Several roads are to be closed and train stations will operate different entry and exit rules
The Arsenal parade route is set to impact Islington on a large scale this coming weekend. Road closures are set to be in place from as early as 4am on Sunday, May 31.
Due to the parade route, Islington Council will be implementing temporary parking suspensions and road closures across multiple streets in the borough. They are expected to last until 8pm, but could be longer.
Public transport will also be severely impacted and will be very busy. Some stations will operate with restrictions, such as exit-only. Other stations may be completely closed. Arsenal expects at least 500,000 people to attend the parade.
Road closures
Several main roads and residential roads will be closed to accommodate the parade route. There will be strictly no parking on the parade route and side roads from 4am on Sunday, May 31.
If you live on the parade route or on side roads leading to it, you must move your car by this time – any vehicles left will be removed. Signs will be put up in advance on affected roads.
Full list of road closures:
- Almeida Street
- Ambler Road, between Blackstock Road and No. 24
- Arvon Road, between Drayton Park and Witherington Road
- Ashby Grove, between Essex Road and Red House Square
- Athenaeum Court, between Petherton Road and Nos. 31–32 Orwell Court (No. 77 Petherton Road)
- Axminster Road, between Seven Sisters Road and Windsor Road
- Balls Pond Road, between Newington Green Road and Henshall Street
- Barnsbury Street, between Upper Street and College Cross
- Battishill Street
- Benwell Road, between Drayton Park and Bryantwood Road
- Beresford Road
- Beresford Terrace
- Berners Road
- Berriman Road, between Seven Sisters Road and No. 44
- Biddestone Road, between Caledonian Road and the access road for Buckmaster House, Loraine Estate
- Bingham Street
- Blackstock Road, between Seven Sisters Road and No. 164
- Bowman’s Mews
- Britannia Row, between Essex Road and Terling Walk
- Brownswood Road, between Blackstock Road and Finsbury Park Road
- Bryantwood Road
- Caledonian Road, between Camden Road and No. 570
- Camden Passage, between Upper Street and Islington High Street
- Camden Road, between Holloway Road and No. 353
- Camden Walk, between Islington Green and Camden Passage
- Canning Road, between Mountgrove Road and No. 69
- Canonbury Lane, between Upper Street and Tyndale Terrace
- Canonbury Road and the eastern arm of Highbury Corner, between Holloway Road/St. Paul’s Road/the northern arm of Highbury Corner and Compton Avenue
- Canonbury Road, between Essex Road and No. 28
- Canonbury Street, between Essex Road and Eric Fletcher Court (No. 231 Essex Road)
- Catherall Road, between Collins Road and Nos. 1–39
- Charlton Place
- Chatterton Road, between Blackstock Road and No. 5
- Chillingworth Road, between Liverpool Road and No. 6
- Church Road, between Essex Road and Red House Square
- Clephane Road, between Essex Road and No. 30
- Colebrooke Place
- Colebrooke Row, between Essex Road and Bridel Mews
- Coleridge Road, between Seven Sisters Road and No. 7
- Collins Road, between Green Lanes and Park View Estate
- Compton Terrace
- Corsica Street, between Holloway Road/St. Paul’s Road/the northern arm of Highbury Corner and No. 4 Corsica Street
- Crane Grove
- Cross Street, between Essex Road and Halton Road
- Cross Street, between Upper Street and Florence Street
- Dibden Street
- Digswell Street
- Dove Road, between Essex Road and Henshall Street
- Drayton Park, between Holloway Road and No. 68
- Durham Road, between Seven Sisters Road and Carew Close
- Eburne Road, between Seven Sisters Road and Hercules Street
- Eden Grove, between Holloway Road and Eastwood Close
- Elder Walk
- Elliott’s Place
- Elmore Street, between Essex Road and Ecclesbourne Road
- Englefield Road, between Essex Road and Crowland Terrace
- Essex Road
- Esther Anne Place
- Ferntower Road, between Petherton Road and No. 72
- Fieldway Crescent, between Holloway Road and Horsell Road
- Finsbury Park Road, between Mountgrove Road and No. 107
- Florence Street, the east-west arm
- Fonthill Road, between Seven Sisters Road and Biggerstaff Street
- Furlong Road
- Gaskin Street
- Georges Road, between Holloway Road and No. 15
- Gillespie Road, between Blackstock Road and Vale Row
- Goodwin Street
- Green Lanes (Arakan House entry road)
- Green Lanes, between Queen’s Drive and No. 141
- Greenman Street
- Grosvenor Avenue, between Newington Green Road and No. 57
- Halliford Street, between Essex Road and Clare Lane
- Halton Cross Street
- Halton Place
- Hercules Place
- Herrick Road, between Mountgrove Road and No. 16
- Hertslet Road, between Seven Sisters Road and Mayton Street
- Highbury Corner (A1 and A1200)
- Highbury New Park, between its northern junction with Highbury Quadrant and Nos. 273–316 Highbury New Park
- Highbury Place, between Highbury Corner and No. 3
- Highbury Quadrant (northern arm), between Green Lanes and No. 403
- Holloway Road, between Tufnell Park Road and Drayton Park
- Holloway Road, between Drayton Park and Highbury Corner
- Hornsey Road, between Holloway Road and Branston House
- Hornsey Road, between Mayton Street and the Holloway Fire Station
- Hornsey Street, between Holloway Road and Culverin Court
- Horsell Road, between Drayton Park and Witherington Road
