Traffic builds on first day of Royal Norfolk Show

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8:10 AM June 29, 2022

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11:46 AM June 29, 2022

Site visitors is easing on Wednesday on the opening day of the Royal Norfolk Present immediately after delays of as much as an hour reported earlier on a part of the A47.

Crowds of 90,000 people might go to the Norfolk Showground throughout the two-day occasion as the favored agricultural present makes its return.

Volunteers from Wymondham Faculty forward of the Royal Norfolk Present 2022
– Credit score: Lauren De Boise

At 9.30am, there have been prolonged delays of as much as an hour on the A47 from North Tuddenham heading in the direction of the town.

Nonetheless, by 10am, delays have been stated to be easing as the vast majority of folks had arrived on the occasion.

In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Nationwide Highways East stated there was about 5 and a half miles of site visitors congestion. 

The Royal Norfolk Present has returned to the Norfolk Showground
– Credit score: Archant

In Church Lane, site visitors had been reported as gradual in the direction of the A47 Easton Roundabout, in addition to on the A47 westbound between the B1108 turn-off and showground slip highway.

Izzi Rainey provides her highland cow Isla a comb forward of the Royal Norfolk Present 2022.
– Credit score: Lauren De Boise

Queues additionally fashioned in Dereham Highway across the perimeter of the showground.

In Bawburgh Highway, there have been 40 minute delays previous the Bawburgh Golf Membership and in Harts Lane and Shares Hill.

Mild drizzle fell for a short while however the circumstances quickly improved and the showground was bathed in heat sunshine. The forecast is superb for the remainder of the day.

After being postponed for the previous two years as a result of coronavirus pandemic, The Royal Norfolk Agricultural Affiliation (RNAA) guarantees a jam-packed event that additionally features a go to from The Princess Royal, Princess Anne.

Preserve updated with site visitors updates throughout the day from the Royal Norfolk Present.