{"id":329643,"date":"2025-08-09T04:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T04:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/329643\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T04:25:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T04:25:21","slug":"apprentice-boys-of-derry-start-times-routes-and-road-closures-as-125-bands-to-take-part-in-annual-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/329643\/","title":{"rendered":"Apprentice Boys of Derry: Start times, routes and road closures as 125 bands to take part in annual parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parades on the wall begin at 9.30am on Saturday, with a main parade made up of bands from Northern Ireland and Scotland commencing at 12.30pm.<\/p>\n

The Relief of Derry parade commemorates the raising of the siege on the city on August 1, 1689.<\/p>\n

This lasted 105 days during the Williamite War. The annual celebrations also remember the 13 apprentice boys who at the time closed Derry\u2019s gates to keep King James II\u2019s forces out in December 1688.<\/p>\n

The main parades come after a week of celebrations during the Maiden City Festival.<\/p>\n

\"Bands<\/p>\n

Bands will make their way along Derry’s walls Pic: Lorcan Doherty\/Presseye<\/p>\n

The symbolic firing of a cannon will take place on Derry\u2019s walls at midnight ahead of Saturday\u2019s parade.<\/p>\n

At 9.30am on Saturday, eight parent clubs of the Apprentice Boys will take to the city\u2019s walls. The group will then make its way to St Columb\u2019s Cathedral to lay a wreath as it passes Derry\u2019s war memorial. A 10.30am service will be held at the cathedral.<\/p>\n

The main parade will start at 12.30pm at Craigavon Bridge, headed by the Saracen Truth Defenders Flute Band of Glasgow.<\/p>\n

It will pass through the city centre then the Fountain Estate. Marchers will make their way back across the bridge to finish at Bond Street.<\/p>\n

During the march, from noon to 5pm, visitors will see gunners firing muskets, as well as the cannons used in the 17th century war, at Society Street car park.<\/p>\n

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A previous Appentice Boys march. Pic: Lorcan Doherty\/Presseye<\/p>\n

News Catch Up – Friday 8th August <\/p>\n

Some traffic diversions will be in place to accommodate the parade making its way through the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn-street parking anywhere on the parade route will be restricted for the duration of the parade,\u201d a PSNI spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny cars parked on the parade route will not be able to move until the parade has passed their point. Information about diversions and road closures will be signposted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe top deck of Craigavon Bridge will be closed for the duration of the parade as it is part of the main parade route.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lower deck of Craigavon Bridge will remain open in both directions, but with access only onto Victoria Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be no left-turn access from the bottom deck of Craigavon Bridge for drivers coming from the Cityside.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe road between the lower deck of Craigavon Bridge and Dales Corner will be closed for the duration of the parade and will have access for parade bus traffic only.<\/p>\n

\u201cEbrington complex is accessible via Limavady Road.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parades on the wall begin at 9.30am on Saturday, with a main parade made up of bands from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1817,108813,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-329643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-derry-news","9":"tag-gabrielle-swan","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114996912432770887","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}