Platinum Jubilee Big Picnic Lunch to be held at Wicksteed Park

10 March 2022

North Northamptonshire Council (NNC)will host a ‘Big Picnic Lunch’ event at Wicksteed Park to commemorate Her Majesty the Queen’s 70 years of service.
Families and community groups are all invited to join the celebrations which will take place on Sunday 5 June at the park in Kettering.

Our teams are working hard on plans for our ‘Big Picnic Lunch’ at Wicksteed Park and we’ll be making more announcements in the coming weeks and months. It certainly will be an event not to be missed and a great opportunity for families and friends to come together to celebrate Her Majesty’s 70 years of service.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the team at Wicksteed Park for their support.Cllr Helen Howell, Deputy Leader of NNC and Executive Member for Sport, Leisure, Culture and Tourism

We really hope that you will be able to join us and the team at Wicksteed Park for this great event. But it’s not just about our ‘Big Picnic Lunch’ there will be events taking place across North Northamptonshire throughout the weekend.Cllr Jason Smithers, Leader of NNC,

To celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, events will take places across the Commonwealth as well as closer to home across the four-day weekend, with a Pageant due to take place in Northampton and beacon lighting ceremonies in towns and parishes across the County.

The Big Lunch is an annual event which encourages communities to come together, this year’s will be the official community celebration for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

For more information about the Platinum Jubilee in North Northants