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

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

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.