Road closures ahead of Saturday's Brief Encounter Festival
The Brief Encounter Festival is aimed at filling the gap in the Lancashire Encounter's “fallow year,” offering a packed programme of performances, workshops, shows and an illuminated parade through the streets with a 15-foot illuminated giant.
Lancaster Road will be closed from 8pm to 10:15pm from its junction with Lord Street to its junction with Crooked Lane, with a diversion route via Tithebarn Street, Old Vicarage, Lancaster Road.
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Hide AdThe whole of Harris Street will be closed from 12 midday to 11:59pm, with no diversion route available.
The following streets will also be closed from 8pm to 9pm:
Winckley Square North - From Winckley Street to Winckley Square East.
Winckley Square East - Full length.
Winckley Square South - From Winckley Square East to Camden Place.
Cross Street - From Winckley Square East to Avenham Road.
Cannon Street - Full length.
Fishergate - From Cannon Street to Church Street.
Church Street - From Fishergate to Birley Street.
Cheapside - Full length.
Market Street - Full length.
Earl Street - Full length.
Birley Street - Full length.
Diversion routes will be via:
Church Street, Grimshaw Street, Queen Street, Avenham Lane, Ribblesdale Place and Chapel Street.
Church Street, Ring Way, North Road, Tithebarn Street and Old Vicarage.