Residents are alerted in advance that Sunday, 6th November will see road closures in Southall due to the annual procession - nagar kirtan.

The annual procession) celebrates the Parkash Ustav (Birthday) of Guru Nanak.

The road closures will commence from 8:30 am and will continue until 6pm. There will be no traffic along South Road all the way to King street for most of the day. All the connecting roads along the path will be affected.

The Police advise against driving into Southall due to heavy congestion. People coming to join in the celebrations are advised to use public transport to minimise congestion.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to turn up to celebrate the Parkash Ustav (Birthday) of Guru Nanak.

The procession will start from Havelock Road Gurdwara and finish at Park Avenue’s Sri Guru Singh Saba.

Starting from Havelock Road Gurdwara at approximately 11.30am -12.30pm, the procession will turn right on to King Street, and pass through King Street and The Green where it will head towards Southall railway station.

The procession will then continue ahead on to South Road, take a right on to the High Street at about 3pm – 3.30pm, take a right from Uxbridge Road on to Green Drive, turn right on to Park Avenue, and finally reach its destination at Park Avenue Gurdwara at approximately 4.30pm - 5pm.

Free food stalls all along the procession route.