A number of town centre roads will be closed for a couple of hours

The highly-anticipated Northampton Carnival is back this weekend – and a number of road closures are in place to allow the parade to take place.

Festivities kick off from midday on Saturday (June 10) at the Racecourse. The parade will then set off around 2pm and will see floats and performers make their way along Kettering Road and into the town centre.

To allow this to happen, a number of roads will be closed from around 1.45pm until between 4pm and 5pm. The parade is set to arrive back at the Racecourse around 4.30pm.

A number of town centre roads will be closed on Saturday (June 10).

placeholder image — A number of town centre roads will be closed on Saturday (June 10).

All the roads closed on Saturday June 10 for Northampton Carnival 2023

Kettering Road
Abington Square
York Road
Spencer Parade
St Giles Street
St Giles Square
Wood Hill
Dychurch Lane
Abington Street
Abington Square
Kettering Road
Raglan Street
Wellingborough Road
Park Avenue
Abington Avenue
Abington Grove

At the Racecourse there will be a thrilling funfair, a wide variety of tantalising food, a range of arts, crafts, charity and information stalls for you to peruse.

The parade will see spectacular costumes and eye-catching floats proceeding down Kettering Road through the town centre up Abington Street then returning via Wellingborough Road back to the park around 4.30pm.

The main stage at the Racecourse is jam packed from 12pm – 7.30pm with top DJ’s from Inspiration FM & Set It Off Sound spinning tunes in between the impressive line-up of talent from Northamptonshire and beyond.

This year marks 18 years since the carnival’s return. The event is run completely by generous volunteers.