Centenary parade road closures

Ahead of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland Centenary parade, please find details of specific road closures.

The parade will begin at Stormont Estate at 1pm on Saturday and make its way to City Hall in Belfast City centre via Newtownards Road, Queen’s Bridge, Ann Street, Victoria Street, High Street, Donegall Place, Donegall Square North and Donegall Square West.


The first bands and lodges are expected at the City Hall at approximately 2.30pm/3pm.

It is anticipated that the main parade will end at approximately 5.30pm/6pm.

Donegall Square West is the official end of the main parade. From this point there will be a number of feeder parades which will allow counties to parade to their respective ‘bus park’ locations to make their way home.

Belfast County will be at the rear of the main parade. Once participants reach Donegall Square West they will then further parade to North, South, East and West Belfast through usual routes to their respective areas. It is anticipated that Belfast City Centre will return to normal at approximately 7.30pm/8pm.

Traffic management measures/road closures will be implemented in the following areas at the approximate times below:

6am onwards – barriers/cones will be places on Newtownards Road, High Street, Donegall Place, City Centre South and Sandy Row

Noon onwards East Belfast area/Stormont/ Newtownards Road

11.55am –  Upper Newtownards Road/ East Link/ Ulster Hospital

12.15pm –  Upper Newtownards Road/ Comber Road

12.25pm –  Upper Newtownards Road/ Rosemount

11.45am – Massey Ave/ Belmont Road

12 Noon – Hawthornden/ Knock/ Upper Newtownards Road junction

12 Noon – Knock Road/ Kings Road

12.30pm – Holywood Road/ Belmont Road

12 Noon – 12.10pm –   Albertbridge Road area

11.15am – Ballymiscaw and Dunlady diversion

11.35am – Comber Road/ East Link Road

11.40am – Old Dundonald Road/ East Link Road

11.45am –  Kings Road diversion

12.30pm – University Road /Lower Crescent

12.30pm – Sandy Row/ Donegall Road/Lisburn Road

1pm onwards  –  City Centre

1pm – M3 Offslip

1pm – Donegall Quay

1pm – Waring Street

1pm – 1.45pm – Short Strand/ Mountpottinger Link/ Station Street/ Ormeau Road /Ormeau Avenue

1.15pm – Millfield/ Divis St/ King Street/ Castle Street

1.20pm – Middlepath Street

1.25pm – Oxford Street/ May Street

1.35pm – Cromac Street/ East Bridge Street

1.40pm – Sydenham Bypass off slip

1.40pm – Shaftesbury Square

1.45pm – GrosvenorRoad/ Durham Street

1.55pm – Fisherwick Place

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