Editing Block party (section)

===United Kingdom===
[[File:Royal wedding street parties main 480 29april2011.jpg|thumb|right|A street party in [[London]] for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton]]
In the UK, street parties are mainly known as private residents' events without wider neighbourhood publicity and have a festive cultural meaning, especially in England and southern Wales. They have historically been held in the summer to commemorate major national events, such as [[VE Day]] or for royal events such as [[Jubilee|jubilees]], with [[Bunting (textile)|bunting]] dressing the street, and children having fun in the street. An estimated 10 million people took part in street parties in 1977 for the Queen's [[Silver Jubilee]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Queen's Jubilees and other milestones |url=https://www.royal.uk/the-queens-jubilees-and-other-milestones |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.royal.uk |language=en}}</ref>

The tradition seems to have begun in the United Kingdom after [[World War I]] as residents' organised "peace teas" to celebrate the signing of the [[Treaty of Versailles]] in 1919.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.streetparty.org.uk/history-of-street-parties/ |title=History of Street Parties |publisher=Streets Alive Ltd. |access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=19th July 1919 Peace Day in Britain {{!}} The Western Front Association |url=https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/19th-july-1919-peace-day-in-britain/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=www.westernfrontassociation.com}}</ref>

The tradition was boosted for the [[Wedding of Prince William of Wales and Kate Middleton|wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton]] in April 2011 with about 1 million people joining in street parties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.streetparty.org.uk/street-parties-for-the-royal-wedding-2011/ |title=Street Parties for the Royal Wedding 2011 |publisher=Streetparty.org.uk |date=2011-04-29 |access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref> For the [[Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II|Queen's Diamond Jubilee]] in June 2012 about 2 million took part.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.streetparty.org.uk/street-parties-for-the-queens-diamond-jubilee-2012/ |title=Street Parties for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee 2012 |publisher=Streetparty.org.uk |date=2012-06-05 |access-date=2020-03-02}}</ref>

Some street parties are held annually or at any time for residents to meet their neighbours in a traffic-free street in a private street party. Some "street parties" are wider public events taking many forms with any social or cultural activity.