Coventry City promotion parade as Sky Blues party ahead of Premier League return. Thousands of Coventry City fans will be lining the streets of the city today, as the club celebrates a long-awaited return to the Premier League with a bus parade and music festival.

An open-top bus parade will begin at the Coventry Building Society Arena at 1pm.

It will travel through Holbrooks, Whitmore Park, Keresley, Coundon and Chapelfields, and end at Hearsall Common.

The city council’s website has listed these estimated timings for the route:

Depart Coventry Building Society Arena at 1pm, travelling south on Jimmy Hill Way

Holbrook Way, onto Holbrook Lane (approximately 1:20pm)

Left onto Parkgate Road, join Beake Avenue (approximately 1:45pm)

Down Beake Avenue onto Bruce Road, then Wallace Road (approximately 2:05pm)

Norman Place Road, left onto Hollyfast Road (approximately. 2:20pm), onto Westhill Road

Down Barkers Butts Lane (approximately 2:30pm), right onto Moseley Avenue

Cross Holyhead Road (approximately 2:45pm), onto Four Pounds Avenue, then Queensland Avenue (just before 3pm)

Concludes at Hearsall Common (around 3:05pm)

Players and staff will then travel to the War Memorial Park, where they will take to the stage at 4pm.

The bus will pass pubs, community hubs and residential streets and people from all across the city are being encouraged to gather, celebrate, and share in the moment together.

Roads on the route will be closed between 8am until 9pm today, with sections reopened