Loughborough’s 805th annual charter fair is just around the corner and is set to be the biggest yet, with more rides and attractions than ever before.
Here’s all you’ll need to know about how we’ll be running…
From 7 pm on Tuesday 10 November until 6 am on Sunday 15 November, there will be full road closures in place affecting our services on Wards End, Bedford Square, Derby Square, Ashby Square and Swan Street.
sprint
sprint will be on diversion on journeys towards the University only.
From Bridge Street, all sprint services will need to turn right onto Derby Road and then divert along Regent Street resuming the normal route on Ashby Road. We’ll be unable to serve bus stops at The Rushes, Swan Street and Ashby Square but will serve the stop at Regent Street as an alternative.
Buses towards the Train Station will be unaffected.
Kinchbus 3
Kinchbus 3 will need to divert in both directions to and from Tyndale Road.
On journeys towards Tynedale Road, we’ll serve Baxter Gate and Fennel Street as normal and then divert along Derby Road, Regent Street and Ashby Road resuming the normal route on Frederick Street. We’ll be unable to serve our usual stops at Swan Street and Ashby Square.
On journeys from Tynedale Road into the town centre, we’ll be unable to serve our usual stop at New Street/John Storer House as we’ll be using the contraflow diversion along Bedford Street and Bedford Square. We’ll have a temporary stop in place at a safe location on Woodgate for customers who would usually use the New Street bus stop.
Kinchbus 5, 11 & 12
Kinchbus 5 and Kinchbus 11 & 12 will be on diversion on journeys in both directions.
On journeys from Allendale Road or Shelthorpe into the town centre, we’ll be unable to serve our usual stop at New Street/John Storer House as we’ll be using the contraflow diversion along Bedford Street and Bedford Square. We’ll have a temporary stop in place at a safe location on Woodgate for customers who would usually use the New Street bus stop.
On journeys from Thorpe Acre and Ravensthorpe Drive towards town centre and Shelthorpe/Allendale Road we’ll be unable to serve our usual stops at The Rushes, Swan Street, Ashby Square and Browns Lane. Buses will divert along Bridge Street, Fennel Street, Lemyngton Street, Jubilee Way, Barrow Street and Southfield Road.
For buses from the town centre to Shelthorpe and Allendale Road, buses will use Lemyngton Street Stand LB and we’ll have a temporary stop in place on Southfield Road close to the Premier Inn. The stop at Lemyngton Street Stand LB will be the main town centre stop for Kinchbus 5, 11 & 12 for the duration of the fair.
Kinchbus 66
Kinchbus 66 will be unable to access its usual stop on Swan Street for the duration of the fair. All journeys coming into Loughborough will divert from Derby Road via Regent Street, Ashby Road and Greenclose Lane with all journeys commencing and terminating a The Rushe Stand RC (opposite the Amber Rooms). Buses scheduled to depart from Greenclose Lane will depart approximately 5 minutes earlier than scheduled.
In addition to the above closures, from 11pm on Saturday 14 November until 6am on Sunday 15 November there will be further closures in place on The Rushes, Leicester Road and High Street to enable safe removal of the fair, with many large machines and lorries in the area, these closures are necessary.
During these closures, there will be several more diversions in place.
Kinchbus 2
The last Kinchbus 2 from Sileby terminating in Loughborough at 11:43pm will be unable to serve Baxter Gate and will instead terminate on Jubilee Way opposite the Magistrate’s Court.
Kinchbus 9
The last Kinchbus 9 from Nottingham terminating in Loughborough at 11:58pm will be unable to serve Baxter Gate and will instead terminate at the skylink stop on Lemyngton Street diverting via Sparrow Hill and Church Gate to access that stop.
Kinchbus 12
The 11pm Kinchbus 12 from the town centre to Shelthorpe and back, terminating in the town centre at 11:26pm will terminate on Jubilee Way opposite the magistrates court.
skylink Derby
All skylink Derby services between 11pm and 6am will be unable to access the stop on High Street and will instead depart from Jubilee Way opposite the Magistrate’s Court. We’ll remain on this diversion even if the road opens early to avoid confusion for customers. The first skylink Derby departure from High Street on Sunday 16 November will be 6:20am.
We expect these diversions and closures to cause severe disruption to all of Kinchbus & skylink Derby services, and we expect to see severe delays for the duration of the fair.