Durham County Council has announced the long list of roads that will be closed during the city’s Miners’ Gala which will be taking place on Saturday (July 9) as the historic location gets ready to host the event for the first time since the pandemic.
On Saturday, crowds of thousands are expected to line the streets of Durham to welcome mining groups, bands and a procession that promises to be “the world's biggest and most colourful celebrations of trade union and community spirit”.
The main centrepieces for the event include a march across the city, which will feature banners and signs galore, along with speeches that are done at the racecourse in Durham.
Read more: Durham Miners' Gala 2022: Parking, timings and speakers
In the 136th installment of the Miners’ Gala, this will be the first time in two years that Durham Miners’ Association has been able to stage such an event for members of the public.
To allow the Gala to take place, Durham County Council has revealed all the streets that will be blocked off for the majority of Saturday to allow everyone present to have a good time.
Alongside the closed routes, the county council has warned that anyone who breaks the road closure notices face a ‘level three’ fine.
These are the routes that the county council will be blocking off from 5am until 8pm to motor vehicles and cycles:
- South Bailey
- North Bailey
- Bow Lane
- Palace Green
- Owengate
- Saddler Street
- Market Place
- Silver Street
- Framwellgate Bridge
- Pelaw Leazes Lane
- North Road (Between its junctions with Framwellgate Bridge and Milburngate)
- New Elvet Bridge
- New Elvet
- Dun Cow Lane
- Court Lane
- Elvet Crescent
- Old Elvet
- Prison Green
- Territorial Lane
- Elvet Waterside
- Elvet Bridge
These roads will be closed between 6am and 8pm:
- Whinney Lane
- Green Lane
- Church Street
- Hallgarth Street
These routes will be closed between 6am and 10am, and 3pm and 8pm:
- Framwellgate Waterside from its junction with Sidegate to its junction with Millburngate
- Millburngate between its junctions with A690 and North Road
- Millburngate (between North Road and the access to Framwellgate Waterside)
These roads will be closed between 5am and 2pm:
- Claypath (between its junction with Prince Bishops Car Park Roundabout and the junction with Providence Row)
- One-way eastbound slip road from A690 to Claypath
- Crossgate (from junction with North Road/Framwellgate Bridge to South Street
The road that will be closed from 2pm until 8pm:
- Claypath (between Prince Bishop Car Park Roundabout and the junction with the one-way eastbound slip road) in a north westerly and then north easterly direction only
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