May is when London stops hedging its bets. The outdoor venues open properly, the festival season gets going in earnest, and the parks reach the kind of peak that makes you remember why living in this city is worth it. The bank holidays give you breathing room to actually use all of it.
It’s one of the most event-dense months in the London calendar. Chelsea Flower Show arrives in the third week and transforms the Royal Hospital grounds into something extraordinary. Outdoor cinemas and rooftop bars come back online. The long evenings start arriving, and with them the particular London pleasure of being somewhere brilliant at 8pm with the sun still up.
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