Sunday 9 November 2025

Public Notice: Temporary road closures for parade events

Wirral Council wishes to inform residents and road users of upcoming temporary road closures due to scheduled Remembrance Sunday parade events across the borough.

In 2013, national policy for the policing of pre-planned events changed making it clear that the organisers of the event, and not police, are responsible for traffic management and the escort of any parades. 

Despite this, Merseyside Police chose to support the traffic management of certain events – including Remembrance parades across the area – for several years.

More recently and in line with legislation, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing stressed that policing should not take responsibility for closing roads or managing traffic, other than in an emergency. 

Under current legislation, local authorities do not hold the same powers as police to conduct rolling roadblocks. Therefore, where a parade route crosses any public highway, the council is required to formally close the road to ensure public safety and compliance with traffic regulations.

What you need to know

• closures will be implemented safely and in a timely manner
• traffic management companies will be coordinating closures and re-openings, but due to the complexity of managing multiple locations requesting closure and reopening at the same time, disruption to the highway network may occur
• some areas may have road closures for several hours
• it is unusual for traffic management teams to close and reopen multiple locations simultaneously, so please plan ahead

Check if your area is affected

To see if your area is impacted by these closures, please view the information and maps below for the following areas:

• Bebington
• Birkenhead Hamilton Square
• Eastham
• Heswall
• Port Sunlight
• Thornton Hough
• Wallasey
• West Kirby and Hoylake District

Remembrance Parade Road Closures – Sunday 9 November 2025

All closures are to enable the safe undertaking of Remembrance Day Parades and will be removed after the event when authorised personnel are available to take down signs and barriers.

Closure and reopening times may vary slightly from the stated 7am to 5pm window.

The PDF files below may not be suitable to view for people with disabilities, users of assistive technology or mobile phone devices. PDF maps are more suitable to view on a large screen over a wifi connection.

You can also view road closures on the OneNetwork map below. Use the filter on the map to set the date you intend on travelling:

View a map of roadworks and closures