In reponse to comments below I Tweeted TfL but not hopeful:
Krupesh Hirani is the GLA Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow.
In reponse to comments below I Tweeted TfL but not hopeful:
Krupesh Hirani is the GLA Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow.
Security has been tightened for the Wembley Stadium Taylot Swift concerts. Swifties without tickets will not be allowed to gather outside the stadium:
Taylor Swift Concert details:
Thursday 15
August
Early Entry doors: 15:30
General Admission and Hospitality: 16:00
Show Start: 16:55
Friday 16 August
Early Entry doors: 15:45
General Admission & Hospitality: 16:15
Show Start: 17:10
Saturday 17 August
Early Entry doors: 15:45
General Admission & Hospitality: 16:15
Show Start: 17:10
Monday 19 August
Early Entry doors: 15:30
General Admission & Hospitality: 16:00
Show Start: 16:55
Tuesday 20 August
Early Entry doors: 15:30
General Admission & Hospitality: 16:00
Show Start: 16:55
ROAD CLOSURES AND BUS DIVERSIONS
Unfortunately, as usual TfL has failed to publish timings for bus diversions and suspensions ahead of the event.
There are additional road closures over and above the normal Wembley Event closures on Saturday June 1st for the UEFA Champions League match . This includes Bridge Road, Wembley Park Drive and Empire Way.
Residents' movements by car or public transport appears to be severely affected.
This is the Brent Council announcement:
This Saturday 1 June, the UEFA Champions League Final takes place at Wembley Stadium.
The area in and around Wembley Stadium will be extremely busy with additional road closures and diversions in place compared to traditional event day operations.
Borussia Dortmund supporters will be taking part in a fan march from The Torch Pub on Bridge Road to Wembley Stadium from around 4pm on Saturday 1 June.
To provide a safe area for the fan march to congregate and move to the stadium, the following roads will be closed to all traffic:
Signed diversion routes will be in place while the roads are closed. The closures are expected to be in place for periods well before and after the fan march takes place.
A map of the road closures can be seen below:
Fryent Way will be closed on Saturday 1 and 2 June between the hours of 5am (Saturday) and 4am (Sunday) to facilitate coach parking.
Fryent Park will be open, however visitors are advised that Fryent Country Park Car Park will not be accessible via vehicle and visitors should seek other parking arrangements if driving to the site.
The concourse area around level one of Wembley Stadium will be closed off to the public in the lead up to the upcoming UEFA Champions League Final.
New gates and shutters have been installed around the concourse, as part of The Football Association’s commitment to improve safety and security around the stadium footprint.
Event day parking restrictions will be in place from 8am to midnight on main roads and from 10am to midnight on residential roads on Saturday 1 June.
If you have a paper permit, please make sure you clearly display it in your vehicle. If you have an electronic permit, you do not need to display this.
We want to create a safe and enjoyable experience for all visitors.
To crack down on anti-social behaviour, we will be enforcing a ban on street drinking in the streets around Wembley Stadium before this match, as part of the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO).
If we find anyone drinking on Olympic Way or in the surrounding streets, they will be asked to hand over their alcohol and enforcement action may be considered.
Off licences will not be selling alcohol to anyone attending this event on 1 June.
From Brent Council
Wembley Stadium will be hosting the FA Community Shield this Sunday 6th August.
Manchester City v Arsenal Kick-Off 4pm.
Timings
Doors will open from 1pm and road closures will be in place from 12 noon.
We expect the area around Wembley
Stadium to be very busy before and after the event so please avoid the area if
you can unless you have a ticket.
Event day parking
Event day parking restrictions will be in place from 8am to midnight on main roads and from 10am to midnight on residential roads.
If you have a paper permit, please make sure you clearly display it in your vehicle. If you have an electronic permit, you do not need to display this.
Drink-free zone
We want to create a safe and enjoyable experience for all visitors.
To crack down on anti-social behaviour, we will be enforcing a ban on street drinking in the streets around Wembley Stadium before these matches, as part of the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO).
If we find anyone drinking on Olympic Way or in the surrounding streets, they
will be asked to hand over their alcohol and enforcement action may be
considered.
Following the controversial use of Fryent Country Park for car parking during the Ed Sheeran concert weekend recently, sharp eyed Philip Grant has spotted this notice in the Brent and Kilburn Times.
One of the big events coming up at Wembley Stadium is the Women's EUROs football final at Wembley Stadium on 31 July. Will Fryent Country Park, or Fryent Way itself, be used as a car / coach park for that event?
Did anyone else see Brent's notice of a temporary prohibition of traffic, in the Legal Notices section on page 21 of last Thursday's "Brent and Kilburn Times"?
In order 'to facilitate a sports procession' (people having to walk from Fryent Way to the Stadium?), Brent proposes to close the following roads to traffic on 31 July:
'Fryent Way (between Broadview and The Paddocks)
The Paddocks (between Fryent Way and Forty Lane)
Forty Lane (between The Paddocks and Bridge Road)
Bridge Road (between Forty Lane and Brook Avenue)
Brook Avenue (between Bridge Road and Olympic Way)'
There is precedent for closing Fryent Way so that it could be used as a coach park for an international football match LINK. So far Brent Council has not explained why Fryent Country Park was used as a car park recently and fears have been voiced that this set a precedent for similar future action. The action was particularly controversial because it was on the weekend of RMT strikes and appeared to seek to undermine the effectiveness of the action.
I will ask Brent Council for an explanation.
Extended cordon area |
The bomb by torchlight (Brent MPS) |