Orange Order to march in Wolverhampton
The Orange Order will parade through the centre of Wolverhampton this weekend, bringing 300 people to the city and road closures.
The Orange Order will parade through the centre of Wolverhampton this weekend, bringing 300 people to the city and road closures.
The group, based mainly in Northern Ireland and Scotland, parades in the run up to July 12, the annual protestant celebration of the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
Walks commemorate the victory of the Protestant king William of Orange over his Catholic cousin James II.
In Scotland and Northern Ireland there has been a history of disorder at parades but police said today there was no reason to believe it would be anything but peaceful.
No extra officers will be on duty.
The parade, with a flute band, starts at 3pm on Saturday from Deanery Place. It will go down Darlington Street to Salop Street then back up for a short service at St Peter's Square.
The Orange Order stages about 30 parades in England annually but was unavailable today to say why it has chosen Wolverhampton this year.
Road closures will affect the city centre for just under an hour.
