Lanark Lanimer Committee: Lanimer Day Processions - 12 June 2025 - 057/2025
| Organisation name | Lanark Lanimer Committee |
|---|---|
| Procession date | 12th June 2025 |
| Procession area | Clydesdale area |
| Procession town | Lanark |
| Outward route | Traditional historical annual event of over 100 years standing, 07:45 hours All horses and riders due at Delves Park muster and mounted 08:00 hours LORD CORNET PICK UP BY EQUESTRIAN PROCESSION All Club Members riding leave Delves Road, accompanied by 2 members of Police Scotland Mounted Branch, proceed to the Lord Cornet's residence in Hope Street via Castlegate , The Butts, Friars Lane, Bloomgate, Waterloo Road and Jerviswood Road. Front party goes to Lord Cornet's residence. Other riders muster close by. 08:30 hours Depart Lord Cornet's residence and proceed to the Memorial Hall via Jerviswood Road, Waterloo Road, Cleghorn Road and Gallowhill Road to Hall Place, Baxter Lane. 08:45 hours Arrival at Memorial Hall front party on foot, meets with Council and Guests. Riders remain in Baxter Lane. 09:10 hours All riders remount at Hall Place and prepare to leave for Bloomgate. 09:15 hours Riders proceed to Bloomgate via Hall Place, Gallowhill Road; left into Cleghorn Road; to foot of Hope Street; left into Bloomgate to form up behind bands. Police presence would be appreciated at the junction of Gallowhill and Cleghorn Road and Hope Street and Bloomgate. 09:30 hours Police Scotland Mounted Branch leads Massed Bands and Equestrian Procession from Bloomgate towards St Leonard Street / Highburgh Avenue via High Street (North) and St Leonard Street, halting at Memorial Hall for Toast from SLC. 09:40 hours Equestrian Procession halts at Memorial Hall for 'Safe Oot' Safe In'. Toast by Councillor, outside Hall. Massed bands then lead mounted procession off again up St Leonard Street to Procession Assembly. 09:45 hours Pedestrian procession led by the Chairperson of Lanark Lanimer Committee and SLC Councillor and Deputy Lieutenant, leave the Memorial Hall and make their way, behind Equestrian Procession, to the assembly point in St Leonard Street, led by a Silver Band. 09:45 hours Mounted Lord Cornets and visiting equestrian principals move up St Leonard Street and turn into Highburgh Avenue with Police Mounted Branch. Those on foot, and bands, have designated respective assembly areas in St Leonard Street and Stanmore Avenue. Lanimer Committee members are on hand to manage movements. BANDS POSITIONING FOR PROCESSION 08:20 hours Pipers leave by car from St Vincent Place, at entrance to St Mary's Church precinct and proceed to Queen's house at The Old Barracks. 08:45 hours Pipe Bands leave from outside the Vogue Bingo Hall, Bannatyne Street and proceed to muster at Bloomgate via Bannatyne Street; High Street (North) and through Lanark Cross. 09:00 hours Silver Band leaves from outside the Vogue Bingo Hall, Bannatyne Street and marches to the Memorial Hall via High Street (top) and sharp right into St Leonard Street, remaining on Kildare Road at car park, to escort dignitaries. LANIMER COURT / CROWNING LADY: POSITIONING FOR PROCESSION 09:00 hours Court cars assemble, in procession order at Ross's Garage, St Leonard Street. Court members wait inside main building. They reach this location via designated routes outside TTRO areas. Police are requested to facilitate movements of Court cars coming in from all parts of the town, heading for the assembly area. These cars have Court Car passes in driver's window. Police on duty should facilitate movement even within TTRO areas of required. 09:30 hours Court members start to make their way to official cars or mount their horses, in preparation for Lanimer Procession. Crowning Lady and Companion take up position as Court Procession Lead Car, behind New Zealand Banner. Court Stewards await instructions to move off behind main procession. PROCESSION ENTRIES ASSEMBLY AREA / PROCESSION MANAGEMENT 08:00 hours Area covering St Leonard Street (Junction with Smyllum Road to Junction with Highburgh Avenue and Stanmore Avenue), Waverley Crescent; Hospitland Drive and St Leonard's Road closed to all traffic, except Procession entry vehicles. They move into designated positions where they remain until instructed by Lanimer Committee Stewards to move into allocated slots when procession moves off at 10:00 hours. Local residents receive advance advice to keep vehicles off route .Helpful to have steward presence at junction of St Leonard Street and Kenilworth Road to divert public from attempting to take cars further up St Leonard Street, where procession is assembling. Second presence at junction of St Leonard Street and Stanmore Avenue also requested to prevent entry or exit at Stanmore Avenue. There will be assembly movements at this junction from around 8:30am. 08:30 hours Characters involved with entries arrive, under leadership of sponsors. Sponsors and attendants remain close to their own entry at all times. All entries prepare for judging phase. Steward presence will be at junctions of St Leonard Street and Kenilworth Road and Woodstock Road and Kenilworth Road from 08:30h to 10:30h, to prevent vehicles from turning towards procession assembly areas and procession route 09:00 hours Entry Judging. Between 09:00 hours and 09:40 hours entries will be judged by 16 Official Judges. The public is free to wander in and around entries. Sponsors and attendants remain in charge of their own entries, within this TTRO area, which remains closed until Procession finishes. 