In pictures: London's Christmas lights seen from the sky

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The top 20 storeys of the Shard have been filled with 575 LED units that show different projections every hour
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Winter Wonderland appears as an island of colour surrounded by a sea of black in Hyde Park at night time
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Oxford Street's Christmas lights are made up of more than 300,000 LED stars
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Leicester Square's spiegeltent venue hosts cabaret acts at Christmas with a market filling the rest of the space
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In Covent Garden, crowds surround a busker performing by the Christmas tree while pink-lit pedicabs wait to pick up punters across the former market
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The angels along Regent Street are based on the road's first ever Christmas light display, which was created in 1954
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The London Eye hosts a nightly Christmas light show in the run up to the big day
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Christmas markets have been popping up increasingly around London in recent years, like the one in Trafalgar Square
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With more towers planned like those recently added to Nine Elms, expect to see London's skyline continue to change in 2025

23 December 2024

With festive lights glittering throughout the city, London's Christmas celebrations appear to be in full swing.

Someone who gets a unique view of the various goings-on around the capital is aerial photographer Jason Hawkes, external.

Shooting pictures from an AS355 helicopter, Hawkes has captured the city's Christmas sights, from the Shard's light display to the buskers of Covent Garden.

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