Street parties are being held all across Oldham to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III.
King Charles III’s coronation will take place on Saturday, May 6 with a service at Westminster Abbey. For most it will be the first time they have witnessed the coronation of a British monarch – the late Queen Elizabeth II having been crowned in 1953.
Residents keen to mark the national event have lodged more than 130 applications with the council across the bank holiday weekend to hold patriotic street parties, for which nearly 70 roads are being closed.
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Celebrations are taking place in neighbourhoods from Shaw, Royton, Uppermill, Watersheddings, Chadderton, Failsworth, Greenacres and more.
And a bigger knees-up will take place on the Saturday outside the Old Town Hall in the town centre from 10am until 6pm, where the Coronation is being streamed live on the big screen.
It will be followed by an afternoon of live music and family entertainment including tribute bands with the likes of Do It Like Dua – A Tribute To Dua Lipa, Gladness, Queen II and Tania as Amy Whitehouse, with Oldham’s own The Threetles taking the stage.
There will also be Coronation-themed creative workshops for children and family-friendly street performers, including the Bouncing Busby Guards, King of the Dinosaurs Tyrone the T-Rex and The Great British Garden Party.
Full list of street parties requiring road closures across Oldham:
Saturday, May 6
- Harewood Road, Shaw
- Parklands, Royton
- Fitton Street, Shaw
- Sholver Hill Close, Oldham
- Longdale Close, Royton
- Netherhouse Road, Shaw
- Hill View Close, Oldham
- Winslade Close, Watersheddings
- Lowerfields, Dobcross
- Chestnut Street, Chadderton
- Old Bank View, Oldham
- Maltby Court, Lees
- Blair Close, Shaw
- Healds Green, Chadderton
- Dawlish Avenue, Chadderton
- Lower Lime Road, Limeside
- Kent Grove, Failsworth
- Seville Street, Royton
- Totton Road, Failsworth
- Lynwood Drive, Greenacres
- Lambeth Avenue, Failsworth
- Carnarvon Street, Hollinwood
- Moorcroft Street, Oldham
- Wakefield Street, Chadderton
- Atherley Grove, Chadderton
- Densmore Street, Failsworth
- Belgrave Avenue, Oldham
- Shawcroft Close, Shaw
- Higher Lime Road, Oldham
- Newlands Close, Chadderton
- Tatchbury Road, Failsworth
- Laburnum Avenue, Chadderton
- Norley Close, Chadderton
- Norfolk Crescent, Failsworth
- Rossendale Close, Shaw
- Miriam Street, Bradshaw Ave, Gail Close, Failsworth
- Second Avenue, Oldham
Sunday, May 7
- Carlton Way/Regent Crescent, Royton
- Pendle Grove, Royton
- Studley Close, Royton
- Ryefields Drive, Uppermill
- Outside St. Thomas’ Leesfield Church on West Street, Lees
- Cherrywood, Chadderton
- Arnside Ave, Chadderton
- Silverdale Avenue, Chadderton
- Mayfair Crescent, Failsworth
- Alder Road, Failsworth
- Burnedge Lane, Grasscroft
- Whitehead Close/Gibbs Close, Friezland
- Castlerigg Drive, Royton
- Saint Hildas Drive, Oldham
- Bullcote Green, Royton
- Gordon Avenue, Chadderton
- Freshfield Close, Failsworth
- Sliproad Outside 405 -447 Broadway, Chadderton
- Radcliffe Street, Oldham
- Mark Street, Oldham
- Burgess Drive, Failsworth
- Norfolk Crescent, Failsworth
- Dorset Avenue, Shaw
- Crossfield Close, Shaw
- Savoy Drive, Royton
- Linkside Ave, Royton
- Woodhouse Road, Shaw
- Holborn Avenue, Failsworth
Monday, May 8
- The Sycamores, Lees
- Devine Close, Royton
- Bradley Fold, Lees
- Kelverlow Street, Oldham
- Clevelands Close, Shaw
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