Christmas Lights London 2014

Christmas lights in London this year

Shoreditch Christmas lights in Rivington Street

Princes Arcade, Piccadilly

Jermyn Street, from St James St, off Piccadilly

Selfridges, Oxford Street

Window display, Selfridges

Oxford Street lights

Marks & Spencer, Oxford Street

South Bank Centre and London Eye

River Thames from Southbank

Water fountains and Christmas lights
 at Jubilee Park, Canary Wharf

hello beautiful, Selfridges, Oxford St, London

Entrance to Selfridges, Oxford Street, London, UK

Hello Beautiful

See also Selfridges 100 years

Central St Giles

New buildings at Central St Giles by Renzo Piano. The facades of the buildings are decorated with yellow, orange, green and red glazed terracotta tiles. The development includes offices, apartments and shops.

Orange tiles

Green tiles

Red tiles

Green and yellow tiles

Central St Giles website

Christmas scenes, Trafalgar Square, Southbank and Soho, London

The nativity scene in Trafalgar Square

The white lights of the christmas tree and the red lights of the olympic countdown are reflected in the glass.

Short video of the square at night (37 secs)

Some people are just thinking of the food:

but some prefer simpler celebrations:

For pictures of 2011 Christmas lights in London, see this set in Flickr.

Horse at Water by Nic Fiddian-Green, Marble Arch, London

"Horse at Water", a 27-foot high, 17 tonne bronze statue based on the Indian Marwari horse, by Nic Fiddian-Green. It was erected as part of the redevelopment of Marble Arch in 2009.

Cygnets on the Serpentine

Cygnets on the Serpentine in Hyde Park, London, on a summer's evening.