Thames fireworks tickets are on sale: £20 or £35 with a London postcode, first batch now. No council display in Wandsworth; Battersea's rink skates into 2027.

Wandsworth has no public New Year’s Eve fireworks of its own. The borough’s display is Battersea Park in November. On 31 December the choice is the Mayor of London’s ticketed display on the Thames in central London, or a night out closer to home, of which the one confirmed so far is a midnight skate at Battersea Power Station.

The quick answer

  • London fireworks: Thursday 31 December 2026, 8pm to 12.30am, ticket only. The first batch of tickets is on sale now on Ticketmaster: £20 or £35 with a London postcode, £40 or £55 without. A second batch follows, date not yet given.
  • In the borough: Glide at Battersea Power Station runs an extra New Year’s Skate from 11pm to 12.15am.
  • Getting home: last year TfL ran services all night on New Year’s Eve, apart from planned closures.

Updated 26 October: the Mayor’s New Year’s Eve fireworks tickets are on sale, at the same prices as last year. The first of two batches is out now.

The Mayor’s fireworks: tickets and prices

City Hall’s London New Year’s Eve 2026 page gives the event as Thursday 31 December 2026 from 8pm to 12.30am on Friday 1 January 2027. Tickets are on sale now, only through Ticketmaster. They go in two batches: the first is on sale, and City Hall says to keep checking its page for the second batch’s release date. The page does not say when the first batch went on sale; it still said “will be announced soon” when we checked on 15 October. Nobody without a ticket is let into the viewing areas, and that includes children.

Viewing area Full price London postcode price
Category A: Blue, Pink and White £55 £35
Category B: Red, Green and Orange £40 £20

City Hall says prices are the same as last year, all include VAT, and Ticketmaster adds a booking fee. Every Wandsworth postcode is a London postcode, so residents get the £20 discount. The postcode is checked against the billing address of the card, and City Hall warns that tickets with a mismatched address may be cancelled without warning, and that proof of address may be asked for on the night.

The other rules on the 2026 page:

  • Up to four tickets per buyer. Another adult in a bigger group can buy up to four more, but the group must travel together, and everyone must book the same area to be together: you cannot move between areas on the night.
  • Photo ID. The lead buyer may need a passport or photo driving licence, or a good photocopy, matching the name on the tickets.
  • No refunds. Resale is at face value through Ticketmaster’s Fan-to-Fan Resale, and tickets given as a gift need the name transferring before the night.
  • Children. City Hall strongly advises against bringing young children. Under-16s must be with an adult.

The Orange area is the accessible viewing area, on the Albert Embankment beside St Thomas’ Hospital, with seating, a hearing loop and a vehicle drop-off point about 700m away. City Hall advises using the drop-off before 8pm, when road closures start to restrict access.

Westminster, Golden Jubilee, Lambeth, Blackfriars and Waterloo bridges are closed to people before and after the event, and vehicles are kept out of the event area from 2pm on 31 December until about 6am on New Year’s Day, with contingency plans for closures from noon in some areas.

New Year’s Eve in Wandsworth itself

Glide at Battersea Power Station. The rink’s festive opening hours list an additional “New Year’s Skate” from 11pm to 12.15am on 31 December, and a last session at 8pm on New Year’s Day. The season runs from 6 November 2026 to 3 January 2027; ticket rules are on our ice rink page.

The Chimney Lift at the power station closes early on New Year’s Eve: its opening hours page gives 10am to 4.30pm on 31 December, with the last ascent at 4.30pm. Hours for 2027 have not been published.

More on the power station’s festive season, including what is and is not confirmed for 2026, is on our Battersea Power Station at Christmas page.

Getting there and back

TfL has not published its 2026 plans. Its release of 2 December 2025 said services would run all night on New Year’s Eve apart from planned closures, that some central stations might close at short notice to prevent overcrowding, and that people without a fireworks ticket should not travel to the area around the Victoria Embankment. Our Wandsworth Christmas travel page has the rail and Tube detail and will carry the 2026 last-trains guide when National Rail publishes it in early December. Road closures in the borough are on Wandsworth roadworks and travel, and parking in Wandsworth explains which bays are free on bank holidays.

Still to be confirmed

  • To be announced: the release date of the second batch of Mayor’s fireworks tickets, on City Hall’s event page.
  • Early December 2026: TfL’s New Year’s Eve service plan and National Rail’s last trains.