Notting Hill Carnival 2026: All the road closures as two million revellers prepare to descend on W10

Over 100 roads will be shut for one of the world’s largest street parties

‘I’ve been photographing Notting Hill Carnival for 50 years – it’s very different today’ John Dunne | Senior News Correspondent Published August 26, 2026 6:00am Caption: Photographer Ian Watts has been capturing Notting Hill Carnival for decades(Picture: ©Ian Watts @ianwattstv /www.ianwatts.org) An award-winning photog

Notting Hill Carnival: 60 years of costumes, sound systems, steelpan & calypso | ITV News  ITVX

As a child, being taken to the Caribbean celebration was a drag. But once sound systems arrived in the 1970s, it became an unmissable yearly pilgrimage offering a sense of freedom My earliest memories of the Notting Hill carnival are of being mildly irritated. In its 1960s infancy, the event was strictly a Caribbean af