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The Mount Street Neighbourhood Arts Festival returns from 12–17 October, bringing together art, culture, creativity and independent shopping across the neighbourhood. Highlights include the opportunity to have your Polaroid portrait taken by acclaimed photographer Miles Aldridge, discover new and limited edition titles from Hauser & Wirth Publishers, and join a series of breakfast conve....

Oxford Street is preparing to become traffic free between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street from 26 October 2026.

As part of the enabling works, there will be a number of changes to vehicle and pedestrian access in the surrounding streets. 

Permanent road closures from 19 October From 10pm on Monday, 19 October 2026, access to Oxford Street will be permanent....

Help support a local youth project Mace and the Caxton Youth Organisation are working together on a project to give old vinyl records a new lease of life. The records will be used by young people for DJ training and creative arts and crafts projects, including making bowls, clocks and other creative items. If you have any old vinyl records at home that you no longer need and would be happy to do....

Westminster City Council is introducing a new online parking permit system to make it easier for residents to apply for, renew and manage their housing parking permits. The new system will gradually replace paper permits with virtual parking permits over the next 12 months. Existing permit holders will be contacted in phases as their current permits approach renewal. Residents applying for a par....

Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are asking residents to share their views on the future of local libraries and archive services. The eight-week survey is an opportunity for residents and library users to tell the councils what they value, what could be improved and what they would like to see from their local library in the future. Libraries are an import....

Garden Party Raffle Prizes - Winners, please get in touch!
A big thank you once again to everyone who joined us for our Summer Garden Party at Mount Street Gardens. We hope you had a wonderful evening! We are still waiting to hear from a number of our raffle prize winners, who have yet to collect their prizes. If you were lucky enough to win a raffle prize and haven't collec....

The Oxford Street Development Corporation is holding a series of drop in events where residents, businesses and visitors can meet the team, find out more about the changes and ask questions. Monday 28 September, 1.30pm–4.30pm
Regent’s Hall
275 Oxford Street
London W1C 2DJ Wednesday 30 September, 5.30pm–8.30pm
Oxford Street Development Corporation
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The Residents’ Society of Mayfair and St James’s and Grosvenor Property UK welcomed a group of our members for a special members’ tour of Grosvenor Square. This was a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the £25 million transformation of our local square into a climate resilient urban garden, with 150,000 plants and bulbs, new trees, wildlife and a greener, calm....

Have your say: Just over a week to have your say on Westminster’s budget Westminster City Council is asking residents to have their say on which local services matter most as the Council faces significant reductions in government funding. The Council says its government grant will fall by £100 million over the next four years. Combined with rising costs, inflation and demand for serv....

The Oysho Royal Parks Half Marathon returns to London on Sunday, 11 October 2026, with up to 18,300 runners taking part to raise money for good causes. The event will affect roads across the Royal Parks and Westminster, with temporary road closures in place to allow the race to take place. The closures have been agreed in advance with Westminster City Council and Transport for London. Ro....