Fife Council notified of parade through Kirkcaldy

Route map through Kirkcaldy

Fife Council has been notified that the County Grand Orange Lodge of the East of Scotland will parade through Kirkcaldy town centre on Saturday, 28 June 2025. There will be disruption to traffic on streets in and around the town and roads will be closed. However businesses will be open as usual.

The parade, which will involve around 3,500 marchers, will begin around 1pm in Beveridge Park and follow a circular route through the centre of the town before returning to the park at around 4pm.

From Beveridge Park car park the route will follow Abbotshall Road, Pratt Street, Links Street, High Street, Kirk Wynd, Hill Street, Whytescauseway, Park Place, Whytehouse Avenue, West Fergus Place, Abbotshall Road, before finishing back at Beveridge Park car park.

The closures mean that there will be no access to and from Boglily Road at the roundabout with Abbotshall Road for the duration of the parade.

Roads will be closed from 12 noon and will re-open as soon as it is safe to do so as the parade moves around the town centre.

Alternative routes for traffic that would normally travel via Auchtertool/Boglily Road can divert either via A909 to Bernard Smiddy Junction then along the B9157 to the Esplanade, Kirkcaldy or via the A909 onto the A92 to Kirkcaldy. Any HGV traffic should divert via the A92.
There will be a shuttle bus in operation running between Auchtertool and Cowdenbeath where passengers can pick up connecting services to Kirkcaldy and Kelty. Information will be available at bus stops.

The car park at Beveridge Park will be closed from 6am on the day and activities in the park have been cancelled.

Please be aware that if you park in the town centre before 12 noon you will not be able to move your car again until after the parade is finished. Kirkcaldy High Street is pedestrianised so will be unaffected.

Some bus services will be affected. Check here for updates Glenrothes Leven and Kirkcaldy Bus Service Updates - Are Glenrothes Leven and Kirkcaldy Buses Running Today? | Stagecoach

Police and event organisers will be on hand to make sure the parade takes place safely. For more information: https://www.orangeorderscotland.com/grand-orange-lodge-of-scotland

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The council is limited on what actions it can legitimately take to prohibit or impose conditions on these events.  Any objections about parades and marches in Fife can be registered if concerns are around public safety, public order, excessive burden on the police or disruption to the local community by emailing: ParadesandMarchesObjections@fife.gov.uk