Road closures: Full details of changes planned in Wolverhampton for Vaisakhi parade
Motorists and residents in Wolverhampton have been warned to expect road closures as the parade in honour of a Sikh cultural festival passes through the city.
The annual Vaisakhi parade is set to see thousands of people pass through the streets of the city on Sunday, May 5 in celebration of the Sikh New Year and the 325th Anniversary of the Creation of the Khalsa Order and making of Saint-Solider by Guru Gobind Singh Ji in 1699.
The popular festival will take place at West Park between 12pm and 5pm and will be preceded by a parade through Wolverhampton, covering a large around from Fallings Park through the city centre, Blakenhall and Penn.
Road signs telling people about the procession and road closures have been put up around Wolverhampton along the route, which starts at 9am outside the Guru Nanak Satsang Gurdwara on Cannock Road in Fallings Park and all roads closed on the route closed between 9am and 12pm.
The route of the procession will turn left and head down Springfield Road, with Langsett Road, Monsal Avenue and Bakewell Gardens all closed off, before turning right onto Wednesfield Road in Heath Town, with Burton Road, Cannock Road, Sun Street and Culwell Street closed.
The procession will then head across Ring Road St Patricks, which will be closed in both directions, before heading up Broad Street and onto Stafford Street, with Westbury Street, Thornley Street and Wulfrun Street all closed.
It will follow the route through the city centre along Stafford Street and Market Street onto Snow Hill, with Lichfield Street, Berry Street, Wheelers Fold, Queen Street, Castle Street and Tower Street all closed, before then passing up Garrick Street and seeing St Georges Parade and Cleveland Street closed.
