In pictures: Colourful street parade brings Notting Hill Carnival to a close

Participants pass through Westbourne Park during the adult parade, part of the Notting Hill Carnival (James Manning/PA)

The Notting Hill Carnival – the annual celebration of Caribbean culture and history in west London – has drawn to a close for 2023.

Revellers in the adult parade were partying atop floats followed by feathered, mas bands dancing to the beat.

Participants taking part in the adult parade (James Manning/PA)

(James Manning/PA)

Paramedics (left) pass by acrobatic participants (James Manning/PA)

(James Manning/PA)

It is expected that more than two million people will have taken to the streets of Notting Hill by the end of the bank holiday.

(James Manning/PA)

An NHS supporter was among those at the carnival (James Manning/PA)

(Lucy North/PA)

(Lucy North/PA)

Two landmarks were celebrated: the introduction of sound systems and mas bands 50 years ago transformed it into a large-scale event; and the docking of the Empire Windrush 75 years ago heralded mass immigration from the Caribbean.

(Lucy North/PA)

(Lucy North/PA)

(James Manning/PA)

(Lucy North/PA)