Shropshire Star

Roads will be closed for cycling event

Visitors to Shrewsbury town centre are being reminded that roads in the town centre will be closed on May 28 when the 2017 Shrewsbury Cycle Grand Prix takes place.

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This professional and amateur cycle race event will be on a closed road circuit around the town centre. The setting up of the course will start at about 6am, with the first race beginning at 11am.

This year’s event has been extended to include a longer circuit and through traffic will be diverted from English Bridge along Town Walls and Claremont Bank.

It’s expected that many thousands of spectators will line the streets while the event tales place.

For more information, visit the Cycle Grand Prix website or follow @shrewsgrandprix on twitter.