Details have been released for road closures and parking restrictions in Clitheroe during the town’s food festival tomorrow (Saturday).

The events is expected to attract thousands of food enthusiasts from across the North-West to the town centre.

Several road closures and no parking zones will be in place to ensure festival runs safely.

The following roads will be closed in their entirety from 6am until 6pm for Clitheroe Food Festival:

  • Castle Street,
  • Market Place,
  • King Lane,
  • King Street,
  • New Market Street,
  • Back King Street.

Parking will also be restricted in the following roads from 3pm until midnight:

  • Railway View Road,
  • Waddington Road between the Railway View Road junction and Clitheroe Cemetery,
  • Pendle Road between the Hayhurst Street and Highmoor Park junctions,
  • Eshton Terrace between the Woone Lane junction and railway crossing,
  • Castle Street,
  • Market Place,
  • King Lane,
  • King Street,
  • New Market Street.

Motorists, including blue badge holders, are advised that vehicles parking in prohibited areas will be reported to the police and risk vehicles being towed away.

A large park and ride will be in operation at Clitheroe Auction Market for £5 per vehicle (card or cash) and the drop-off and pick-up point is at the Clitheroe Interchange, a short distance from the festival.

The Clitheroe Food Festival features quality food and drink – from wild game and Biltong beef to cheese truckles and curry kits, along with a feast of fruit and vegetables packed with authentic flavours – from around 90 exhibitors.

Revisiting this year’s festival are former Ribble Valley Business Award winners Millie and Ruby’s Dog Bakery, which produces dog treats handmade from locally sourced, organic ingredients and free from artificial additives, flavourings and colourings.

Also pitching up will be Bacup-based the Fudge Factory, which produces some of the finest handcrafted fudge in the UK, in the Clitheroe Market food court.

Burnley-based Mama Shar’s Caribbean Cooking will be dishing up jerk chicken, rice and peas, curried goat and fried chicken dumplings, among other specialities devised by founder Sharmen Frith-Hemmings using family recipes.

Also returning to the festival will be a host of regular exhibitors, including Colin’s Country Crepes, Cowman’s Famous Sausage Shop, Mrs Dowson’s Ice-Cream, the Grasmere Gingerbread Shop, the Port of Lancaster Smokehouse, Real Thai Pies and the Weston Biltong Company.

There will also be family-friendly street entertainment and live music throughout the town centre.