Grand National Festival 2022: road closures, road works and travel advice for Aintree Racecourse

Sefton and Liverpool will welcome hundreds of readers when the Grand National Pageant commences at Aintree Racecourse this 7 days.

Sefton Council, alongside with Merseyside Police and Merseytravel, have put in put a selection of actions to assist festival goers get to and from Aintree as easily as possible in the course of the weekend.

However, that signifies a selection of diversions and highway closures will be in put during the festival’s 3 days, from Thursday, April 7, to Saturday, April 9.

Residents who are not attending the festival are advised to prevent the A59 Ormskirk Highway from Change Island through to the Black Bull junction.

Ormskirk Highway, as effectively as Park Lane between Bridle Street and Ormskirk Street, will be shut between 4pm and 9pm on all a few pageant days.

Weighty visitors is predicted on the A59 from 10am – 2pm.

Through the closure, traffic will be diverted by means of Change Island, Dunnings Bridge Street, Netherton Way and Southport Highway.

Liverpool City Council have also confirmed that street is effective on County Street will be paused for the period of the world’s most famous horse racing pageant.

Considering the fact that February, the street in L4 has been closed overnight from 7pm to 6am for upgrading but the closures from Spellow Lane to Hale Road will be paused after Wednesday evening.

Men and women wishing to show up at the Grand Nationwide are inspired to use the Merseyrail network and alight at Aintree station.

After the racing finishes on the two Friday and Saturday buses will be running from Park Lane into Liverpool city centre.

A spokesman for Sefton Council mentioned: “We are delighted to see the return of a public Aintree Pageant following currently being afflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We are functioning carefully with partners to aid maintain the borough going during the festival and to retain disruption to a minimum.”

“The weekend delivers 1000’s of racegoers, travelers and visitors to our stunning borough and when once more all eyes will be on Sefton as the dwelling of outstanding international gatherings.

We would talk to people who are in the location for a number of days to attempt and examine our excellent borough even further.”