With Manchester Pride soon to be well underway, the bright and colourful parade will cause some traffic disruptions and road closures over the bank holiday weekend.
This year, Manchester Pride will start on Friday, August 26 and end on Monday, August 29. However, some of the road closures may be extended for an extra day so plan your journeys accordingly.
Furthermore, this year's big event will coincide with a football match at the Etihad as well as a cricket match at Emirates Old Trafford, so expect there to be a significant influx in traffic disruptions. On Saturday, when the parade is planned to take place, Manchester City will be playing against Crystal Palace which will severely impact travel times, according to Tfgm.
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To help you avoid any issues for your commute throughout the Manchester Pride celebrations you should plan your route ahead of time and take into account any delays you may experience. Here's a list of the road closures and other traffic disruptions that will take place over the Pride period.
Road closures across Manchester
According to Tfgm, road closures will be in place near the Gay Village across the whole weekend. All the following road closures will take effect on Friday, August 26 from 6am and will remain in place until Friday, August 30 at 6am:
- Minshull Street (Major Street to Auburn Street)
- Major Street (Sackville Street to Princess Street)
- Abingdon Street (Major Street to Sackville Street)
- Hart Street (full length)
- Bloom Street (full length excluding Chorlton Street and Sackville Street junctions)
- Richmond Street (full length excluding Chorlton Street and Sackville Street junctions)
- Brazil Street (full length)
- Little David Street (full length)
- Chorlton Street (Major Street to Whitworth Street) - Closed from 11am on Friday 26 August to 6am on Tuesday 30th August
- Sackville Street (Major Street to Whitworth Street) - Closed from 11am on Friday 26 August to 6am on Tuesday 30th August
Closed from 6am to between 4pm and 6pm
- Liverpool Road (from Water Street to Deansgate)
- Woolam Place (full length)
- Potato Wharf (Liverpool Road junction)
- Lower Byrom Street (MOSI to Liverpool Road)
- Duke Street (Rice Street to Liverpool Road)
- Stone Street (Bridgewater Street to Liverpool Road)
- Barton Street (full length)
- Southern Street (full length)
Closed from 10.30am to between 4pm and 6pm
- Deansgate (Trafford Street to Bootle Street)
- Camp Street (Longworth Street to Deansgate)
- St John Street (Longworth Street to Deansgate)
- Tonman Street (full length)
- Gt Bridgewater Street (Watson Street to Deansgate)
- Quay Street (Little Quay Street to Deansgate)
- Peter Street (full length)
- Watson Street (Windmill Street to Peter Street)
- Southmill Street (Windmill Street to Peter Street)
- Southmill Street (Bootle Street and Peter Street)
- Museum Street (Windmill Street to Peter Street)
- Mount Street (Windmill Street to Peter Street)
- Mount Street (Bootle Street and Peter Street)
- Lower Mosley Street (Great Bridgewater Street to Peter Street)
- Oxford Street (Peter Street to Whitworth Street)
- George Street (Oxford Street to Dickinson Street)
- St James Street (Oxford Street to Dickinson Street)
- Chepstow Street (Great Bridgewater Street to Oxford Street)
- Portland Street (Oxford Street to Nicholas Street)
- Princess Street (Faulkner Street to Bombay Street)
- Harter Street (full length)
- Waterloo Street (full length)
- Whitworth Street (Beaver Street to Fairfield Street)
- Sackville Street (Whitworth Street to Charles Street)
- Fairfield Street (Whitworth Street to London Road)
- Granby Row (Whitworth Street to London Road)
- Minshull Street South (Whitworth Street to Fairfield Street)
Metrolink
Tram schedules will be affected on Sunday, August 28 and Monday, August 29 as follows:
- Altrincham to Bury - 6-minute service
- Ashton to MediaCityUK - 12-minute service
- Rochdale to East Didsbury - 12-minute service
- Victoria to Manchester Airport - 18-minute service
- Trafford Centre to Cornbrook - 18-minute service
Buses
There will be a variety of bus diversions for the parade on Saturday. To see if your bus journey will be affected over the weekend, check the Tfgm website here for the most up-to-date information.
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