The full Notting Hill Carnival 2026 parade route with map: 60th anniversary guide

London's biggest and best party is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Here's your must-read guide to the parade route and viewing spots.

Notting Hill Carnival will celebrate its 60th anniversary this weekend. In other words, London's biggest and best party is set to be more unmissable than ever.

Every year, organisers and the local council put together helpful maps showing you where all the action is happening. Here's everything you need to know.

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Notting Hill Carnival parade route

The children's parade is held on the Sunday, the adult parade on the Monday. Although they're very different events, the route is the same, snaking from Westbourne Park Station to Elkstone Road. Along the way, the parades take in Westbourne Grove, Ladbroke Grove, Kensal Road and Golborne Road.

The best locations to watch Notting Hill Carnival

The Judges' Area

Next to the Brunel Estate near Westbourne Park Station, this is one of the parade's top viewing spots. For the second year in a row, the judges' Grandstand is open to the public.

Ladbroke Grove

Ladbroke Grove offers a great vantage point simply because it's so long, so you can always shuffle your way to a good spot.

Westbourne Grove

After Ladbroke Grove, Westbourne Grove is the second longest stretch of the whole route. A word of advice: stick to the north side.

Music

There's so much to see and do at Carnival, but if the sound systems are your priority, this 60th birthday bash looks like a classic. Different Strokes will be pumping out hip-hop, jungle and drum'n'bass; the legendary Gaz's Rockin' Blues will be serving up ska, rock'n'roll and rocksteady; and KCC and the Rockin Crew will be heating things up with a hefty dose of house.

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Food

There are over 300 stalls at Carnival (up from last year's 250), meaning there's something for everyone – from Jamaican jerk chicken to Trinidadian roti and Guyanese pepper pot. There are veggie options at most stalls, and the number of vegan traders has increased for 2026.

Toilet locations at Notting Hill Carnival

There'll be more than 1,000 toilets available along the route. Carnival has also provided a list of accessible toilets: Tavistock Crescent, Shrewsbury Road, Leamington Road Villas, Aldridge Road Villas, Artesian Road, Northumberland Place, Sutherland Place, Needham Road, Adair Road, All Saints Road, Blenheim Crescent, Canal Way, Colville Gardens, Colville Road, Colville Terrace, Denbigh Road, East Row, Faraday Road, Kensington Park Road, Ladbroke Square, Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill Gate, Pembridge Square, Pembridge Place, St Charles Square, Stanley Crescent, Treverton Street.

How to get to Notting Hill Carnival

Your best option is taking the tube or Elizabeth Line to Paddington. Otherwise, there are special bus services running for Carnival weekend. For example, the 148X to Victoria and Vauxhall runs between Notting Hill Gate and Victoria from 10am to 5pm, and then Notting Hill Gate and Vauxhall until 10pm.