Hundreds of thousands of visitors enjoyed a fantastic weekend of entertainment at the Royal Greenwich Tall Ships Festival.

The event has been London’s largest over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend and culminated in the spectacular Parade of Sail.

Residents and visitors lined the riverfront to wave off the vessels as the whole fleet of 30 Tall Ships passed through the borough.

The Tall Ships lined up in Greenwich and were waved off by Mayor of the Royal Borough Olu Babatola. They then arrived in Woolwich where they will be waved off by the Deputy Mayor of the Royal Borough Councillor Peter Brooks before they set sail towards Sines, Portugal.

Tall Ships Sail Trainees – local young people who will help crew the ships enroute to Portugal over 15 nights – embarked on their trip of a lifetime during the Parade of Sail.

Leader of the Royal Borough Councillor Denise Hyland said: “Tall Ships Festival 2017 has been a tremendous success – and there’s still time to join in the fun.

Almost 11,000 visitors got on board a Tall Ship moored at Woolwich and Greenwich over the first three days of the festival alone. TS Royalist, our charity partners Sea Cadets’ ship, were delighted to welcome 3,000 visitors onboard during the same period.

Thousands of people watched the farewell fireworks display at the Royal Arsenal riverside in Woolwich.

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