A CHURCH is set to mark the start of the Queen's platinum jubilee with a special service.

St Mary’s Church in Maldon will be marking Accession Day and the Queen’s platinum jubilee year with a service of choral evensong.

Its choir will be singing music featured during the coronation service at the event set to take place on February 6 at 6pm.

A spokesman for the church said: "It promises to be a moving and memorable event.

"Everyone is warmly invited to attend and to help start this special year in the life of our sovereign and our nation."

Street parties, a concert featuring some of the world’s biggest stars and a chance to see the Queen’s homes up close are all included in Buckingham Palace's programme to mark her 70 years on the throne.

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More ceremonies are to take place later in the year, starting on Thursday June 2, the first day of the special four-day bank holiday, when the Queen’s Birthday Parade (Trooping the Colour) will take place in Horse Guards Parade.

On the same day, the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK Overseas Territories will come together to light a beacon at the same time as the principal beacon at Buckingham Palace.

On Friday June 3, a Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen’s reign will be held at St Paul’s Cathedral, before the star-studded Platinum Party At The Palace on Saturday June 4.

People across the country will sit down together for the Big Jubilee Lunch on Sunday June 5, the final day of the bank holiday break.

Performers, dancers, musicians, military personnel, key workers and volunteers will tell the story of the Queen’s reign in the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, which will see a River Of Hope – made up of 200 silk flags – make its way along the Mall.

From July, three displays marking the Queen’s accession to the throne, the Coronation and Jubilees will be put on at the official royal residences.