA does not hold any information on crowd capacities for the Coronation.
If you have any further questions relating to this matter, please contact us, quoting reference MGLA230623-0465.