Aston Villa Football Club Parade

Aston Villa Football Club are taking over Birmingham today with a free open-top bus parade from 16:30 onwards, celebrating their Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Europa League win against SC Freiburg. 

The city will be busier than usual because of the parade, with road closures and parking restrictions on including the following roads:

Branston Street, Hall Street, Warstone Lane, Frederick Street, Albion Street, Powell Street, Summer Hill Road, Sand Pits, Clement Street, St Vincent Street, Sheepcote Street, Grosvenor Street West, Ryland Street, Broad Street and Centenary Square.

The roads will be closed from around 10:00 in the morning until about 22:00 at night. They may open earlier if it's safe.

Access to some car parks and buildings on these roads might be hard to get to during this time. 

Buses will change their routes during the day and some may be closed. There will be temporary bus stops from 9:45-22:00.

National Express West Midlands bus services 8A, 8C, 829, 9, 126, X10, X8, 822, 12, 13, 23, 24, 82,87,101, will be affected and may not stop in their usual place.

NX West Midlands diversion routes:

Service 8A Towards Aston. Continue Icknield Street, left Heaton Street, at roundabout 4th exit to Great Hampton Street, left Well Street (Slow on turn, mind railings) to the normal line of route

Service 8C Towards Highgate Well Street, right Great Hampton Street, veer left off slip Hockley Circus, 1st exit at roundabout into Heaton Street to next roundabout, then 2nd exit Icknield Street and continue passing Warstone Lane to the normal line of route.

Services 829 to the City. Hagley Road, right Islington Row Middleway, left Bath Row, left Holloway Circus, merge right to Queensway Tunnel, exit Great Charles Street, and normal route into Ci

Services 829 from City Colmore Row, right Newhall Street, right Edmund Street right Livery Street, left Colmore Row into Snow Hill left into St Chads Queensway use Tunnel, merge left out of tunnel along Suffolk Street Queensway, right Holloway Head, continue Bath Row, left Wheeleys Road, right Islington Row Middleway, left Calthorpe Road to normal line of route

Service 9, 126, X10, To Birmingham Hagley Road, right Islington Row Middleway, left Bath Row, left at Holloway Circus merge right to Queensway Tunnel, exit Great Charles Street, continue normal route to Colmore Row

Service 9, 126, X10, from Birmingham Colmore Row, right Newhall Street, right Edmund Street, right Livery Street, left Colmore Row into Snow Hill, left into St Chads Queensway use Tunnel , exit Suffolk Street Queensway, at Holloway Circus, go right into Holloway Head continue Bath Row, left Wheeleys Road, right Islington Row Middleway, left Hagley Road to normal line of route

Service X8 To Birmingham Hagley Road, right Islington Row Middleway, left Bath Row, left at Holloway Circus merge right to Queensway Tunnel, exit Great Charles Street, continue normal route to Colmore Row

Service X8 from Birmingham Colmore Row, right Newhall Street, right Edmund Street, right Livery Street, left Colmore Row into Snow Hill, left into St Chads Queensway use Tunnel , exit Suffolk Street Queensway, at Holloway Circus, go right into Holloway Head continue Bath Row, left Wheeleys Road, right Islington Row Middleway, left Hagley Road to normal line of route

Services 822 to the City. Harborne Road, right Islington Row, left Bath Row/Holloway Head, continue Smallbrook Queensway to normal line of route

Services 822 from City Colmore Row, right Newhall Street, right Edmund Street right Livery Street, left Colmore Row into Snow Hill left into St Chads Queensway use Tunnel, merge left out of tunnels along Suffolk Street Queensway, right Holloway Head, continue Bath Row, left Wheeleys Road, right Islington Row Middleway, left Calthorpe Road to normal line of route

Service 12, 13, To Birmingham Hagley Road, right Islington Row Middleway, left Bath Row, left at Holloway Circus merge right to Queensway Tunnel, exit Great Charles Street, continue normal route to Colmore Row

Service 12, 13 from Birmingham Colmore Row, right Newhall Street, right Edmund Street, right Livery Street, left Colmore Row into Snow Hill, left into St Chads Queensway use Tunnel , exit Suffolk Street Queensway, at Holloway Circus, go right into Holloway Head continue Bath Row, left Wheeleys Road, right Islington Row Middleway, left Hagley Road to normal line of route

Service 82, 87 towards City Spring Hill, at roundabout 3rd exit - right Ladywood Middleway, continue to Five Ways, then at Five Ways roundabout, 2nd exit Islington Row Middleway, left Bath Row, continue Holloway Head roundabout 2nd exit and continue Smallbrook Queensway to normal line of route as far as Colmore Row

Service 82, 87 from City Colmore Row, right Newhall Street, right Edmund Street right Livery Street, left Colmore Row into Snow Hill then left onto St Chads Queensway and right Old Snow Hill continue Old Snow Hill/Constitution Hill/Great Hampton St, left down slip to Hockley Circus, left Heaton Street at

Service 101 towards City Hingeston Street, left Icknield Street, at roundabout, left Heaton Street, at roundabout 4th exit to Great Hampton St continue Constitution Hill, left St Chads, right Snow Hill and continue to Colmore Row

Service 101 from City /Colmore Row, right Newhall Street, right Edmund Street right Livery Street, left Colmore Row into Snow Hill then left onto St Chads Queensway and right Old Snow Hill continue Old Snow Hill/Constitution Hill/Great Hampton St, use off slip to Hockley Circus, left Heaton Street at roundabout 2nd exit Icknield Street, right Hingeston Street

From the start of the day, trams will run normally between Wolverhampton and Edgbaston Village.

From 11:00, trams will stop at Grand Central. There will be no services between Grand Central and Edgbaston to allow the parade to move through Broad Street. Services to Edgbaston Village will return once the parade has safely cleared and track returned to Metro.

Trams to Millennium Point will run as normal.

For updates, check the West Midlands Metro website or their social media.

There is no planned train disruption today.