Manchester Chinese New Year 2025: Check Full List of Road Closures. Chinese and Lunar New Year activities will take place in the city center this weekend. Manchester’s Chinatown will celebrate Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival and Lunar New Year, on February 1 and 2.
The two-day celebration of the Year of the Snake will feature red lanterns, music, performances, and family-friendly activities in the city center. A magnificent traditional dragon, acrobatic acts, dancers, and drummers make the dragon parade one of the most anticipated spectacles.
Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, is a Chinese New Year event. Meanwhile, Asian communities like Vietnam, Singapore, Korea, Japan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Europe, the UK, and the US celebrate Lunar New Year, which follows the moon’s orbit around the earth.
Chinese New Year Parade route:
Here’s a summary of the Chinese New Year Parade routes for 2025 in some major cities:
| City | Date | Start Time | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | February 2 | 10:00 AM | Trafalgar Square → Charing Cross Road → Shaftesbury Avenue → Chinatown (Gerrard Street, etc.) |
| Newcastle | February 2 | 11:30 AM | Grey’s Monument → Blackett Street → Gallowgate → Stowell Street |
| San Francisco | February 2 | 2:00 PM | 2nd and Market Streets → Kearny Street → Columbus Avenue/Washington Street |
Manchester Chinese New Year 2025 Road closures List
The following road closures will be in place over the weekend:
Road Closures (effective from 5am on Saturday, 1 February to 11:59pm on Sunday, 2 February):
- Nicholas Street: George Street to Faulkner Street
- St James Street: Nicholas Street to Princess Street
- Faulkner Street: Princess Street to New York Street
- Reyner Street: Princess Street to Charlotte Street
- Charlotte Street: Portland Street to Mosley Street
- George Street: Princess Street to New York Street
- Chain Street: George Street to Faulkner Street
- Back George Street: Dickinson Street to Charlotte Street
- Nicholas Street: Portland Street to Mosley Street
- Pine Street: Chain Street to New York Street
Parade Route (effective from 10am to 3pm on Sunday, 2 February):
- Peter Street: Mount Street to Lower Mosley Street (soft closure at junction with Deansgate)
- Oxford Street: Peter Street to Whitworth Street West
- Portland Street: Chepstow Street to Chorlton Street
- Princess Street: Major Street to Cooper Street
- George Street: Oxford Street to Princess Street
- St James Street: Oxford Street to Princess Street
- Back George Street: Dickinson Street to Princess Street
- Faulkner Street: Princess Street to Novotel Hotel Entrance/End of Faulkner Street
- Dickinson Street: Back George Street to Portland Street and Portland Street to Linley House/end of Dickinson Street
- Bale Street: Hall Street to Lower Mosley Street
- Hall Street: Bale Street to Oxford Street
Parking Suspensions (effective from 6pm on Friday, 31 January to 11:59pm on Sunday, 2 February):
- George Street: New York Street to Dickinson Street
- Nicholas Street: Portland Street to Mosley Street
- Faulkner Street: New York Street to Princess Street
- Charlotte Street: Portland Street to Mosley Street
- Chinatown Car Park: All bays
Read Also:Â Full List of Confirmed Bank Branch Closures in 2025
Parking Suspensions
From 6pm on Friday 31 January to 11.59pm on Sunday 2 February
- George Street (New York Street to Dickinson Street)
- Nicholas Street (Portland Street to Mosley Street)
- Faulkner Street (New York Street to Princess Street)
- Charlotte Street (Portland Street to Mosley Street)
- Chinatown Car Park (all bays)
Accessible parking on Saturday, 1 February, can be found on Fountain Street (Booth Street to York Street).
Bus diversions
To allow the parade to take place, the following bus services will operate on diversion from 9.30am to 3pm on Sunday, February 2:
- 15, 18, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38
- 41, 42, 42A, 42B, 42C, 43
- 50, 85, 85A, 86, 101, 102, 103
- 111, 142, 143, 250, 255, 256
- 263, V1, V2, X50
- Free Bus 1 and Free Bus 2.
For more details, visit the official Manchester government website : https://www.manchesterct.gov/
