A remembrance service marking the 50th anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's funeral is taking place at the Houses of Parliament at the start of a day of UK-wide events.
The Havengore, the boat which carried the wartime prime minister's coffin along the Thames, will make the journey again later.
Another service will be held at Westminster Abbey and wreaths laid.
David Cameron said the UK owed a "debt of gratitude" to Churchill.
He described the country's prime minister during World War Two as a "great Briton" who must "never be forgotten".
Tower Bridge will be raised at 12:45 GMT as the Havengore repeats its 1965 journey from the Tower of London to Westminster.
Once it reaches the waters opposite the Palace of Westminster, there will be special service and wreath laying in the waters.
Westminster Abbey will host a ceremony from 18:00 GMT, with flowers laid at the green marble stone placed there in memorial to Churchill.
Churchill's grandson, Sir Nicholas Soames MP, said the Westminster events were a "fitting tribute" to his grandfather and a "strong reminder of all he did for his country".
Emma Soames, Churchill's granddaughter, added: "To me growing up he was a grandfather, but I came to realise at his death that he was so much more than that.
"The family are absolutely delighted that his life is being celebrated and his legacy expanded."
Randolph Churchill, said it was a "proud day" and his great-grandfather would be "surprised but thrilled" at the commemorations. Along with Celia Sandys, Churchill's granddaughter, he laid a wreath at his statue in Parliament Square.
Mr Cameron said: "Winston Churchill was not only a great leader, but a great Briton and his contribution to this country must never be forgotten - we all owe him a huge debt of gratitude.
"His enduring legacy and influence on political life and British culture is testament to his formidable strength of character and remarkable achievements."
BBC Parliament will broadcast the BBC's original coverage of the funeral on Friday, starting at 09.15 GMT with timings to match those of the day itself.
The footage, narrated by Richard Dimbleby, has been re-mastered for broadcast.
From Friday, the National Railway Museum in York will display the locomotive - named Winston Churchill - which pulled his funeral train from London to Oxfordshire before his burial.
The carriages which carried the coffin and mourners will also be on show.
Churchill began his career in the Army and he also worked as a journalist during the Boer War in South Africa, where he was captured and made a prisoner-of-war but managed to escape.
He served as first lord of the Admiralty and held various senior government roles before taking over from Neville Chamberlain as prime minister in May 1940, and leading the country to eventual victory over Nazi Germany.
He lost power in the 1945 election but remained leader of the opposition, and in 1951 became prime minister again.
He resigned in 1955, but remained an MP until shortly before his death. He also wrote numerous books, and in 1953 won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Churchill's grave is in Bladon churchyard, near his birthplace of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
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