Thousands of Orange Order members, bands and their followers will take to the streets of Glasgow for the biggest parade of the year on Saturday.

The annual County Grand Lodge Boyne parade will see Orange lodges march from all over the city to Glasgow Green.

Several roads will be closed throughout the day to accommodate the processions.

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In total, around 4000 are due to take part in the parade with many more people following along the route.

Lodges and bands will assemble at their individual start points around the city around 9am and march to join others at four points in the north, south, east and west of the city an hour or so later, before joining up in the city centre with all the parades going as one from George Square to Glasgow Green.

Glasgow Times:

In the north, lodges with bands from Barmulloch, Cowcaddens, Possilpark, Springburn and Maryhill, will come together at Corn Street, Cowcaddens at 10am.

They will head along Garscube Road, St George’s Road, Sauchiehall Street and Pitt Street to join the west group at West George Street.

From the south, the parades will come from Govan, Thornliebank and Pollokshields, meeting at Centre Street, in Tradeston, to leave at 11am.

They will cross the River Clyde at the King George V Bridge and head up Oswald Street and Hope Street and into West George Street to join behind the north group at George Square.

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The east lodges from Baillieston, Bridgeton, Dalmarnock, Dennistoun, Easterhouse, Parkhead, Shettleston and Tollcross will join up at Glenpark Street, near Duke Street at 9.40am.

The east parades will travel along Duke Street and George Street and enter George Square from Cochrane Street.

In the west, marchers from Drumchapel, Partick and Whiteinch will meet at Kelvingrove Park.

They will then walk along Argyle Street and St Vincent Street to Holland Street, Blythswood Square and West George Street to join up with the east group at George Square.

Glasgow Times:

Once they have all joined up, the parades will then through George Square and down High Street and Saltmarket into Glasgow Green.

More than 30 road closures will be in place throughout the day between 5am and 4pm to allow the processions to take place.

They are

·  Albion Street, between George Street and Blackfriars Street

·  Anchor Lane, for its full length

·  Bell Street, between Albion Street and Spoutmouth

·  Bridgegate, between King Street and Saltmarket

·  Cochrane Street, for its full length

·  Charlotte Street, between Greendyke Street and London Road

·  College Street, at its junction with High Street

·  Duke Street, between John Knox Street and George Street

·  Dundas Street, for its full length

·  Gallowgate, between Trongate and Watson Street

·  George Square (East), for its full length

·  George Square (North), for its full length

·  George Square (South) for its full length

·  George Square (West), for its full length

·  George Street, for its full length

·  Greendyke Street, for its full length

·  High Street, between Cathedral Street and George Street

·  High Street, between John Knox Street and George Street

·  Ingram Street, between Albion Street and High Street

·  Ingram Street, between High Street and Glassford Street

·  King Street (southbound only), between Bridgegate and Osbourne Street

·  London Road, between Trongate and Bain Street

·  Moir Street, for its full length

·  Montrose Street, for its full length

·  Nelson Mandela Place, for its full length

·  Nelson Street, both sides between Bridge Street and Commerce Street

·  North Hanover Street, between Cathedral Street and George Square (North)

·  North Hanover Street, between George Square North and Queen St Station entrance

·  North Portland Street, between Richmond Street and George Street

·  Parsonage Row, at its junction with High Street

·  Saltmarket, between High Street and Clyde Street

·  Shuttle Street, between College Street and Ingram Street

·  St Andrews Street, between Saltmarket and James Morrison Street

·  Trongate, between Albion Street and High Street

·  West George Street, Nelson Mandela Place and George Square

The parades are due to leave Glasgow Green around 2pm and head back to their start points across Glasgow later in the afternoon.