Herrington Country Park Local Streets - Temporary Traffic Regulation Order

THE CITY OF SUNDERLAND
(HERRINGTON COUNTRY PARK RADIO 1 BIG WEEKEND
((local streets))
TEMPORARY TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDER 2026

Sunderland City Council gives notice that on 27th April 2026 it made an Order under Section 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended), and with the consent of the Secretary of State under 16B of that Act, in order to facilitate the holding of a relevant event, namely the Herrington Country Park Radio 1 Big Weekend 2026 (‘The Event’) which is to take place from 22nd May 2026 until 24th May 2026, and to enable the participants to take part in and the public to spectate the Event. The effect of the Order will be to (i) introduce residents permits and prohibit all vehicular traffic along the lengths of roads listed in Schedule 1 unless displaying a valid residents permit for the Event, (ii) and prohibit all vehicles from waiting and loading or unloading at any time along, the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 and (iii) introduce a 24 hour urban clearway along the lengths of roads listed in Schedule 2. The Order shall come into force at 00.01am on 22nd May 2026 and cease at 06.00am on 25th May 2026. During the Event, diversions will be signposted via the adjacent highway network where applicable. The prohibitions shall apply at such times and to such extent as may from time to time be indicated by the display of traffic signs. There will be exemptions in the Order for police, fire and rescue services and ambulance vehicles on emergency call and vehicles being used in connection with the Event.
SCHEDULE 1 - ROADS TO BE CLOSED IN CONNECTION WITH THE EVENT AND PROHIBITION OF WAITING AND LOADING / UNLOADING AT ANY TIME. The following are for the full extent or extent stated: Foxcover Road, Chester Road (from the A19 roundabout to Shiney Row roundabout), Penshaw Lane, Bonaventure, Back Lane, Rose Street West, Victoria Terrace North Back, Wigham Terrace, Clydesdale Avenue, Garden Place, Garden Place North Back, Front Street West, Douglas Terrace, Fenwick Close, Fenwick Street, Castle View, Fenwick Street North Back, Rose Street East North Back, Bell Street, Bell Street North Back, New Rainton Street South Back, Wallis Street East Back, Rainton Street South Back, Alexandra Terrace, Rainton Street, Back Buttsfield Terrace, Tulip Court, The Poplars, West View, The Oaks, The Cedars, Langdale Road, Avondale Avenue, Bleasdale Crescent, Burnham Close, Carlisle Crescent, Elliot Close, Ribblesdale, Sutton Close, Thirkeld Place, Thornton Close, Tynedale Crescent, Weardale Crescent, Whitefield Crescent, Baulkham Hills, Best View North Back, Mill Crescent, Mill Crescent West Back, Penshaw Place, Stanley Terrace, Dalton Way, Helmsley Close, Oakmere Close, Redlands, Frederick Gardens, Whitefield Pit, Sternboro Park, Allendale Crescent, Wendsleydale Avenue, Avondale Avenue, Borrowdale Crescent, Ennerdale Crescent, Eskdale, Ferndale Road, Langdale Road, Monument View, Swaledale Crescent, Swaledale Crescent North Back, Teesdale Avenue, Wharfedale, Woodland Terrace East Back, Coxgreen Road, Monument Terrace, Low Lambton Farm, Railway Cottages, Unnamed road leading to Penshaw House Farm, Coxgreen, Waterside, Alice Well Villas, Deer Close, Owl Close, Dragonfly Way, Unnamed roads in Herrington View Development, Chislehurst Road, Cricklewood Drive, Chingford Close, Chigwell Close, Barnwell View, South Burn Terrace North Back, Millers Hill North Back, Mons Crescent South Back, Joicey Aged Miners Homes North, Mons Crescent, Marne Street, Marne Street North Rear, Windermere Crescent, Church Street, Derwent Street, Mill Pit, Thirlmere Crescent, The Cove, Ivy Terrace, The Anchorage, Council Avenue, The Haven, The Harbour, Market Crescent North Back, Road from Fenton Terrace to Lanton Street, Fenton Terrace North Back, Lanton Street, Railway Terrace, Railway Terrace North, West Lea, Flighters Place, Unnamed lane linking West Lea and Lady Beatrice Terrace, Sutherland Grange, Fletcher Crescent, Vardy Terrace, Hill Terrace, The Stables, McClaren Way, The Paddock, Saint Cuthberts Road, Manor Grove, Station Road, Kingswood, Byerhope, Cross Rigg Close, Langhope, Offerton Lane, Offerton Village, Coxgreen, Low Lambton Farm, The Limes, Woodland Terrace, Percy Terrace, Kirkside, Langley Street, Herrington Mews, Freezemoor Road, Catherine Road, Glen Terrace, Kitchener Terrace North Back, Eden Terrace North Back, Wheatsheaf Corner.
SCHEDULE 2 - 24 HOUR URBAN CLEARWAY TO BE INTRODUCED ON THE FOLLOWING ROADS FOR THE EXTENTS STATED: B1286 (Herrington Road) – between A690, Board Inn junction to A182; Chester Road – full extent; Avondale Avenue – full extent; Wensleydale Avenue – from Avondale Avenue to its western extent.
Dated 28th April 2026.
Patrick Melia OBE, Chief Executive,
Sunderland City Council, City Hall, Plater Way, Sunderland SR1 3AA.