Brighton Pride 2019 - all you need to know

Kylie will be headlining Pride In The Park tomorrow and before that, the Pride Parade is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets of Brighton.

Of course this doesn’t come without roads, transport and other key services being affected.

Here is all you need to know about Brighton Pride 2019.

Pride Parade route

Beginning at 11am at Hove Lawns on the seafront, the parade will go east along King’s Road before turning left up West Street.

It will go past the Clock Tower up Queen’s Road and turn right down North Road. At the bottom of North Road the parade will turn left and join the old route to go up Gloucester Place and London Road finishing in Preston Park.

Road closures

Today at 9m until Monday at 6am: Marine Parade – Aquarium Roundabout to Lower Rock Gardens Today at 9pm until Monday at 2am: St James’s Street – Old Steine to New Steine Saturday 9am until 4pm: Montpelier Road – Western Road to King’s Road Russell Road – West Street to Russell Place Boyces Street South Street North Street – East Street to Queen’s Road - westbound New England Road – New England Street to Preston Circus St Peter’s Place – westbound Grand Junction Road – westbound Kingsway – Grand Avenue to Brunswick Square – eastbound Kingsway – Brunswick Square to King’s Road King’s Road West Street Queen’s Road – West Street to Upper Gloucester Road North Road Marlborough Place Gloucester Place St George’s Place York Place London Road, Brighton Preston Circus Preston Road – Preston Circus to Stanford Avenue Dyke Road Drive Stanford Avenue – Preston Road to Preston Park Avenue Beaconsfield Road – right turn lane and bus lane to Preston Circus Suspend Cycle Lane – Saturday 3 August at 09:00 until 16:00: Jubilee Street Rescind one way and make two way – Saturday at 9am until 4pm: Russell Road – Cannon Place to exit of Churchill Square Car Park Bedford Square – Sillwood Street to western bound northern section of Bedford Square Cheltenham Place Robert Street Kensington Street Upper Gardner Street Queens Gardens Foundry Street Frederick Street Regent Street Jubilee Street Tichbourne Street Oriental Place Norfolk Street Queens Place Oxford Place Francis Street Baker Street Rose Hill Terrace – London Terrace to Kingsbury Road Kingsbury Road Argyle Road – Preston Road to Campbell Road Ditchling Rise – Beaconsfield Road to Preston Road Springfield Road – Beaconsfield Road to Preston Road Rescind No Access – tomorrow at 9am until 4pm: Clarence Square – from junction with Western Road southbound and eastbound for 35 metres.

Rescind one way and make two way – tomorrow at 10am until Sunday at 1am and also Sunday at 2pm until midnight: George Street, Brighton Dorset Gardens Chapel Street New Steine – West Side Road closures – tomorrow at 4pm until Sunday at 3am.

Queen’s Road – North Road to Junction Road Junction Road Road closures – tomorrow at 8.30pm until Sunday at 2am New England Road – New England Street to Preston Circus Preston Circus Preston Road – Preston Circus to Stanford Avenue London Road, Brighton St George’s Place Trafalgar Street Frederick Place Upper Gloucester Road – Queens Road to Surrey Street Frederick Street Gloucester Road – Over Street to Queen’s Road North Road – Frederick Street to Queen’s Road Surrey Street Terminus Road Rescind one way and make two way – tomorrow at8.30pm until Sunday at 2am.

Kensington Place Kemp Street Over Street Queens Place Oxford Place Francis Street Baker Street Rose Hill Terrace – London Terrace to Kingsbury Road Kingsbury Road Argyle Road – Preston Road to Campbell Road Ditchling Rise – Beaconsfield Road to Preston Road Springfield Road – Beaconsfield Road to Preston Road

Temporary closure for provision of taxi ranks for pick-up of Pride festival goers tomorrow from 10pm until mdnight.

Stanford Avenue – junction of Preston Park Avenue to junction of Beaconsfield Villas.

Preston Drove – from start of cycle lane at west end of Preston Drove, eastwards to the start of the parking bays.

Streets in Brighton and Hove in which vehicles and all other traffic are prohibited from tomorrow at 10am until Sunday at 1am and on Sunday from 2pm until midnight.

Ardingly Street Broad Street Camelford Street Cavendish Street Chapel Street Charles Street Dorset Gardens George Street High Street Madeira Place Manchester Street Margaret Street New Steine Pavilion Street Princes Street Rock Place Steine Street Wentworth Street For a full list of road closures visit The Argus website.

Bus diversions

Brighton and Hove Buses has said that due to road closures for the Pride Parade and the large number of people following the parade and the subsequent event in Preston Park, all bus services will be subject to diversions and terminating/restarting en route from 9.30am.

