The Royal Lancers - Freedom of Nottingham Parade

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The Royal Lancers - Freedom of Nottingham Parade
Saturday 28 June 2025 | Parade starts at 11.40am
High Pavement to Old Market Square

The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths’ Own) will exercise their freedom of the town of Nottingham.

The Royal Lancers have recently returned from several operations, including Operation ELGIN in Kosovo, Operation TOSCA in Cyprus and Operation CABRIT in Poland. Taking place in the heartland of their recruiting area, the parade follows time-old tradition whereby regiments of the British Army are granted ‘freedom of the city’ to mark their return from operations. 

To mark the occasion, the Regiment will conduct a formal parade in No. 2 Dress with lances through the centre of Nottingham. Following a service at St Mary's Church, the military contingent will muster on High Pavement and march to Old Market Square.

Members of the public are welcome to watch the parade at any point along the route.

Road closures and transport disruptions
There will be a number of road closures between 11am-12.30pm in the city centre and diversions will be in place.

Net Tram
Trams will be suspended between Nottingham Station and Royal Centre from 10am to 12.15pm.

Please visit www.thetram.net for further information.

Nottingham City Transport
Some city centre services will take alternative routes between 11am–12.30pm, including:

Navy line 1, 3/3A & 48
Green line 5/5A, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11/11A/11C
Orange line 34C
Orange line 35 & 36
Red line 45
Navy line 49

Please visit www.nctx.co.uk for further information.

Trentbarton
From 11am, the following services will be disrupted until the roads reopen:

skylink Nottingham, skylink express, mainline, the cotgrave and the keyworth will be terminating/restarting at Broadmarsh Bus Station. 

i4 and indigo will be terminating/restarting and using the bus stop outside the casino on Mount Street.

Please visit www.trentbarton.co.uk for further information.