Where to park for Newcastle's Carabao Cup parade

Council-owned car parks in Newcastle will have their opening hours extended for the Magpies' Carabao Cup celebrations on Saturday.

The 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 team.

Council 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 possible.

The 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.

Newcastle City Council owns about 2,200 street parking bays, 52 off-street car parks and nine multi-storey car parks.

It 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 streets.

All of the council's multi-storey car parks will be open on Saturday, except for NUFC Stadium (St James' Park).

The other multi-storey car parks in the city centre are:

• Dean Street
• Manors, Oxford Street
• Eldon Square (restrictions in place)
• Eldon Garden (restrictions in place)
• The Garage at Helix
• Grainger Town
• Quayside

A map of all the council's car parks can be found on its website.

As the parade passes through the city a number of roads will be closed on a rolling basis.

It also means parking suspensions will be in place along the route of the parade, including at the Eldon Square and Eldon Garden multi-storeys.

The following suspensions will be in place:

• Barrack Road – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMT
• St Andrews Street upper – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMT
• College Street – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMT
• Sandyford Road – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMT
• Forsyth Road – All bays suspended all day
• Eldon Square car park – Closed between 15:00 and 18:00 GMT, during which times cars will be unable to exit
• Eldon Garden car park – Closed between 15:00 and 18:00 GMT, but cars will still be able to exit
• Clayton Street – All bays suspended until 18:00 GMT between Fenkle Street and Newgate Street
• Civic Centre – closed to the public until 13:00 GMT (not including Sandyford Square)
• St James Park Stadium car park - closed all day

Additional reporting by the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

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