09:45 hours Judges and escorts move off informally to places in Enclosure at Lanark Cross. Lanimer Committee Stewards take up position around Highburgh Avenue / Stanmore Avenue junction, having checked that Procession Entries and bands are aware of placing, and movement into Procession order at start. Procession Officials make final checks with Procession Stewards and leading sections. Marshals from procession team on Stand at the Cross, at junction of St Leonard Street; Bannatyne Street and High Street, and Procession Conveners walking with Procession, are now in two-way radio communication. A senior member of the Lanimer Committee joins the Joint Agency Control Centre at Lanark Tolbooth, led by Police Scotland, and joined by representatives from Fire and Rescue and Biggar response. 10:00 hours Police Scotland Mounted Branch lead off procession down St Leonard Street, followed by Pipe Major, Lanark and District Pipe Band, Coalburn Silver Band, the Lord Cornet's Equestrian Procession, Lanimer Procession and Lanimer Court. Judging results for individual classes will be issued to entries as they pass through procession start. LANIMER PROCESSION PROGRESS / CROWNING OF LANIMER QUEEN 10:00 hours Main Procession Route: St Leonard Street; High Street (North Side); Lanark Cross; Wellgate; Wellgatehead; Hyndford Road; left at roundabout; Ladyacre Road; St Vincent Place; Bannatyne Street; High Street (North) to Lanark Cross. 11:00 hours approx. Front of procession reaches junction to re-enter High Street where it forks with St Leonard Street and Bannatyne Street. A long procession is anticipated so there may be a hold up, as follows:- The end of the procession entering High Street from St Leonard Street is likely to be ongoing, as the head of the procession emerges from Bannatyne Street to re-enter the same route. The former has precedence. Mounted Branch Officers, the Front Band and Lord Cornet's Procession know they may have to wait here. As soon as the Lanimer Court passes through this point the Equestrian Procession may proceed (There will be Lanimer Committee members stewarding here, but the longer the wait the more daring become some of the crowd to attempt crossing between participants and horses). This is the most testing crowd control point, with the exception of the end of the procession reaching Lanark Cross. Police support will be much appreciated. 11:15 - 11:30 hours Arrival of Procession at Lanark Cross The Bloomgate exit at the Cross must remain accessible throughout the arrival of the Procession as all horses and some of the entries take their floats away by this route, after dropping off participants. Court cars also turn in Bloomgate and wait there until the Crowning is over. Horses go straight on at the Cross to Bloomgate and proceed to Delves Park via Broomgate; Hyndford Place and Castlegate. Bands go left through the Cross and proceed to St Mary's Club Rooms in St Vincent Place; via Wellgate; Wellgatehead; Hyndford Road; left at the roundabout and on to Ladyacre Road; or to The Bridge Centre (rear entrance), via Wellgate; Wellgatehead; Hyndford Road and Ladyacre Road; St Vincent Place; Bannatyne Street and St Leonard Street. Walking dignitaries and guests turn left into the Enclosure and are escorted to the Stand in front of the old Clydesdale Bank. All entrants will have advised the Procession Conveners whether they wish to exit any motor or 'push and pull' vehicles via Bloomgate or Wellgate. The Cross stewards give guidance and will advise staff manning barriers, to enable passage by agreed route. The Crowning Lady's Car, Court Cars, and Court Houses stop at the Enclosure. Characters are escorted to waiting area. Empty cars exit into Bloomgate and turn, in order, to get into position for Court pick up after Crowning. Horses for Court have escorts and wait with Court cars. Assembly on Main Stand and Dais This is managed by the Lanimer Committee, its members fully aware of respective duties. Council staff manage the barriers and the two teams work well together. Adult accompanying children on Stand will wear yellow lanyards marked LANIMER STAND STEWARD. 11:30- 11:45 hours approx. Crowning of Lanimer Queen The Enclosure is well managed at this point, but spectators do try to work their way into the area, through it or around it. Management of barriers is critical at this stage. Police presence is appreciated at barriers on all rad junctions and within enclosure. Noon After the Crowing Ceremony there is tight management of the movement of characters from the area. There is an official announcement requesting that all members of the public and parents/carers due to pick up children, stay out of enclosure area as those on the Stand make their way off, and are guided into the Castlegate, under instruction from the team managing this operation. The Lanimer Court moves off first, with cars moving into position for pick up, from the Bloomgate into the Cross. Crowd pressure