The Big Lunch is annual event. You can hold one anywhere – street, park or any free space. The official date is usually in June and there is lot of info on the Big Lunch website www.thebiglunch.com

The Big Lunch is supported by Croydon Council, who also have a web-page about it, including how to arrange a road closure https://www.croydon.gov.uk/community/equality/blunch/big–lunch

If people are invited from only one road, a street party is regarded as a private party and no licenses or insurance are required. However, if people are invited from a wider area the rules change and the organisers need public liability insurance.

In 2015 the Big Lunch on Lebanon Road took place on Sunday, 14th June in the small road leading to Cart Lodge Mews (between 85 and 87 Lebanon Road).  Luckily the day was sunny and between 70 and 100 people came, bringing fantastic food from around the world.  As result, new friendships were made, there is increased communication between neighbours and ECCO came together. There was not enough room for us to sit at tables, so the food was in a buffet along one side of the road.

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Photos credit Gorm Ashurst or gorminator.com

In 2014 the Big Lunch on Lebanon Road  took place Sunday, 8 June in the same small road leading to Cart Lodge Mews (between 85 and 87 Lebanon Road)

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