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IN PICTURES: The Mayor’s Thames Festival

London SE1 website team

The riverside between Westminster Bridge and Tower Bridge was packed with crowds this weekend for the annual Thames Festival, culminating in a giant fireworks display on Sunday night.

Crowds
At one point parts of the riverside walkway had to be closed due to overcrowding



Saturday: Trafalgar Great River Race



Saturday: Trafalgar Great River Race


Firing on the foreshore
Saturday night: firing on the foreshore



Sunday morning: firing on the foreshore



Gran Gran Fiesta in Potters Fields



Potters Fields





Fireworks
The fireworks display was staged by ITV to mark its fiftieth anniversary

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