Routes 1/1A Between 10.45am and 2.30pm all buses on routes 1 and 1A will only run between Whitehawk and the Old Steine and between Clarence Square and Mile Oak.

All service 1 and 1A towards Whitehawk will be using Edward Street as St James’s Street is closed all day.

Route 2 Between 10.45am and 2.30pm all buses on route 2 will run between Clarence Square and Shoreham/Steyning.

From 10.30am until 1.30pm buses will operate between Rottingdean and the Old Steine.

All services towards Rottingdean will be using Edward Street.

Routes 5/5A/5B/N5 This service will be restricted with different diversions in place at different times of the day.

Services towards Hollingbury will be suspended from 11:00 until 16:00 and a special timetable will be in operation from 11:00 until the end of service, across the whole route. In general, times are as normal between Hangleton and St Peters Church, with northbound buses arriving in Hollingbury/Patcham later, and southbound buses leaving these places earlier.

Between 11:00 and 16:00 Hollingbury and London Road south of Carden Avenue will not be served.

A special service on route 5A will operate between Open Market and Patcham via the Level, Union Road, Ditchling Road (towards Brighton services will operate from Ditchling Road to Open Market direct), Preston Drove, Braybon Avenue, Carden Avenue and Patcham Old Village to Mackie Avenue every 15 minutes.

Full cross-town services will resume at 16:00, however buses will be diverted away from Preston Park - all southbound buses will operate via Preston Drove, Fiveways, Ditchling Road and Open Market to the St Peters Church bus lane via Oxford Street.

From 21:00 until the end of service, buses will operate the east side of St Peters Church, Lewes Road, Union Road, Ditchling Road, Fiveways and Preston Drove.

Until 14:30 services from Hangleton will only operate to Clarence Square. Between 14:30 and 16:00 services from Hangleton will be able to operate to the Old Steine. From 16:00 services from Hangleton will follow the above diversion.

Route N5 will run as timetabled however there may be the need to make amendments on the day due to road closures. (Please check our Twitter feed before you travel) Route 6 Between 11am and 2.30pm buses from Downs Park will be diverted after Norfolk Square via Montpelier Road, Seven Dials and Terminus Road to Brighton Station.

Buses towards Downs Park will run via Upper Gloucester Road, Buckingham Road, Dyke Road, Upper North Street, Regent Hill to Clarence Square/Western Road.

From 4pm until the end of service, buses will not serve Brighton Station and will divert and terminate at the Old Steine.

Route 7 Between 11am and 2.30pm route 7 will operate every ten minutes between George Street and Brighton Station and between Brighton Marina and the Old Steine.

Full service will be restored from 2.30pm, however services will not serve Brighton Station and will divert via Dyke Road in both directions.

All services towards Brighton Marina will be using Edward Street.

Trains
As confirmed last month, Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) – which runs Southern, Thameslink and Gatwick Express services out of Brighton – will operate an enhanced rail service.

This will include additional and longer trains across the weekend and trains running late into the night tomorrow evening to help visitors get home.

Passengers are advised to aim to be at the station for 11pm after the celebrations tomorrow as trains will be extremely busy. 

There will also be a special colour-coded queueing system in place.
The purple queue is for the west coast, with services towards Hove, Worthing, Littlehampton and Southampton.

The green queue will take passengers to the east coast on trains towards Lewes, Eastbourne and Ashford International. 

The blue queue is for London-bound trains, with service towards Gatwick Airport, East Croydon, London Victoria and Bedford.

Passengers are also reminded that glass will not be 
permitted on the station – glass bins will be provided at the entrance.

Meanwhile Preston Park and London Road stations will be closed over the weekend.

Paul Kemp, managing director of Brighton and Hove Pride, said: “Brighton and Hove Pride is an important event for our city with visitors coming in from across the UK and worldwide. 

“We have been working closely with GTR and other partners on the new rainbow queueing system to help with the smooth egress of people leaving the city. 

“We ask that people are patient and respectful of each other and staff who will be working hard to get everybody home safely. 

“We are extremely heartened by the positive working partnership and support over Pride weekend and the enthusiasm from all at GTR.”

Stage Times

Tomorrow 
1.30pm Alice Chater
2.30pm Zak Abel
3.30pm Rina Sawayama
4.30pm Björn Again
5.40pm Fleur East
6.10pm Prancing Elites
6.45pm Clean Bandit
8.45 pm Kylie
10.15pm Finale fireworks

Love BN1 Fest on Sunday brings more great music to keep the party going.
2.30pm Grace Carter
3.30pm Nina Nesbitt
4.30pm Rak Su
5.30pm House Gospel Choir
6.45pm Grace Jones
8.30pm Jessie J