VE Day 2025 - All the street parties in Manchester
Getty ImagesManchester will host at least 20 street parties to mark Victory in Europe (VE) Day on 5 May.
The gatherings will be held to mark 80 years since the day Allied forces accepted Germany's surrender in World War Two on 8 May 1945.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, the Labour MP for Wigan, said this year's anniversary offered "important opportunities for communities to come together".
In Manchester, the city council received 27 applications to close roads for a VE Day street party, with full details now confirmed for 20.
Two areas — Didsbury and Gorton — are set to host four parties, with Mancunians celebrating right across the city from Wythenshawe in the south to Charlestown in the north.
The national celebrations will start with a military procession in central London from Whitehall to Buckingham Palace on the 5 May bank holiday.
National landmarks will be illuminated to mark the occasion, and the Cenotaph will be draped in Union flags for the first time since it was unveiled by King George IV in 1920.
An installation of 30,000 ceramic poppies will be displayed in the Tower of London, which was bombed during the Blitz.
The roads in Manchester set to be closed on 6 May are:
- Woodford Gardens cul-de-sac, Didsbury
- Bampton Road, Wythenshawe
- 2-22 Morville Road, Whalley Range
- 12 Victoria Road, Northenden
- 39-50 Lavister Avenue, Burnage
- 10-15 Mayville Drive, Didsbury
- Dartmouth Road, Chorlton
- Beaumont Road, Chorlton
- 21 Houseman Crescent, Didsbury
- Crombie Avenue, Wythenshawe
- 10 Gawsworth Avenue, Didsbury
- Jessop Street, Gorton
- Old Hall Lane, Fallowfield
- Keeping It Real 24/7, 105 Princess Road, Moss Side
- Violet Street, Abbey Hey
- Sir Gerald Kaufman Close, Gorton
- Acomb Street, Rusholme
- Willow Grove, Gorton
- Parkstead Drive, Harpurhey
- Whitecar Avenue, Charlestown
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