Taunton Carnival
The Taunton Carnival takes place on Saturday the fifteenth of October.
The Taunton Carnival is back for another year of floats and fun!
Carnival Day starts on Castle Green and Goodland Gardens at 10am with historic vehicle and motorcycle displays, musical performances, children’s inflatables, face painting and other stalls.
The Procession kicks off with a cavalcade of Harly Davidson motorcycles leaving Tangier way at 7pm. More than 80 items will wend their way along the route from Tangier Way and Wood Street out into Bridge Street over The Bridge and up North Street, then along fore Street and East Street before heading down over East Reach to the finish at Chritchard Way.
Taunton Carnival is supporting Stand Against Violence, charity who are celebrating their 10th year.
ROAD CLOSURES AND TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS
Castle Street will be closed to traffic between the entrance to Tangier and Castle Street car parks as will Tangier Way down to the junction with Wood Street from 2.00pm to allow all the entries to assemble and get ready for the evening’s show. Access to Tesco and Lidl will not be affected, but Enfield car park will be closed all day.
The town centre will be closed at 6.30pm so the Procession Route can be cleared of traffic before the crowds move in to line the pavements.
Through traffic is directed away from the centre to keep it moving and to keep a clear access to Musgrove Park Hospital. Two diversions keep traffic moving around the outside – from the east along Bridgwater Road, Ilminster Road and Chestnut Drive; and from the west using Park Street, The Crescent, Mary Street, South Road and Chestnut Drive or Silk Mills Road, Greenway Road and Priorswood Road.
No vehicles will be able to leave Wood Street, Yarde Place, Haydon Road or Victoria Gate on to the route whilst the Procession is taking place, between 6.30pm and around 9pm. There will be an alternative route out of the Wood Street area via Cleveland Street and French Weir Recreation Ground.
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