Saturday is set to see 80,000 enter central London to protest, including Tommy Robinson.
Far-right protesters will join Tommy Robinson for the Unite the Kingdom protest, while another 30,000 are expected to march to mark Nakba Day, also known as the ‘Palestinian Catastrophe’.
Stand Up To Racism will join the latter group who are opposing the Unite the Kingdom march.
This coincides with the FA Cup Final, where tens of thousands of fans are expected to head to Wembley.
The Metropolitan Police will deploy 4,000 officers in one of the force’s largest public order operations ever.
This includes using helicopters, drones, armed police, mounted police and dog teams.
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Live facial recognition cameras will also be used for the first time during a public order operation, but not on the march routes.
Both sets of protests have been ordered to stay away from each other, with each given set routes.
The Unite the Kingdom demonstration will form up in Kingsway before heading to Whitehall via Aldwych and The Strand.
Their rally is due to take place in Parliament Square.
The Nakba Day protests will form on Exhibition Road in Kensington, before going to Waterloo Place via Brompton Road.
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They will then head to Piccadilly where their rally will take place.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Harman said: ‘Saturday which has the potential to be one of the busiest days for policing in London in recent years.
‘We’ll be policing two significant and potentially challenging protests in the centre of the city as well as the FA Cup Final which takes place at Wembley on the same day.’
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