26-03-2025
Newcastle's Carabao Cup parade: Where to park on Saturday?
Council-owned car parks in Newcastle will have their opening hours extended for the Magpies' Carabao Cup celebrations on city council said its parking sites would remain open until midnight to support the tens of thousands of fans expected to cheer on Newcastle United's winning leader Karen Kilgour said work had been carried out to make sure everyone could be part of the historic day, but drivers have been warned that several popular locations will be blocked off to make way for the team's open-top bus parade."With huge crowds expected, we want everyone to enjoy it and get there and home safely so there will be a number of road closures required," she said.
"This is a monumental and exciting event for the city as we come together to celebrate this amazing achievement."Kilgour said people should use public transport where parade will begin at St James' Park at 16:00 GMT on Saturday and will travel through the city until it reaches the Town Moor at 18:00, where celebrations will continue.
Parade day car parks
Newcastle City Council owns about 2,200 street parking bays, 52 off-street car parks and nine said all of its car parks will stay open until midnight on Saturday, however people are being warned some closures will be in place while the open-top bus parade takes to the council's biggest car parks are its multi-storeys, which are: Dean StreetManors, Oxford StreetEldon Square (restrictions in place)Eldon Garden (restrictions in place)NUFC Stadium (St James' Park) The Garage at HelixGrainger TownQuaysideA map of all the council's car parks can be found on its website.
Parking suspensions
As the parade passes through the city a number of roads will be closed on a rolling also means parking suspensions will be in place along the route of the parade, including at the Eldon Square and Eldon Garden following suspensions will be in place: Barrack Road – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMTSt Andrews Street upper – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMTCollege Street – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMTSandyford Road – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMTForsyth Road – All bays suspended all dayEldon Square car park – Closed between 15:00 and 18:00 GMT, during which times cars will be unable to exitEldon Garden car park – Closed between 15:00 and 18:00 GMT, but cars will still be able to exitClayton Street – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMT between Fenkle Street and Newgate StreetCivic Centre – closed to the public until 13:00 GMT (not including Sandyford Square)
Additional reporting by the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
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