Route confirmed for King’s birthday flypast rehearsal at the start of June - where to see it near Peterborough
The flightpath will take the aircraft over Spalding and Wisbech
Residents near Peterborough will be treated to seeing a formation of military aircraft fly over in just a few weeks' time as part of preparations for the King’s birthday celebrations.
The rehearsal, scheduled for Tuesday, June 2, will take place 11 days prior to celebrations for the King’s birthday on Saturday, June 13.
The King’s official birthday on June 13 will be marked by a series of events, including a flypast over Buckingham Palace Trooping the Colour ceremony.
Ahead of the celebrations, a rehearsal flypast will take place on Tuesday, June 2.
Last year’s rehearsals featured a number of iconic RAF aircraft, including Typhoons, Atlas and C-17.
The route for this year’s rehearsal flypast will take the aircraft formation over areas such as Wisbech and Spalding.
Exact route for rehearsal flypast on Tuesday, June 2
At 11am on June 3, the aircraft will congregate in the vicinity of the North Sea adjacent to East Anglia, known as Area A.
Rehearsals in Area A will be conducted between 11am and 2pm.
In area B - a long corridor stretching from Bungay in Suffolk to Swaffham in Norfolk - aircraft will be present between 12.35pm and 1.25pm.
Those in and around Peterborough will be closest to Area C, which covers the area surrounding Wisbech, The Wash and south Lincolnshire.
Residents in this area should keep their eyes peeled for aircraft activity between 12.35pm and 1.30pm.
The aircraft will then fly over RAF Waddington and RAF Cranwell, before dispersing over Lincolnshire.
If the flypast on June 2 is cancelled due to weather conditions, it will be rescheduled for the following day.