Manchester road closures ahead of St Patrick's Day Parade this afternoon

There will be several road closures in place ahead of the Manchester St Patrick’s Day Parade this afternoon.

The parade is set to start at the Irish World Heritage Centre on Queen’s Road in Cheetham Hill at midday on Sunday (March 12).

Featuring an array of community floats and marching bands, the parade will follow the old, shorter route, down Cheetham Hill Road as far as the AO Arena before turning around and following the same route back to the start.

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Overall, the route is 2.5 miles long and it’s predicted the parade will go on for around two hours.

The road closures set for today include:

Queen’s Road West bound (Smedley Road – Cheetham Hill) Closed 10am - Open (approximately) 2:30pm

Queen’s Road East bound (Cheetham Hill – Smedley Road) Closed 11:30am - Open (approximately) 2:30pm

Cheetham Hill (Queens Road – Trinity Way) Closed 11:30am - Open (approximately) 2:30pm

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