SCORES of roads are set to be closed down in Airdrie today for a massive orange walk.
Orange Order members across Scotland are marching today to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne.
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The annual County Grand Orange Lodge Central Scotland Boyne celebration is set to take place in Airdrie.
Around 8,000 people are expected to be marching in the walk today.
Several bands and members will gather in Central Park around 12.45pm.
They will then set off on the Orange March at 1pm.
Several roads have been closed down along the route to allow the procession to pass.
The march will then split up and move to different areas where it will be dispersed.
Bands from Airdrie will march along Springwells Avenue, Drumbathie Road, Bore Road and then to Central Park for dispersal.
The rest of the procession will proceed along Motherwell Street Braidenhill Road to the coach parking area for dispersal.
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Here is the full list of roads closed by the march:
- Bore Road
- Aitken Street
- Chapel Street
- East High Street
- High Street
- Aitchison Street
- Queen Victoria Street
- Alexander Street
- Stirling Street
- Bank Street
- Hallcraig Street
- Baillies Lane
- Graham Street
- Clark Street
Similar marches will be taking place in Glasgow today as part of other Boyne celebrations.
Around 15,000 Orange Lodge members will take to the streets of the city for the major procession.
Scores of cops will be in attendance at both events to crackdown on any anti-social behaviour.
The bands are marching to commemorate The Battle of the Boyne.
The fighting took place across the River Boyne near Drogheda on July 12 1690.
It saw King William of Orange defeat the forces of deposed Catholic King James II and secured the ascendency of Protestant rule in Ireland.
‘We don’t want to offend anybody’
It comes as we told how Orange Order bosses vowed to discipline any member who plays or sings ‘hate anthems’ during the marches.
Lodge chiefs have banned bigoted tunes from being played during this summer‘s marching season.
Executive officer David Walters told The Scottish Sun on Sunday: “We’ve informed bands that certain tunes could be interpreted the wrong way — the Famine Song, for example — and said, ‘It’s not the members that sing this but people on the sidelines might put words that could be seen as offensive.’
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“And the Billy Boys, we’ve told people they should refrain from that. We don’t want to offend anybody. We don’t want to be causing disharmony among the community.
“But if it did happen, action would be taken.”
