HUNDREDS of Hampshire protesters will travel to London tomorrow to march for peace.

They could be joining the biggest global protest in history with at least 25 million people in 300 cities around the world expected to demonstrate against military action against Iraq.

Ten 53-seater coaches have already been booked to carry campaigners from Southampton's Cenotaph to the Embankment, where the Stop the War march begins.

Ten more will leave from the New Forest, Winchester, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.

They are hoping to persuade US president George W Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair that their crusade against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is wrong.

Up to one million people from around the country are expected to join the protest. The three-mile march has two start points - the Embankment and the British Museum in Gower Street - and ends in Hyde Park where speakers include former US presidential candidate the Rev Jesse Jackson.

Hundreds of other cities in countries all over the world are staging protests on the same day.

Southampton-based Stop the War Coalition member Jan Ward said: "There's no more indication Saddam Hussein is going to wage war at this point than there has at any other point. Bush is trying to complete what his dad didn't do.

"The general public has a much greater perception of what's being wished on them now. People want to make their point, including many who have never demonstrated before. I think that says a lot."

Coaches will leave the Cenotaph in Watts Park, Southampton, at 9.30am tomorrow.

People of all faiths will walk in silence to the Peace Fountain in Andrew's Park, Southampton, for a 30-minute vigil on Sunday. Anyone wishing to join the walk should meet at the south end of Houndwell Park by Hanover Buildings.