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Leyland Festival Parade – Road Closure Information
In order to let our fabulous Festival Parade travel safely through the town, we need to temporarily close the parade route – and some other roads – to all other traffic for the duration of the parade.
The road closures will start from 10.45 am and we expect all roads to return to normal by approximately 1.15 pm.
The parade route uses the following roads:
- King Street
- Turpin Green
- Hough Lane
- Towngate
- St Andrew’s Way
- Church Road
- Worden Lane
Other roads in the vicinity of the route will also be affected. We plan the closures really carefully and do everything we can to minimise disruption. Keep an eye out for the yellow signs around town, which give you information about which roads are affected. If you are travelling to Leyland town centre for the festival parade, we advise you to set off early – that way you avoid the road closures and you’ll get the best viewing spots for the parade!
If you are heading straight to Worden Park to see the parade arrive there, we recommend that you access the free parking at Runshaw College, Langdale Road, via either Bent Lane or Heald House Road. We recommend that any through traffic finds an alternate route during the closure periods.
Festival Timings and Locations
Choose Your Parade Vantage Spot
Leyland Festival starts with the spectacular parade through the town centre. The community floats and walkers depart at 11:45 prompt from King Street car park, travelling:
- Down through Turpin Green Lane
- Turning on to Hough Lane
- Progressing on to Towngate
- On to St Andrew’s Way (round the back of Tesco)
- Then on to Church Road
- Finishing on Worden Lane.
The route will take approx. 60 mins to complete and finishes on Worden Lane.
The heritage, vintage, retro & exhibition vehicles will be parked up along Hough Lane from 11.00am before departing at 12 noon along the procession route to Worden Park. Come on down early and get your photos taken with the best of the vehicles, and look out for some additional entertainment as well.
Make sure you arrive in the town centre early to grab a good viewing spot! (and to take advantage of what our wide range of retailers and businesses have to offer too)
Once you have chosen your vantage spot for the parade, why not visit our Homepage.
Getting To Leyland Festival
Leyland town centre is the venue for all the Festival activities and entertainment. Once you are here, you will be able to walk between the town centre and Worden Park. Leyland is in the heart of Lancashire and has excellent transport links:
Road: Leyland is just 2 minutes from junction 28 of the M6, just south of Preston.
Rail: Leyland station is only a short walk away to the town centre. Contact National Rail Enquiries – 08457 484950 or www.nationalrail.co.uk for more information on train times and routes.
Bus: There are regular services from the outlying areas of Preston and Chorley, with various stops in the town centre. the main shopping street for Leyland is Hough Lane, which is also part of the Parade route.
Festival Parking
If you are travelling by car there are a number of town centre car parks available for the festival:
- Churchill Way
- Ecroyd Street
- Sumner Street
Please note: King Street car park will be NOT be in use on Festival day until after 1.30pm.
Disabled parking is available at the Festival site on Worden Park
More parking is available at Runshaw College, which is just a short walk from Worden Park. The college address is: Langdale Road, Leyland, PR25 3DQ
Please respect local residents when parking; do not block access to properties or driveways. Also follow any parking restriction notices.
Leyland Festival organisers and their representatives will be taking photos and/or film footage at the event. These images will be used by the Leyland Festival organisers in the following ways:
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The events printed publicity
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The events online publicity (including social media)
Images will be stored securely and will not be kept for longer than they are needed for the purposes listed above.
Please be assured that we take individuals right to privacy seriously and will delete any images that contain any individual or their child if requested to do so by that individual.
Should you wish for an image to be deleted please send all requests to festival@southribble.gov.uk
