{"id":367782,"date":"2025-08-23T17:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T17:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367782\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T17:44:13","slug":"ride-the-lights-event-to-close-blackpool-promenade-to-traffic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/367782\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride the Lights event to close Blackpool Promenade to traffic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755184337_952_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dkIvM hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bbaf0380-8030-11f0-83cc-c5da98c419b8.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Visit Blackpool Blackpool prom at dusk with dozens of cyclists seen at a distance riding under Blackpool Illuminations\" class=\"sc-d1200759-0 dvfjxj\"\/>Visit Blackpool<\/p>\n<p>Ride the Lights began in 2006 and marks the start of the Illuminations season<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Blackpool Promenade will be closed to traffic on the evening of 26 August as the annual Ride the Lights takes place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The event gives cyclists a sneak preview of the six miles of the resort&#8217;s Illuminations, three days before they are switched on &#8211; <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5y01q21y2ko\" class=\"sc-f9178328-0 bGFWdi\" rel=\"noopener\">this year by singer Olly Murs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Bikes of all shapes and sizes can take advantage of the seafront route in a free family event, which began in 2006, and is suitable for all ages. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">The Promenade will be closed to traffic from 18:00 BST until 22:30 with the Ride the Lights event starting at 19:00 and finishing at 22:00.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Cyclists can participate at any time during that period and are recommended to join the event at either the Starr Gate or Red Bank Road gateways to the Promenade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Ride the Lights marks the start of the build-up to the Illuminations season, which starts on 29 August until 4 January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 hxuGS\">Council leader Lynn Williams said it was a &#8220;brilliant chance&#8221; for residents and visitors to &#8220;enjoy a truly magical experience&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Visit Blackpool Ride the Lights began in 2006 and marks the start of the Illuminations season Blackpool Promenade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-367782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115079326282379214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367782","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=367782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}