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Illuminated River

London, United Kingdom

Light festivals and light art

Open year-round Open year-round Notable

What it is

Nine central London bridges are lit as one 3.2-mile light artwork stretching from London Bridge to Lambeth Bridge.

Dates

This is a permanent venue.

The organizer says it runs until “until at least 2029”.

“The bridges are transformed nightly from dusk until 2am and will continue to be until at least 2029, free for everyone to experience and enjoyed by millions annually.”
From illuminatedriver.london

Before you go

Where
London, United Kingdom
Hours
dusk until 2am
Tickets
Free entry

How we checked

Last checked October 17, 2026 against illuminatedriver.london. Before anything appears here, a separate check fetches each source again and confirms that every date we show is in the quoted text.

Notes from the last check

The official Illuminated River site confirms the nine-bridge light artwork on central London's Thames is operating nightly and is committed until at least 2029; as a permanent installation it has no event dates.

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