Fans heading into the city for the historic Newcastle United celebrations on Saturday, 29 March are advised to plan ahead, allow more time for their journey and use public transport where possible.
The city is set to be extremely busy as people gather for the celebrations and line the streets for an open-top bus parade carrying the team and trophy. The bus will leave St James’ Park and travel through the city centre to the Town Moor, where an open-air event to celebrate the club’s historic Carabao Cup final victory is being held.
To facilitate this major event safely, there will be a series of road closures in place around the parade route and Town Moor. The council has been working closely with the club throughout, but events of this scale take careful planning and input from partners before being finalised.
Cllr Karen Kilgour, Leader of Newcastle City Council said: “This is a monumental and exciting event for the city as we come together to celebrate this amazing achievement.
“We know how much this event means to the city, and we’ve worked closely with our partners to ensure that everyone can be part of this historic occasion.
“This will be one of the biggest events we have seen in the city, and the safety of everyone attending is paramount. With huge crowds expected, we want everyone to enjoy it and get there and home safely so there will be a number of road closures required, and we’re asking people to plan ahead and use public transport.
“I am sure it will be a fantastic and proud day for our city and I can’t wait to be there.”
Road closures include:
For the Town Moor event
Great North Road – from Blue House roundabout to Claremont Road including the slip roads from CME North and Southbound to Barras Bridge and Great North Road – closed from 12 noon until 9.30pm
Barras Bridge – between St Marys Place and Claremont Road – closed from 4pm until 9.30pm
Claremont Road – between Queen Victoria Road and Barras Bridge – closed from 4pm until 9.30pm
For the parade
As part of the celebrations a parade will be taking place from St James’ Park to the Town Moor between 16:00 to 18:00 with road closures in place along the route, the parade route will require the following closures;
Barrack Road from Stanhope Street to St. James Boulevard, Gallowgate, St. James Boulevard from Westgate Road to Gallowgate, Percy Street, Blackett Street, New Bridge Street West (Westbound) from John Dobson Street to Pilgrim Street, Barras Bridge, St. Mary’s Place from John Dobson Street to Barras Bridge/Percy Street.
The whole route will be closed from 4pm and will reopen in sections once parade and all people following has passed when it is safe to do so.
For the latest information from Highways England, please visit their website.
Car parking
In addition to the road closures above, a number of parking suspensions will be in place on the affected streets.
All Local Authority carparks that would normally close are being kept open until midnight.
Please see the following suspensions for Saturday 29th March:
Barrack Road - All bays suspended util 6pm
St Andrews upper - All bays suspended until 6pm
College Street - All bays suspended until 6pm
Sandyford Road - All bays suspended until 6pm
Forsyth Road - all bays all day
Eldon Square car park - closed from 3pm until 6pm unable to exit at these times.
Eldon Garden car park - Closed from 3pm until 6pm but will still be able to exit the car park
Clayton Street - all bays suspended until 6pm between Fenkle Street and Newgate Street
Civic Centre – closed to public until 1pm (Not including Sandyford Square)
St James Park Stadium car park - not available on 29 March
Find out more about parking disruptions and on-street parking.
Please check with private car park operators for their availability.
The Utilita Arena has confirmed it will have capacity for public use on Saturday. Please see website for details.
Additional information:
FAQs have been published on the Newcastle United website.