- Isledon Road, between Seven Sisters Road and the private driveway for No. 201
- Islington Green
- Islington High Street, between Duncan Street and Islington Green
- Islington Park Street, between Upper Street and College Cross
- Jackson Road, between Holloway Road and Dunford Road
- King’s Crescent, between Mountgrove Road and No. 29
- Laycock Street
- Leconfield Road, between Petherton Road and No. 6
- Liverpool Road, between Holloway Road and No. 553
- Loraine Road, between Holloway Road and No. 9
- Madras Place, between Holloway Road and Ringcroft Street
- Marquess Road
- Medina Road, between Seven Sisters Road and Medina Grove
- Mildmay Avenue
- Mildmay Grove North, between Newington Green Road and No. 21
- Mildmay Grove South, between Newington Green Road and No. 16
- Mitchison Road, between Essex Road and No. 9
- Monsell Road, between Blackstock Road and No. 3
- Moon Street
- Morgan Road
- Mountgrove Road
- Napier Terrace
- New North Road, between Essex Road and Popham Road/Ecclesbourne Road
- Newington Barrow Way, the arm between Seven Sisters Road and Heather Close
- Newington Green Road, between Pyrland Road and St Paul’s Road
- Northampton Grove
- Northampton Park, between St Paul’s Place and No. 12
- Northampton Street, between Essex Road and The Ivories (Nos. 6–8 Northampton Street)
- Northchurch Road, between Essex Road and Crowland Terrace
- Ockendon Road, between Essex Road and No. 69
- Orleston Road
- Packington Street, between Essex Road and Cruden Street
- Palmer Place
- Parkfield Street
- Parkhurst Road, between Holloway Road and Louis Close
- Petherton Road, between Green Lanes and the Highbury Estate access road
- Pickering Street
- Playford Road
- Poet’s Road, between Petherton Road and No. 1
- Pooles Park, between Seven Sisters Road and Carville Street
- Popham Street
- Pyrland Road, between its junction with Petherton Road and No. 70
- Richmond Grove, between Upper Street and Islington Town Hall
- Riversdale Road, between Green Lanes and No. 84
- Rock Street
- Ronalds Road, between Holloway Road and Horsell Road
- Rotherfield Street, between Essex Road and No. 138
- Salterton Road, between Seven Sisters Road and the southern access road for Bennett Court Estate
- Seven Sisters Road, between Finsbury Park Road and Holloway Road
- Shelley Place
- Somerfield Road, between Blackstock Road and Finsbury Park Road
- Sonderburg Road
- St Paul’s Place
- St Paul’s Road, between Newington Green Road and No. 30
- St. Alban’s Place, the western and northern arms
- St. Paul’s Road, between Holloway Road/the northern arm of Highbury Corner and Keen’s Yard
- St. Peter’s Street, between Essex Road and Cruden Street
- Statham Grove, between Green Lanes and Salween House, Green Lanes
- Station Place
- Stoke Newington Church Street, between Green Lanes and Clissold Crescent
- Stroud Green Road, between Seven Sisters Road and Wells Terrace
- Studd Street
- Sussex Way, between Seven Sisters Road and No. 21
- Thane Villas, between Seven Sisters Road and Colonial Court
- Theberton Street, between Upper Street and the eastern arm of Gibson Square
- Tollington Road, between Holloway Road and Hertslet Road
- Tyndale Lane
- Upper Street, between Canonbury Road/the eastern arm of Highbury Corner and Duncan Street
- Wakeham Street
- Waterloo Terrace
- Whadcoat Street
- Whistler Street (western arm), between Drayton Park and No. 23
- Wicks Place
- Wilberforce Road, between Mountgrove Road and No. 126
- Windsor Street
- Wyatt Road, between Mountgrove Road and No. 45
- Yonge Park, between Seven Sisters Road and No. 9
These roads will be closed to pedestrians from 4am on Sunday, May 31:
- Arvon Road, between Drayton Park and Witherington Road
- Benwell Road, between Drayton Park and Bryantwood Road
- Bryantwood Road
- Drayton Park, between Holloway Road and No. 68
- Holloway Road, the north-eastern footway, between Ronalds Road and Hornsey Road
- Horsell Road, between Drayton Park and Witherington Road
- Riversdale Road, between Green Lanes and No. 84
- Whistler Street (western arm), between Drayton Park and No. 23
Public transport
Buses and train services will be impacted throughout the day to accommodate the large number of people. Buses will be diverted around the event and in the surrounding areas. 23 out of the 26 local bus routes serving the event area will be diverted around the event footprint or curtailed at locations such as King’s Cross, Archway or Old Street.
Station Place bus station at Finsbury Park will also be closed for the same period. Wells Terrace bus station at Finsbury Park is planned to remain open throughout, serving routes W3, W7 and 210.
Highbury and Islington will be open for exit only. The London Overground will stop there, but the Victoria line service will not. There will also be no step-free access at the station on the day. Canonbury will operate an exit-only system.
Finsbury Park station will be open as normal and is recommended for supporters requiring step-free access. Depending on your location, stations such as Manor House, Archway, Angel, and King’s Cross St Pancras may offer quicker onward journeys.
Supporters travelling towards Crystal Palace, West Croydon or Stratford are encouraged to use Dalston Kingsland or Dalston Junction. Holloway Road station will be closed. Drayton Park and Essex Road will be closed.
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