London Flash: May Day Bank Holiday Weekend

Jessica GearhartMay 3, 2007

If you’re traveling to London May 4 through 7, you’ll need to know that you’re about to walk into a Bank Holiday Weekend. Everyone is off work on Monday and most shops will be shut. (To make things even more fraught, a Gatwick refuelers’ strike has been called off, though it could easily be back on.)

And watch out for weekend Tube closures, all of which are listed here.

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