WARRINGTON Walking Day will take place this year on Friday, June 27 – and the borough council has announced details of the procession route and necessary road closures.
The procession will leave the Town Hall lawn at 10.30 am and follow
Sankey Street, Arpley Street, Museum Street, St Austin’s Lane and Friars Gate, where it will then turn right into Bridge Street and U-turn near Bridge Foot.
It will then return up Bridge Street to Market Gate and Horsemarket Street.
Vehicle access to Warrington town centre will be severely restricted. The inner town centre will effectively be closed in phases to all traffic from 7.30am until about 1pm.
Phase One: 7.30am: Closure of Sankey Street between Crosfield Street and Legh Street. Closure of Winmarleigh Street between Sankey Street and Museum Street.
Phase Two: 8 am: Closure of remaining streets within the Town Centre apart from those covered under phase Three.
Phase Three: 9 am: Closure of Dial Street, Buttermarket Street, Academy Street and Academy Way.
Apart from the above town centre closure, there are four procession routes into the town centre. Rolling road closures will be applied to allow for the safe passages of the churches into and out of the town centre before and after the main walk.
Route One: 9 am: Closure of Church Street.
Route Two: 9 am: Closure of the outbound section of Knutsford Road from Grange Avenue, Latchford to Bridge Foot and across Bridge Foot into Bridge Street.
Route Three: 9.30am: Closure of Rhodes Street, Orford Lane, Pinners Brow, Tanners Lane, Midland Way, Legh Street and Bath Street.
Route Four: 10 am: Closure of Sankey Way and Liverpool Road (inbound only).
Access to the town centre will re-open at 1pm.
Deliveries to town centre properties should be re-scheduled.
Access to the Market multi-story car park will only be available up to 9am. Anyone exiting the car park can do so straight onto the A49 which is part of the diversion route.
The multi-story car park at Golden Square will still be accessible all day via Midland Way.
Access will be maintained to Central and Bank Quay railway stations with diversion routes sign posted but delays can be expected.
WARRINGTON Walking Day will take place this year on Friday, June 27 –
and the borough council has announced details of the procession route
and necessary road closures.
Get ready for Walking Day
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