King Charles III Coronation - This is what is happening in the Lewes District
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On May 6, the King will be crowned alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort, at Westminster Abbey in London.
The event is being celebrated with a bank holiday this weekend (May 6- May 8), with countless opportunities for people to come together in celebration of the historic occasion.
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Hide AdThe nation will be celebrating the occasion with public screenings of the coronation and street parties.
Here is a list of all the street parties taking place in the Lewes District and which roads will be affected by them.
Lewes
Event: Wheatsheaf Gardens Coronation Street Party
Date: May 7
Time: Noon until 6pm
Streets affected: The length of Wheatsheaf Gardens, Lewes
Event: Winterbourne Close Street Party
Date: May 8
Time: 10am until 8pm
Streets affected: Winterbourne Close, Lewes, from junction with bridge to end of the cul-de-sac.
Event: Wallands Park Rise Coronation Street Party
Date: May 8
Time: 1pm to 10pm
Streets affected: The length of Wallands Park Rise from junction with Leicester Road and the junction with Abergavenny Road to end of cul-de-sac.
Peacehaven
Event: Gladys Avenue King’s Coronation Street Party
Date May 6
Time: 1pm until 7pm
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Hide AdStreets affected: Gladys Avenue from junction with Neville Road to junction with South Coast Road, Peacehaven
Event: Cliff Gardens King’s Coronation Street Party
Date: May 6
Time: noon to 6pm
Streets affected: Cliff Gardens, from the junction with Fairlight Avenue, to the 90-degree angle in Cliff Gardens (outside no. 20).
Event: Grassmere Avenue Coronation Street Party
Date: May 7
Time: 9am to 11pm
Streets affected: Grassmere Avenue Telscombe Cliffs from the junction with Fairlight
Avenue to the junction with Cliff Gardens.
Newhaven
Event: The Rose Walk King’s Coronation Street Party
Date: May 6
Time: Noon to 8pm
Streets affected: The Rose Walk, Newhaven from junction with A259 Brighton Road to southernmost junction with Rose Walk Close and Rose Walk Close between the two junctions with The Rose Walk.
Event: Thompson Road Coronation Street Party
Date: May 7
Time: 10:30am to 5pm
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Hide AdStreets affected: Thompson Road Newhaven from junction with The Close to junction with Cantercrow Hill/Denton Road.
Event: King’s Avenue Newhaven Coronation Street Party
Date: May 7
Time: noon to 9pm
Streets affected: King’s Avenue Newhaven from junction with Arundel Road to end of cul-de-sac.
Seaford:
Event: Headland Avenue King’s Coronation Street Party
Date: May 7
Time: 10.30am until 4pm
Streets affected: Headland Avenue Seaford, from the junction with Southdown Road to the junction with Arundel Road.
Event: Cricketfield Road Coronation Street Party
Date: May 7
Time: 10am to 9pm
Streets Affected: Cricketfield Road, Seaford, from the junction with Marine Crescent to the junction with The Covers.
Event: Kingsmead Walk Coronation Street Party
Date: May 7
Time: noon to 7pm
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Hide AdStreets Affected: Kingsmead Walk, Seaford, section from house numbers 20 to 28 inclusive.
Event: Sandore Road King’s Coronation Street Party
Date: May 7
Time: 9am until 6pm
Streets Affected: Sandore Road, Seaford (cul-de-sac section nos. 3-23 only).
Event: High Street Seaford Street Party & Volunteer Workshops
Date: May 8
Time: 6am until 7pm
Streets Affected: High Street Seaford from Bob’s Retro Market (no. 32) to junction
with Crouch Lane
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Hide AdEvent: The Beverns, Riddens Lane Plumpton Coronation Street Party
Date: May 7
Time: 11am until 4pm
Streets Affected: The length of The Beverns, Riddens Lane, Plumpton.
Event: Springett Avenue Coronation Street Party, Ringmer.
Date: May 8
Time: Noon until 6pm
Streets Affected: Springett Avenue, Ringmer – from the junction with Harvard Road to the junction with Mill Road.