The annual Nagar Kirtan parade will take place from 10am on Sunday 3 May.
The parade will depart from Sri Guru Gobind Singh around 10am. The parade will conclude its route ending at Desmash Sikh Temple - Heywood Street, Cheetham Hill.
Rolling road closures
Roads around the parade route will be closed on a rolling basis, and the closure will only be in place while the parade is on that road. This means that as the parade moves to the next road, previous roads will re-open.
The parade will gather on Upper Chorlton Road ready for a departure from Sri Guru Gobind Singh around 10am.
Rolling road closures will take place, in the following order, from 10am:
- Moss Lane East
- Princess Road
- Monton Street
- Cambridge Street
- Booth Street West
- Oxford Road
- Portland Street
- Piccadilly Gardens
- Newton Street
- Great Ancoats Street
- Cheetham Hill Road
- Ring Road
- Great Ducie Street
- Bury New Road
- Sherbourne Street
- Knowsley Street
- Cheetham Hill Road
- Stocks Street
- Broughton Street
- Cheetham Hill Road
- Huxley Avenue
- Heywood Street
The parade will finish at Desmash Sikh Temple - Heywood Street, Cheetham Hill around 5.30pm
Route and Timings
The route of the procession is as follows:
- Start at 10am from: Sri Guru Gobind Singh Gurdwara Sahib on Upper Chorlton Road.
- on to Moss Lane East
- across Princess Road
- Left on to Monton Street
- Stop at Temple on Monton Street
- Restart Left on to Cambridge Street
- Right on to Booth Street West
- Left onto Oxford Road
- Right onto Portland Street
- Picadilly Gardens Metrolink Crossing
- Straight onto Newton Street
- Right onto Great Ancoats Street
- Onto Cheetham Hill Road
- Left onto to Ring Road
- Right onto Great Ducie Street
- Bury New Road
- Left onto Sherbourne Street
- Stop at Sri Gur Harkrishan Ji Gurdwara.
- Restart – Proceed along Sherbourne Street
- Right onto Knowsley Street
- Go across Cheetham Hill Road
- Left onto Stocks Street
- Proceed to Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara
- Stop at Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara
- Restart – Proceed Along Stocks Street
- Left onto Broughton Street
- Turn Right onto Cheetham Hill Road
- Proceed along Cheetham Hill Road
- Left on to Huxley Avenue
- Proceed to Heywood Street
- Turn Left on Heywood Street
Procession Ends at 5.30pm at Desmash Sikh Temple