Full road closures list ahead of Tour of Britain
The Tour of Britain will return to Newark for its fourth stage on Friday
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A number of road closures will be in place as the Tour of Britain returns to Nottinghamshire.
Some of the biggest names in cycling will race from Derby to Newark, Nottinghamshire, on Friday for the fourth stage of the national sporting event.
Newark and Sherwood District Council said it would be the fifth time the Tour of Britain is staged in the county.
The route will end in Newark, where a number of roads will be closed throughout the day.
In Newark, the following roads will be closed during the day:
The B6166, Victoria Street and Portland Street, 05:00 BST to 20:00
Boundary Road, from the B6166 through to the Hawton Road roundabout, except for access up to 11:00
A section of Hawton Road from the Boundary Road roundabout to St Catherine's Close will be closed from 11:00 to 17:00
Part of Lombard Street will be closed from 12:30 through to 15:30.
Residents in Newark and Southwell have been asked to find alternative parking from Thursday at 18:00, when restrictions will also be in place, the district council said.
The authority also urged spectators to park "with care and consideration".
The fourth stage of the race is due to start at 11:00, from Derby, working its way through Derbyshire into Nottinghamshire, via Eastwood, Moorgreen and Watnall.
It will then go through Hucknall and Ravenshead before entering the Newark and Sherwood borough.
The full list of Newark and Sherwood locations and approximate timings, as the race comes to an end, is:
12:30 Blidworth
12:42 Farnsfield
12:45 Edingley
12:48 Halam
12:51 Southwell
12:56 Hockerton
13:04 Caunton
13:10 Norwell
13:16 Ossington
13:19 Moorhouse
13:25 Egmanton
Into Bassetlaw, via Tuxford, Fledborough and Ragnall
13:57 Girton
14:01 Besthorpe
14:05 Collingham
14:22 Coddington
14:30 North Gate, Newark
14:30 Castle Gate
14:31 Lombard Street
14:32 Portland Street
14:32 The finish
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