North East Lincolnshire Council is urging people to plan their traffic and travel arrangements ahead of the Armed Forces Day celebrations at the end of June this year in Cleethorpes.
The weekend, organised by the Armed Forces Major Events Team, will start with the community day on Friday 26 June. The main Armed Forces Day, to celebrate all our armed forces and their families will be across Saturday and Sunday.
There will be the fantastic Armed Forces parade through town, from Knoll St to Brighton Slipway then returning up Central Prom (Saturday only), flying activity centred on Ross Castle, the service village and displays of military vehicles in Meridian Showground.
The Community Stage, relocated for this year to the car park next to the Boating Lake, will be active across the weekend, and The Big Wheel, will be in the leisure centre car park. Regular traders will also be supporting the weekend on Kingsway, Boating Lake and Meridian Showground.
In order to support the fantastic event weekend, there will be changes to access, including road closures, across the town over the weekend to help make the event safe for everyone.
There are currently road closure notices up in the resort. These give notice that, working with Humberside Police, the Council can close any of the streets listed with no additional notice over the Armed Forces weekend. However, the list below is the intended closures that are intended to be implemented over the weekend.
Public car parks (off street)
- Central prom will be closed to all traffic, except emergency vehicles all weekend (from Saturday 27 June to Sunday 28 June inclusive). Business access for loading and unloading will be permitted up to 10am, and RNLI / Coastguard access will be maintained at all times from the Brighton Street end.
- NORTH PROMENADE– Bays between Sea Road and Station Approach will be suspended from 0600hrs – 1400hrs on Saturday 27 June. There will be no access to the car park between 1030hrs – 1330hrs on Saturday 27 June. If you need to leave the area during this time, please ensure that your vehicle is parked away from North Promenade the night before.
- Civic Offices car parks will be closed all weekend (from Saturday 27 June to Sunday 28 June inclusive)
- Cleethorpes Town Hall car park will be closed on Saturday 27 June only
- Sea View Street plaza car park will be closed all weekend (from Saturday 27 June to Sunday 28 June inclusive)
- CLEETHORPES LEISURE CENTRE– Lincs Inspire permit and Blue badge holders only from Wednesday 24 June to Sunday 28 June.
- CLEETHORPES BOATING LAKE– Closed all day Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June
- THRUNSCOE LAND– Area outside Oriental Express open as normal, all other areas (including Motor Home parking) closed between Thursday 25 June and Sunday 28 June.
- MERIDIAN CRAFT UNITS CAR PARK– Closed all day Friday 26 June to Sunday 28 June.
- MARINE WALK– Closed between 1000hrs – 1400hrs on Saturday 27 June.
All other car parks in and around the resort will be open as usual.
ROAD CLOSURES
Full closures all weekend – Saturday 27 June (0001hrs) to Sunday 28 June (2359hrs) – (apart from emergency vehicle access and business loading where appropriate):
- Alexandra Road / High Cliff Road/Kingsway between the junction with Knoll St and the junction with Rowston St.
- Seaview Street – Alexandra Road to Cambridge Street (including New Road)
- There will be no traffic exit from Humber Street or North Street to High Cliff Road for the weekend.
- There will be no access to HIGH CLIFF ROAD / KINGSWAY from NORTH STREET, BRIGHTON STREET and HUMBER STREET.
ADDITIONAL CLOSURES FOR THE MILITARY VETERANS AND VEHICLE PARADES (Approx 1030hrs – 1330hrs on Saturday 27 June)
Road and car park closures will be put in place to enable the parades to go ahead safely. There are two elements to the parades this year: motorbikes and military vehicles and serving and veterans walking parade. Closures will be lifted as soon as it is safe to do so.
- KNOLL STREET between CAMBRIDGE STREET and ALEXANDRA ROAD will be closed between 1145hrs and 1330hrs
- SEA ROAD between ALEXANDRA ROAD and CENTRAL PROMENADE will be closed between 1030hrs and 1330hrs
- NORTH PROMENADE between SEA ROAD and STATION APPROACH – Parking will be suspended on both side of the road between 0600hrs and 1430hrs. In addition, there will be no vehicle access to all of NORTH PROMENADE between 1030hrs and 1330hrs.
- ALEXANDRA ROAD between YARRA ROAD and KNOLL STREET will be closed between 1030hrs and 1330hrs. Parking will be suspended on both sides of the road between 0600hrs and 1400hrs.
- KINGSWAY between ROWSTON STREET and KINGS ROAD will be closed between 1045hrs and 1245hrs.
- KINGS ROAD between KINGSWAY and CHICHESTER ROAD will be closed between 1045hrs and 1245hrs.
- During the Military vehicle parade there will be no access onto the route from QUEENS PARADE, BRADFORD AVENUE and CROMWELL ROAD between approximately 1045hrs and 1200hrs. Roads will re-open to traffic as soon as it is safe to do so.
ALL ROAD CLOSURE TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE ON DIRECTION FROM THE EVENT ORGANISERS, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE COUNCIL OR HUMBERSIDE POLICE.
TOW AWAY ZONES
There will be tow away zones in operation over the weekend which will be clearly advertised.
Between 0600hrs Saturday 27 June and 2359hrs Sunday 28 June, a TOW AWAY ZONE will be in operation along KNOLL STREET, ALEXANDRA ROAD, HIGH CLIFF ROAD, KINGSWAY, CENTRAL PROMENADE, SEA ROAD, BRIGHTON STREET & HUMBER STREET. Any vehicle left in the zone, which will be marked by yellow ‘TOW AWAY ZONE’ signs, is liable to be removed by a specialist towing company.
ON STREET PARKING BAYS
To support the safe passage of the parades and the movement of buses and general traffic around the area over the weekend the following areas of on street parking will be suspended between 0600hrs on Saturday 27 June until 2359hrs on Sunday 28 June:
- ST PETERS AVENUE (western kerb line, entire length between its junction with HIGHGATE and its junction with HIGH STREET)
- ST PETERS AVENUE (eastern kerb line between its junction with ALBERT ROAD and its junction with HIGHGATE)
- KNOLL STREET (northern kerb line between with junction with CAMBRIDGE STREET and its junction with ALEXANDRA ROAD)
- HIGHGATE (northern kerb line between its junction with THRUNSCOE ROAD and its junction with ST PETERS AVENUE)
- TRINITY ROAD (western kerb line between its junction with TAYLORS AVENUE and its junction with SANDRINGHAM ROAD)
- CHICHESTER ROAD (northern kerb line between its junction with ALDRICH ROAD and its junction with BISHOPTHORPE ROAD)
- KINGSWAY (both sides between its junction with CENTRAL PROMENADE and its junction with ROWSTON STREET)
- BRIGHTON STREET (between its junction with HIGH CLIFF ROAD and its junction with SOUTH STREET)
- HUMBER STREET (between its junction with HIGH CLIFF ROAD and its junction with NORTH STREET)
Areas where parking is suspended will be clearly identified by yellow ‘no parking’ cones and signs.
Public transport: Local rail service
At the moment, there are no engineering works registered on railway company websites. For rail services, check out: www.nationalrail.co.uk
Public transport: local buses
Further information will be released as soon as this is available.
To keep up to date on the details of the weekend as they are announced, visit www.afmet.co.uk or the Armed Forces Cleethorpes Facebook page.
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