Royal partygoers to hit the streets
STOCKPORT is set to celebrate King Charles III coronation in style with street parties being held across the borough.
To date, patriotic residents have lodged nearly 70 applications for roadclosure street parties with the council.
Knees ups are taking place everywhere from the Heatons, Bramhall and Cheadle to Romiley, Offerton and Hazel Grove.
King Charles III’s coronation will take place on Saturday, 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 nearly 70 years ago.
But it’s not just at street parties where the celebrations go with a swing.
Stockport has plenty of events lined up to mark the occasion.
The Mayor of Stockport is inviting all the borough’s residents to mark the Coronation of King Charles III with a special civic service at St Mary’s Church, in the Market Place.
It takes place on Sunday at 4pm and lasts for an hour.
The service is open to people of any faith. The nearest car parks are Churchgate and Newbridge Lane, but Merseyway/Redrock
is also an option.
Alternatively, all offstreet parking is charged on a Sunday between 6am - 6pm at 20p an hour.
Stockport libraries are hosting special events across the borough’s libraries during the week to celebrate The King’s Coronation.
A coronation-themed tea dance takes place at the Town Hall Ballroom between 1.30pm and 4pm next Wednesday.
Entry is £4.15 per person with an optional dress theme of red, white and blue.
The Town Hall will be lit red white and blue to commemorate the coronation. The council will also be flying the official coronation flag above the town hall over the weekend.
Residents with any questions about the events taking place in Stockport to celebrate the coronation should email kingscoronation@stockport.gov.uk
Full list of street party road closures across Stockport borough
●●SATURDAY, MAY 6
Aldersgate Road, Great Moor Arnside Avenue, Heaton Chapel Ashdown Road, Heaton Moor Avondale Road, Edgeley Barlow Fold Road, Reddish Blemhelm Road, Cheadle Hulme
Chelmsford Road, Edgeley Darley Avenue, Gatley Delamere Road, Great Moor Earl Road, Heaton Moor Ellesmere Drive, Cheadle Eyam Road, Hazel Grove Gregory Avenue, Romiley Handley Close, Adswood Heald Green Village Hall (No road closure required as a field) Hurdsfield Road, Offerton Littlebrook Close, Heald Green Modbury Close, Hazel Grove Northcoate Road, Bramhall Northway, Brinnington Overdale Road, Romiley Royon Drive, Cheadle Heath The Circuit,Cheadle Hulme
●●SUNDAY, MAY 7
Abbey Grove, Offerton Ainsdale Grove, Reddish Ashdene Road, Heaton Mersey Bath Close, Hazel Grove Beech Avenue, Gatley Bramley Road, Bramhall Brooklyn Road, Stockport Broomfield Road, Heaton Norris Cashmere Road, Edgeley Claremont Road, Great Moor Compstall Road, Romiley Egerton Road, Davenport Elton Drive, Hazel Grove Fairacres Road, High Lane Fistral Avenue, Heald Green Hillary Avenue, Heald Green Hillbrook Road, Offerton Huncoat Avenue, Heaton Chapel Jessop Drive, Marple
Kingsway, Bramhall Kinross Avenue, Woodsmoor Love Lane, Heaton Norris Market Street, Marple Marland Crescent, Reddish Richmond Hill Road, Cheadle Scafell Close, High Lane Southdown Crescent, Cheadle Hulme St Austell Drive, Heald Green St Michaels Ave, Bramhall Sterndale Road, Adswood Stokesay Drive, Hazel Grove Sunningdale Road, Cheadle Hulme
The Mere, Cheadle Hulme Thornhill Road, Heaton Mersey Torkington Road, Cheadle Hulme Valley Road, Bramhall Winnington Road, Marple Woodfield Road, Cheadle Hulme Woodland Avenue, Cheadle Hulme Monday, May 8 Biddulph Avenue, Offerton High Meadows, Romiley Meadows Road, Heald Green Nimrod Grove, Woodford Wyngate Road, Cheadle Hulme