More than 70 roads have been granted permission to close this weekend as Wirral residents look to come together to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III.
Wirral Council has waived the usual fees for enacting road closures to encourage neighbours to organise street parties over the course of the coming long weekend.
Parties are due to take place on Saturday, Sunday or Monday – with some streets stretching their celebrations over two days.
Every organiser who applied for a road closure has also been given advice on running their event safely and in line with regulations.
For the small number of streets who are having a party on Monday, but who also have a Monday bin collection scheduled, there is some additional advice to note.
Bin collections should be finished by 10am on Monday 8th May, so please don’t get the party started any earlier than that – and leave putting up bunting across the street until after crews have been, otherwise they might not be able to get down the street safely.
There is also guidance for anyone looking to prepare or serve food at their celebration. Easy-to-follow food safety tips can be found on the Food Standards Agency (FSA) website at https://bit.ly/3VsUlEa
Following the FSA’s four Cs – cleaning, chilling, cooking, avoiding cross-contamination – will help people prepare a safe feast for their friends and neighbours.
Mark Camborne, Assistant Director for Neighbourhood Safety and Transport, said, “As always, we have tried to make the process for applying for and getting permission to stage an event in your street as simple and painless as possible and we’re delighted we’ve been able to waive the usual fees again for this occasion.
“But at any event that involves people gathering in public, there are things that organisers and those in attendance need to take responsibility for, so we’ve made sure these things have been communicated to ensure all the events taking place in Wirral over the weekend go off safely and incident-free. I hope everyone has a great Coronation weekend, whatever they have planned.”
Road closures – the full list
Saturday 6 May
- Alverstone Avenue (Full extent) – Claughton – 6th May (midday-midnight)
- Egan Road (bottom end by church) – Bidston – 6th May (10am-8pm)
- Brimstage Avenue (From its junction with Thornton Road (cut through) to its junction with King’s Road) – Bebington – 6th and 7th May (10.30am-6:30pm)
- Brill Street (Full extent) – Birkenhead – 6th May (10am-10pm)
- St Georges Avenue (Full extent) – Prenton – 6th May (10am-10pm)
- Holly Avenue (Beechway to Firs Avenue) – Bebington – 6th May (10.30am-7pm)
- Bishop Road (Full extent) – Seacombe – 6th May (10am-midnight)
- Edenpark Road (Full extent) – Prenton – 6th May (midday-8pm)
- Woodlands Drive (between 14 and 28) – Thingwall – 6th May (10am-11pm)
- Power Road (whole road From Woodward Road) – Rock Ferry – 6th May (11am-6pm)
- Picton Close (Between 14 and 22)- Oxton – 6th & 7th May (1pm-6pm)
- Dearnford Avenue (Corner of 30 to 15) – Eastham – 6th May (noon-9pm)
- Rigby Drive (between Lloyd and Dodd) – Greasby – 6th May (1pm-6pm)
- Smallridge Close – Pensby – 6th May (10am-11pm)
- Rathmore Road – Oxton – 6th May (1pm-6pm)
- Liversidge Road – Birkenhead – 6th May (10am-6pm)
- Arroweside – Greasby – 6th May (noon-midnight)
- Poulton Royd Drive – Spital – 6th May (noon-midnight)
- Broxton Road and Tilston Road – Wallasey – 6th May (10am-8pm)
- Rusland Avenue – Pensby – 6th May (noon-6pm)
- Aylesbury Avenue (between Prestbury Ave and Ledbury Close – Oxton – 6th May (2pm-midnight)
- Rosebery Avenue – Liscard – 6th May (noon-9pm)
- Rankin Street – Seacombe – 6th May (10.30am-9pm)
- Mostyn Avenue – West Kirby – 6th & 7th May (8am-8pm)
- Sheen Road – New Brighton – 6th May (noon-10pm)
- Shaw Street – Birkenhead – 6th May (10am-7pm)
- Francis Avenue – Birkenhead – 6th May (10am-7pm)
