Edinburgh is preparing for the King and Queen's visit as the King will be presented with the Honours of Scotland at a National Service of Thanksgiving at St Giles’ Cathedral, following processions on the Royal Mile.
With this, a number of road closures will be put in place to accommodate the royals during the week.
While the special ceremony is taking place on July 5. there will be restrictions on waiting, loading and unloading across the Old Town from June 28 to July 7.
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Edinburgh council is urging visitors and Edinburgh locals to plan their trip to the city centre ahead of time and advise against parking around the Old Town during this week.
Lothian Buses have also announced a list of diversions for July 5, stating on their website that several streets in the city centre will be closed between 10.00am and 4.00pm on Wednesday. You can see more information on lothianbuses.com.
As Edinburgh council states on their website, the following road closures are as followed;
Road closures from July 4
- Holyrood Gait
- Holyrood Road
- Horse Wynd
- St. Giles Street
- St. John Street
From 5 July
- Abbey Mount
- Abbeyhill
- Abbeyhill Crescent
- Bank Street
- Blackfriars Street
- Brand Place
- Calton Road
- Canongate
- Castle Wynd North Steps
- Castlehill
- Cockburn Street
- Cranston Street
- Croft-an-righ
- Duke’s Walk
- George IV Bridge
- High Street
- Jeffrey Street
- Johnston Terrace
- King’s Bridge
- Lawnmarket
- Mound Place
- New Street
- Niddry Street
- North Bank Street
- North Bridge
- Old Fishmarket Close
- Old Tolbooth Wynd
- Parliament Square
- Queen’s Drive
- Ramsay Garden
- Ramsay Lane
- South Bridge
- St. Mary’s Street
- Upper Bow
- Victoria Street
- West Parliament Square
Roads re-opening
All roads will re-open by 6pm on July 5, except closures in place for the Castle Concerts, as well as St Giles Street and St John Street.
