Queen Elizabeth II: Road closures announced for Windsor committal
- Published
Some roads in Windsor will close ahead of the Queen's committal service at Windsor Castle.
Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral on 8 September, aged 96.
Her Majesty's state funeral will take place on Monday in London, after which the coffin will travel to St George's Chapel, Windsor.
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council announced 21 roads would be fully closed all day on Monday, and for a time on Saturday.
At 00:01 BST on Monday the following roads will be closed:
B3022 Thames Street
B3022 High Street
Park Street
B3022 Sheet Street
Castle Hill
St. Albans Street
Church Street
Church Lane
Market Street
Queen Charlotte Street
Victoria Street (west off junction with Sheet Street - HVM point)
Kings Road
A308 Albert Road
B470 Windsor Road(from junction with Queens Road)
B470 King Edward VII Avenue
B470 Datchet Road
Farmyard
Riverside Walk
Thames Side
Barry Avenue (from its junction with Goswell Road)
Thames Avenue
The council said the opening times were currently unknown.
The same roads will also be closed between 00:01 and 07:00 on Saturday in preparation for Monday.
The authority added: "Residents living in these roads won't be able to leave or enter the area when the restrictions are in place."
It has also announced 29 further partial road and junction closures for Monday - 13 of which will also close on Saturday, external.
Access to these roads will not be provided for residents on Saturday, the council said.
On Monday, parking will be suspended between 00:01 and 23:59 on A308 Osborne Road, A308 Frances Road and A308 Alma Road.
But all council-owned public car parks, except for Home Park, are open - although they have very limited availability, the council said.
It added that there would be parking at Windsor racecourse in Maidenhead Road which will cost £12 and is card payment only on arrival, while the Review Ground car park on the A332 will cost £20.
With the warning of these closures, the council encouraged people visiting Windsor to use public transport if possible.
Follow BBC South on Facebook, external, Twitter, external, or Instagram, external. Send your story ideas to south.newsonline@bbc.co.uk, external.
Related topics
- Published15 September 2022
- Published14 September 2022
- Published14 September 2022
- Published12 September 2022
- Published19 September 2022
- Published8 September 2022
- Published8 September 2022