Street parties are being held all across Oldham  to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III.

King Charles III’s coronation will take place on Saturday, May 6 with a service at Westminster Abbey. For most it will be the first time they have witnessed the coronation of a British monarch – the late Queen Elizabeth II having been crowned in 1953.

Residents keen to mark the national event have lodged more than 130 applications with the council across the bank holiday weekend to hold patriotic street parties, for which nearly 70 roads are being closed.

Celebrations are taking place in neighbourhoods from Shaw, Royton, Uppermill, Watersheddings, Chadderton, Failsworth, Greenacres and more.

And a bigger knees-up will take place on the Saturday outside the Old Town Hall in the town centre from 10am until 6pm, where the Coronation is being streamed live on the big screen.

It will be followed by an afternoon of live music and family entertainment including tribute bands with the likes of Do It Like Dua – A Tribute To Dua Lipa, Gladness, Queen II and Tania as Amy Whitehouse, with Oldham’s own The Threetles taking the stage.

There will also be Coronation-themed creative workshops for children and  family-friendly street performers, including the Bouncing Busby Guards, King of the Dinosaurs Tyrone the T-Rex and The Great British Garden Party.

Full list of street parties requiring road closures across Oldham: 

Saturday, May 6

Harewood Road, Shaw

Parklands, Royton

Fitton Street, Shaw

Sholver Hill Close, Oldham

Longdale Close, Royton

Netherhouse Road, Shaw

Hill View Close, Oldham

Winslade Close, Watersheddings

Lowerfields, Dobcross

Chestnut Street, Chadderton

Old Bank View, Oldham

Maltby Court, Lees

Blair Close, Shaw

Healds Green, Chadderton

Dawlish Avenue, Chadderton

Lower Lime Road, Limeside

Kent Grove, Failsworth

Seville Street, Royton

Totton Road, Failsworth

Lynwood Drive, Greenacres

Lambeth Avenue, Failsworth

Carnarvon Street, Hollinwood

Moorcroft Street, Oldham

Wakefield Street, Chadderton

Atherley Grove, Chadderton

Densmore Street, Failsworth

Belgrave Avenue, Oldham

Shawcroft Close, Shaw

Higher Lime Road, Oldham

Newlands Close, Chadderton

Tatchbury Road, Failsworth

Laburnum Avenue, Chadderton

Norley Close, Chadderton

Norfolk Crescent, Failsworth

Rossendale Close, Shaw

Miriam Street, Bradshaw Ave, Gail Close, Failsworth

Second Avenue, Oldham

Sunday, May 7

Carlton Way/Regent Crescent, Royton

Pendle Grove, Royton

Studley Close, Royton

Ryefields Drive, Uppermill

Outside St. Thomas’ Leesfield Church on West Street, Lees

Cherrywood, Chadderton

Arnside Ave, Chadderton

Silverdale Avenue, Chadderton

Mayfair Crescent, Failsworth

Alder Road, Failsworth

Burnedge Lane, Grasscroft

Whitehead Close/Gibbs Close, Friezland

Castlerigg Drive, Royton

Saint Hildas Drive, Oldham

Bullcote Green, Royton

Gordon Avenue, Chadderton

Freshfield Close, Failsworth

Sliproad Outside 405 -447 Broadway, Chadderton

Radcliffe Street, Oldham

Mark Street, Oldham

Burgess Drive, Failsworth

Norfolk Crescent, Failsworth

Dorset Avenue, Shaw

Crossfield Close, Shaw

Savoy Drive, Royton

Linkside Ave, Royton

Woodhouse Road, Shaw

Holborn Avenue, Failsworth

Monday, May 8

The Sycamores, Lees

Devine Close, Royton

Bradley Fold, Lees

Kelverlow Street, Oldham

Clevelands Close, Shaw