This year's event coincides with the Robin Hood Marathon. This means that a number of roads in the area will be closed between 9 and 12, resulting is queues and delays. The main area affected will be the A52 Derby road between QMC (A6514 ring road) and the Priory (Wollaton Vale), with both junctions likely to be heavily congested.
Anyone travelling from the North should use the M1 as normal, exiting at J26 and taking the A610 towards Nottingham. Take the 5th exit at the roundabout - the A6002 - and continue for about 1 and a half miles to the traffic lights at Strelley. Turn left here onto Strelley Road and then take the 2nd right onto Wigman Road. Harvey Hadden is less than half a mile down this road, on your left.
If you are travelling from the South, use the M1 rather than the A46 or A60. Exit at J25, taking the A52 into Nottingham, being sure to turn left (2nd exit) at the second roundabout (Bramcote, by the Sherwin Arms) following signs for A6007 Ilkeston, then turn right at the mini roundabout onto the A6002 (Coventry Lane), right at the lights onto the A609 Trowell road, left at the next lights onto Glaisdale Drive, then left at the mini roundabout onto Wigman Road.
Those of you travelling from the East are going to have a tougher time avoiding the hold-ups, since the alternative of Ladybay or Trent bridge are also going to be heavily affected.
If you're arriving before 9 or after 12, the chances are that it'll be clear. If you are planning to arrive between these times though, you might want to consider taking a different route from Newark, so you can arrive on the A612 and loop round the top of Nottingham to pick up the ring road instead. From the ring road, turn onto Beechdale Road (by the leisure centre) and continue along this road (which becomes Wigman Road) for about a mile. Harvey Hadden is on your right after the 3rd roundabout (1st & 2nd are proper islands, 3rd is mini).
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