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Celebrations for this year's Ramadan began on Wednesday with Ramadan Illuminations and a royal visit. Video, 00:00:29 Watch: London Ramadan lights switch on. Published. 7 March 2024. 0:29 Sadiq Khan turned on London's first Ramadan lights in 2023. Between Friday 28 February-Sunday 6 April 2025, a dazzling display of over 30,000 LED bulbs, inspired by Islamic geometric patterns and Ramadan 2025: Lights switched on in London’s Piccadilly Circus to mark start of holy month for Muslims. Over 1,500 people attended the event to mark the start of the month of fasting. The spectacular Ramadan lights illuminated Central London for the third year in a row from last night (Wednesday, February 27). Coventry Street is now covered in a stunning display for the next month in celebration of the holy month for Muslims. Each year Muslims spend the month of Ramadan fasting London's West End has been lit up with thousands of lights to mark the holy month of Ramadan. The lights will illuminate Coventry Street in the West End, and you’ll be able to see them all bright and shining every evening for a month between February 28 and March 29 throughout Ramadan in London. For the first time, London's West End has been lit up with 30,000 lights to mark the holy month of Ramadan. Coventry Street, which links Leicester Square with Piccadilly, is illuminated with Here is everything you need to know about where to see Ramadan light displays across London this year. On Thursday March 7, the Mayor of London switched on a huge display of 30,000 lights The holy month of Ramadan is observed by over a million Muslims in London, including Sadiq Khan himself and it involves fasting in the daylight hours for a month. Londoners may remember seeing the first ever Ramadan lights installation last year in Piccadilly Circus, which was ceremoniously switched on by the Mayor of London. Wednesday 22 March: Heart of London has collaborated with Ramadan Lights and The Aziz Foundation to bring hanging street illuminations to the West End to celebrate the holiest month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan. Lights marking Ramadan have been switched on in London's West End. It was the second year that central London has been adorned in lights for the Muslim holy month. On March 21 2023, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Hamza Taouzzale, lord mayor of Westminster, stood on Coventry Street in central London and switched on the capital’s first ever Ramadan London’s Ramadan Lights are back, and this year, they’re bigger, brighter, and tastier than ever. Returning for a third year, Ramadan Lights London 2025 will once again transform the West End into a dazzling display of faith, culture, and unity. But this year, there’s more than just the stunning aerial light installation. Expect a brand-new [] London’s West End Aglow with Ramadan Lights 2024. Following the resounding success of the inaugural Ramadan illuminations along Coventry Street in 2023, adorned with moons, stars, and lanterns, the Ramadan Lights have returned to London’s West End for the second year. On March 21 2023, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Hamza Taouzzale, lord mayor of Westminster, stood on Coventry Street in central London and switched on the capital’s first-ever Ramadan London's mayor Sadiq Khan flipped the switch on the first-ever Ramadan display of lights last week. The celebration was the brain-child of Aisha Desai, a young Muslim woman who wanted to bring the London's famous Coventry Street is decorated with Ramadan illuminations Credit: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images Albert Tait 27 March 2024 10:03pm GMT On March 21 2023, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Hamza Taouzzale, Lord Mayor of Westminster, stood on Coventry Street, central London and switched on the capital’s first-ever Ramadan illuminations. It was a remarkable moment for everyone involved in the project and real moment of celebration after a lot of hard work to make it happen. On March 21 2023, the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Hamza Taouzzale, lord mayor of Westminster, stood on Coventry Street in central London and switched on the capital’s first ever Ramadan illuminations. Every evening throughout the holy month, 30,000 coloured lights have lit up this busy streetscape.
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