Entries for floats in this year’s Lord Mayor’s Procession have now opened and Norwich City Council is encouraging local people and businesses to get involved with the exciting event. The procession, the centre-piece of the three-day Lord Mayor’s Celebration, is expected to attract around 70 floats, 2,000 participants and 25,000 spectators on Saturday, July 8. Starting from Newmarket Road, the one-mile parade will make it’s way through the city centre, heading to St Martins at Palace Plain, via St Stephens, Castle Meadow and Tombland.