Every Coventry road closure listed for Godiva Festival 2024

Claire Harrison

24 June 2024 at 4:49 am·1-min read

Crowds at Godiva Festival 2023 — -Credit: (Image: Coventry City Council)

Road closures will be in place ahead of and during Coventry's Godiva Festival 2024. Thousands are set to flock to the War Memorial Park for the much-anticipated annual event.

As a result of this, there will be a number of road closures in and around the park from 5pm on Friday, July 5 until the evening of Sunday, July 7. Coventry City Council has unveiled a map which details which roads will be closed.

It also includes which other roads are set to be impacted by the closures. The main road closure is Kenilworth Road.

The map shows that this will be closed for the entire festival. It also lists the following roads will be impacted by the closure.

Coat Of Arms Bridge Road
Stivichall Croft
Leamington Road
Daventry Road
Access Road From Leamington Road To The Memorial Park

The map shows the road closures during the Godiva Festival 2024 weekend -Credit:Coventry City Council

This year's festival is extra special as it is the 25th anniversary. Paloma Faith will headline the Saturday line-up and headline acts include The Verve's Richard Ashcroft, Sam Ryder and Beverley Knight.

More information can be found at the Godiva Festival website or people can sign up to the Godiva Festival newsletter online.

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