764th Mayor of Salisbury to be made in city ceremony today

Salisbury will make it's 764th Mayor in a ceremony at St Thomas' Church today (10th May).

A Civic Procession will take place with neighbouring town Mayors joining local dignitaries and guests starting at the Guildhall.

The party will leave around 11.40am, travelling along Fish Row, Butchers Row, Minster Street and into St. Thomas’s Church shortly before midday.

A fanfare will be played by the Shrewton Silver Band.

The handover of the Mayoral Chain will then follow in a ceremony we are all able to attend, before the Civic Party returns to the Guildhall via St Thomas' Square and Blue Boar Row.

Road users in the city centre are warned of road closures during the procession.

The following roads will be closed to all traffic between 11.30am and 12pm.

• Queen Street; from its junction with Blue Boar Row to its junction with New Canal.
• New Canal; from its junction with Queen Street to its junction with High Street.
• High Street (in part); from its junction with New Canal to its junction with St. Thomas Square.
• St. Thomas Square; from its junction with High Street / Silver Street to the access with The Parish Church of St. Thomas and St. Edmunds.

Then, from 12.40pm until 1.15pm, these roads will be shut.

• St. Thomas Square; from the access with The Parish Church of St. Thomas and St. Edmunds to its junction with High Street / Silver Street.
• Silver Street; from its junction with High Street / St. Thomas Square to its junction with Minster Street.
• Minster Street; from its junction with Silver Street its junction with Blue Boar Row.
• Blue Boar Row; from its junction with Minster Street to its junction with Queen Street.

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