is well-meaning but Stewards work to ensure clear movement of cars and horses up High Street. This short procession progresses up High Street (North); Bannatyne Street; left to Woodstock Road; to the Harry Smith Complex where Court Members are picked up by families. All entrants have arranged meeting points. Stewards manage those positioned on the Stand, in order, from the Stand (right), behind the Church and into Hyndford Place and Castlegate. Restricted access is made clear within the Lanimer Brochure. Parents are well aware of the guidance from the Lanimer Committee. The Castlegate from the top entrance to Delves Park to the cross area should remain a sterile area for cars throughout the day until 19:00hours as processions and their characters are moving through at different points of the day. PROCEEDINGS BREAK FOR LUNCH |
| Inward route | AFTERNOON PROCESSIONS 13:40 hours Lord Cornet’s Walking Procession leaves from Ladyacre Road to Castlebank Park via St Vincent Place; Bannatyne Street; High Street (South); Lanark Cross; into Castlegate. Accompanying bands play on into St Patrick’s Road and then dismiss or enter park. 14:00 hours The Lord Cornet’s Lanimer Rideout leaves top entrance to Delves Park; turning left into Castlegate; right at Friars Lane,(SLC diversion in place until rideout passes through Friars Lane, then diversion is lifted), right into Bloomgate and left into Hope Street, the procession turns left on Cleghorn Road, into Bellefield Road after which it goes off road. 14:30 hours Exit Old Coal Road above Leichford field left onto A706 turn is at junction with Stanmore Road, then across fields to Carstairs Road. Cross road at Caldwellside onto Drove Road then onto Smyllum Lane. Water stop at Smyllum House. 15:25 hours Continue for 25m, go left to track for Smyllum Lane; past Smyllum House to iron bridge, Left onto Whitelees Road towards the Golf Course for toast, up the Sandy Brae to the Racecourse. Muster area then return down the Racecourse to the Long Shot, exiting onto Hyndford Road. 15:55 hours Police presence requested Riders proceed along Hyndford Road to Hyndford Crescent and enter the fields, to return and exit into the quarry road, then across Hyndford Road and back onto the Racecourse. 15:55 hours Riders turn left onto the Racecourse, into the country park car park, exit left onto Hyndford Road; right onto Robiesland Road; to the Lady Mary . Continue on Braxfield Road to Well Road at field with Bonnington Avenue, then head for The Beeches via Kingson's Knowe. Water stop. 16:55 hours Riders proceed along Hyndford Road towards Charing Cross roundabout for start of official Procession. 17:10 hours Riders gather at Braidfute Retail Park. 17:10 hours Massed bands join riders at entrance of retail park. 17:15 hours Procession leaves via Ladyacre Road; Bannatyne Street; High Street (North side) to Lanark Cross for The Lord Cornet’s Declaration and Evening Tattoo. Bands go through to Castlegate to muster for Tattoo. Horses turn left into Broomgate; left into Hyndford Place where Front Party waits to enter arena. Other horses remain in area. LORD CORNET’S DECLARATION Police presence is requested from this point on, throughout the Tattoo at the Castlegate and Bloomgate and Wellgate entrances to the High Street, to assist SLC staff in keeping both routes clear for Equestrian and Band movements during the Tattoo. 17:30 hours Lord Cornet makes his Declaration to Lanark that its March Stones are intact, in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. The Chairman of the Lanimer Committee replies, followed by the National Anthem. 17:40 hours Lord Cornet’s Front Party remount and leave , with mounted police escort and other horses, towards Bloomgate, Broomgate, Market End into Castlegate followed by riders waiting in Castlegate to The Butts, Friars Lane, Bloomgate, Hope Street, Waterloo Road and Jerviswood Road to drop of the Lord Cornet. Other riders then make way to horse boxes parked at retail park via Cleghorn Road, Gallowhill Road, Woodstock Road and Bannatyne Street. 17:45 hours TATTOO BEGINS AT LANARK CROSS The Tattoo at Lanark Cross is managed by Lanark Lanimer Committee, with band movements using Bloomgate; Broomgate; Hyndford Place, Castlegate. The Salute is taken at the end, at approximately 6.30pm, by the Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire. At its conclusion the bands return to St Vincent Place; via north side of High Street and Bannatyne Street and dismiss. Arena Management of barriers by SLC Landscape Service is set up and controlled by them as bands come and go for performance. Horse boxes leave Lanark via those routes designated for morning access to Lanark. Coaches and cars for bands have designated parking through the day. Both horse boxes and band vehicles carry official passes. |
| Accompanying bands | Lanark and District Pipe Band Stonehouse Pipe Band Coalburn IOR Pipe Band King's own Scottish Borderers Uddingston Pipe Band Coalburn Silver Band |
| Estimated number in procession | Approx 650 in morning procession including Equestrian group; 20+ mounted participants in afternoon event and evening parade; 5 pipe bands and 1 silver band in evening tattoo |
| Notification status | In Progress |