SEVERAL roads in Darlington will be closed on Friday for the annual lantern parade.

Family entertainment will be staged in the Market Square from 6pm, with the parade leaving Stanhope Park at 6.30pm.

Vane Terrace, from Abbey Road to Trinity Road will be closed from 5pm to 7pm.

Roads closed from 4pm to 8pm: East Row, Horsemarket, Bull Wynd, Duke Street (from Raby Terrace to Skinnergate), Skinnergate (from Bells Place to Blackwellgate), Post House Wynd, High Row, Blackwellgate, West Row, Coniscliffe Road (from Larchfield Street to Blackwellgate), Bondgate (from Abbots Yard to Northgate), Prebend Row, Tubwell Row, Priestgate, Northgate from Prospect Place to Crown Street, Church Row and Church Lane.