20/08/2026
ℹ️ Tomorrow (20 August), the second stage of The Tour Of Britain Women races through and we've got all the road closure details you'll need.
The following temporary road closures will be in place in Clitheroe to allow the race to go ahead and for the safety of riders and spectators.
🕓 4am
Castle Street
Market Place
Wellgate
Church Brow
Yorke Street
King Lane
King Street closed above New Market Street, so access to Market car park available.
🕘 9am
Woone Lane (from Eshton Terrace)
Moor Lane
Parson Lane
🕛 Midday
Woone Lane, Moor Lane and Parson Lane re-open
🕑 2pm
All other road closures lifted
Public pay-and-display car parks in the town centre will remain open as usual.
Roads will be closed for their entire length unless otherwise stated.
🚧 Once the race starts the police will be using a rolling road closure system to allow the riders and support vehicles to progress around the borough.
Motorcycle outriders will hold traffic at junctions until the last vehicle in the race convoy has passed, the road then re-opens behind the race.
Most roads on the route will be affected for around 30 to 40 minutes as the race passes through.
Estimated rolling closure windows are as follows:
Chatburn (Clitheroe Road, Crow Trees Brow, Ribble Lane)
11:15am to 12:00pm
Grindleton (Grindleton Brow, Sawley Road)
11:20am to 12:05pm
Sawley (Smalden Lane)
11:25am to 12:10pm
Bolton-by-Bowland (Bolton-by-Bowland Road, Settle Road, Grunsagill Road)
11:30am to 12:20pm
Tosside (Longtons Lane)
11:40am to 12:25pm
Slaidburn (Wigglesworth Road, Chapel Street, Church Street)
11:45am to 12:30pm
Newton-in-Bowland (Slaidburn Road, Back Lane, Halgate Hill)
11:50am to 12:35pm
Waddington (Slaidburn Road, The Square, Clitheroe Road)
12:00pm to 12:45pm
Clitheroe (Second Passthrough - Waddington Road, Well Terrace, Waterloo Road, Shawbridge Street, Pendle Road)
12:05pm to 1:00pm
Pendleton (Whalley Clitheroe Bypass, Clitheroe Road)
12:10pm to 1:00pm
Sabden (Clitheroe Road)
12:15pm to 1:00pm
Whalley (Whalley Road, Sabden Road, Portfield Road, Accrington Road, King Street, Station Road, Mitton Road)
12:25pm to 1:10pm
Hurst Green (Whalley Road, Longridge Road)
12:35pm to 1:20pm
Ribchester (Clitheroe Road)
12:40pm to 1:25pm
Longridge (Lower Road, Lower Lane, Dilworth Lane, King Street, Market Place, Kestor Lane, Whittingham Road)
12:45pm to 1:30pm
🔗 Find out more at www.britishcycling.org.uk/tourofbritain/women/stagetwo