- Victoria Road (Rowson Street to Windsor Street) – New Brighton – 6th May (5am-6pm)
Sunday 7th May
- Dearnford Avenue (Spring Hill to Dearnford Close) – Eastham – 7th May (10am-8pm)
- Oldfield Road (Between 17 Meadowcroft Road and 5 Oldfield Road) – Wallasey – 7th May (10am-10pm)
- Paterson Street (between 1 and 155) – Birkenhead – 7th May (10am-9pm)
- Brimstage Avenue (From its junction with Thornton Road (cut through) to its junction with King’s Road) – Bebington – 6th and 7th May (10.30am-6:30pm)
- Clare Way – Wallasey – 7th May (10am-9pm)
- Wentworth Drive, leading onto Brookhurst Avenue – Clatterbridge – 7th May (1pm-7pm)
- Cavendish Drive (from Alexander Drive to Borough Road) – Rock Ferry – 7th May (10am-8pm)
- Richmond Close at the junction of Richmond Road – Bebington – 7th May (1pm-10pm)
- Rosemead Avenue (42-46/51-55) – Pensby – 7th May (10am-6pm)
- Derwent Drive (end of road o/s 13, 15, 18, 20) – Liscard – 7th May (midday-10pm)
- Dodd Avenue (Rigby Drive to Howell Drive) – Greasby – 7th May (3pm-11pm)
- Bertram Drive (From 56 to 31 Bertram Drive; at western end from 36 to 11a Bertram Drive) – Meols – 7th May (10am-6pm)
- Radley Road (Junction of Claremount Road and Shrewsbury Road) – Wallasey – 7th May (10am-10pm)
- Bryanston Road (Junction with Waterpark Road) – Prenton – 7th May (11am-6pm)
- Ascot Grove (from 1/2 Ascot Grove) – Bebington – 7th May (1.30pm-5.30pm)
- Oak Avenue (between Elm Avenue and Beech Avenue) – Moreton – 7th May (10am-10pm)
- Windy Bank (Full extent and adjacent greenspace for staging event) – Port Sunlight – 7th May (10am-6pm)
- Brookdale Avenue South (141 – 163) – Greasby – 7th May (midday-7pm)
- Picton Close (Between 14 and 22)- Oxton – 6th & 7th May (1pm-6pm)
- Gerard Avenue (Cul de sac) – Wallasey – 7th May (11am-11pm)
- Chomondeley Road (Between Princess Avenue and Egerton Drive) – West Kirby – 7th May (11am-8pm)
- Fairway South (2 to 16) – Bromborough – 7th May (noon-6pm)
- Thorstone Drive – Irby – 7th May (1pm-6pm)
- Grant Road (No. 2 to Shackleton Road) – Leasowe – 7th May (10am-7pm)
- Devonshire Road (Between 37 and 65) – Upton – 7th May (noon-8pm)
- Pine View Drive – Heswall – 7th May (10am-8pm)
- Claremount Drive – Bebington – 7th May (11am-9pm)
- Malvern Road – Wallasey – 7th May (noon-11pm)
- Parkway – Irby – 7th May (10am-8pm)
- Prospect Road – Prenton – 7th May (noon-midnight)
- Neale Drive (Top of Neale Drive, off Dingwall Drive / Bottom of Neale Drive, off Appleton Drive) – Greasby – May 7th (1pm-8pm)
- Glenmore Road (21-30 Glenmore Road up to Kylemore Road junction) – Oxton – 7th May (10am-9pm)
- Eton Drive (Between 2 and 28) – Thornton Hough – 7th & 8th May (10am-10pm)
- Mostyn Avenue – West Kirby – 6th & 7th May (8am-8pm)
- Rivington Road – Seacombe – 7th May (10am-7pm)
- Alistair Drive (between Angus Road and Malcolm Crescent) – Bromborough – 7th May (noon-9pm)
- Inglemere Road (Albany Road to Clarke Avenue) – Rock Ferry – 7th May (2pm-9pm)
- Conway Drive (2 to 18) – Birkenhead – 7th May (10am-10pm)
Monday 8th May
- Laurelhurst Avenue (Between 9 – 15) – Pensby – 8th May (10am-7pm)
- Kingsland Road (from Albert Road to Junction of Adelaide Road) – Birkenhead – 8th May (10am-8pm)
- Meadowbrook Road (From the junction of Hoylake Road to the junction of Childwall Avenue) – Moreton – 8th May (12.30pm-6pm)
- Greenheys Road – Irby – 8th May (noon-8pm)
- Whitfield Lane – Heswall – 8th May (noon-5pm)
- Eton Drive (Between 2 and 28) – Thornton Hough – 7th & 8th May (10am-10pm)
- Raeburn Avenue – West Kirby – 8th May (2pm-5pm)
- Barn Hey Crescent (49 – 73) – Meols – 8th May (11.30am-midnight)
- Highfields – Heswall – 8th May (noon-5pm)
- Inglemere Road (Albany Road to Clarke Avenue) – Rock Ferry – 7th May (2pm-9pm)
- Conway Drive (2 to 18) – Birkenhead – 7th May (10am-10pm)
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