Tour de France 2014 –Road Closures and Service Disruptions

This Saturday marks the beginning of the Tour de France; it sees Britain’s Chris Froome riding out from Leeds to defend his Tour de France title.  This will only be the fourth time in its history that England will act as host since the Tour began in 1903.  

The UK legs will be held between Saturday 5^th July and Monday 7^th July 2014.  The final UK leg will see the cyclists battling through the streets of Greater and Central London, so many roads along the panned route will be closed.  As a result of these road closures we would like to prepare our customers for disruptions.

Saturday 5^th July – The Grand Départ 2014

The Grand Départ 2014, hosted in Yorkshire, begins in Leeds.  It sees a 190 Km route which will pass Skipton, Ripon to name but a few, before it comes to an end Harrogate.  See here for an overview of the route.

Sunday 6^th July – Stage 2

The second stage the cyclists will begin in York heading through the Peak District National Park and Huddersfield before making its way towards Sheffield.  Full details of the route are available here.  The riders are then due to travel by car to Cambridge ahead to their next race.

Monday 7^th July – Stage 3

Monday is the day that will cause disruption to our customers, and other businesses, in and around the Greater and Central London, Essex and the surrounding areas.

Stage 3 of the Tour is due to start around Midday in Cambridge city centre and will be passing through Great Shelford in Cambridgeshire.  Its course is then set for Essex, passing through Saffron Walden and will travel close to both Braintree and Chelmsford then through Epping.  After which they will be heading to Greater London

The racers will be riding close to Woodford Green, Chingford, Walthamstow and Snaresbrook .

Then on to Central London the party will be traveling through Layton, Stratford, West Ham, Plaistow, Silvertown, Leamouth, Poplar, Wapping and Shadwell.

The riders will pass the Tower of London and along the Thames towards Upper and Lower Thames Streets, Victoria Embankment, passing the Houses of Parliament to St. James’s Park before finishing on The Mall.  It is estimated that the riders will be finish the stage between 15.30 and 16.00 on Monday.

Try this interactive map of Monday’s route to see if the Tour will affect you or your business, or if you need to plan a route to travel.