All road closures for Bon Jovi's Edinburgh concert

Here are all of the road closures you need to be aware of before Bon Jovi's Edinburgh gig. | Getty Images / Adobe Stock

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Ahead of Bon Jovi’s Edinburgh concert, here are all of the restrictions and road closures you need to know about.

One of the world’s biggest rock bands, Bon Jovi are set to thrill tens of thousands of fans at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.

Performing in Scotland for the first time in more than a decade, the New Jersey rockers will play the huge venue as part of their short UK and Ireland tour on Friday, August 28.

With hits including You Give Love a Bad Name, Livin' on a Prayer, and many more, Bon Jovi are the final act to perform at Murrayfield this year following massive gigs by country music stars Zach Bryan and Luke Combs.

But with so many fans due to be in attendance, there are a number of safety measures in place for the gig.

Here is everything you need to know about road closures and restrictions for Bon Jovi at Murrayfield.

Bon Jovi Edinburgh Road Closures

Enforced by Edinburgh City Council, the following road closures will be in place from Friday, August 28 into the early hours of the morning on Saturday, August 29.

From 2pm until 12.30am, the following roads will be closed:

Riversdale Bridge
Roseburn Street
Russell Road — from its junctions with Roseburn Street for 60 metres southeast

These roads will be closed in their entirety from 2pm to 8pm and then from 9.30pm until 12.30am:

Riversdale Crescent
Riversdale Road
Riversdale Grove
Saughtonhall Circus
Saughtonhall Terrace
Saughtonhall Grove
Saughtonhall Place
Saughtonhall Gardens
Saughtonhall Avenue
Saughtonhall Crescent
Baird Grove
Baird Terrace
Baird Gardens
Baird Avenue
Baird Drive
Western Place
Western Gardens
Wester Coates Terrace
Balbirnie Place
Wester Coates Road
Stanhope Street
Devon Place
Roseburn Avenue
Roseburn Place
Roseburn Drive
Roseburn Crescent
Roseburn Gardens
Russell Gardens
Belmont Gardens
Belmont View
Belmont Park
Belmont Avenue
Belmont Crescent
Belmont Terrace

Closures will also be in place on these roads from 5.30pm to 7.30pm, and from 9.30pm to 12.30am:

Roseburn Terrace
West Coates
Haymarket Yards
Haymarket Terrace
Clifton Terrace
Balbirnie Place
Western Terrace/Corstorphine Road — from Ellersly Road to Roseburn Terrace
Murrayfield Road — from Corstorphine Road to Ellersly Road
Rosebery Crescent — from Haymarket Terrace to Grosvenor Gardens
Grosvenor Street — at West Maitland Street/Haymarket junction
West Maitland Street — south-westbound from Torphichen Street to Haymarket

There will also be closures from 9.30pm to 12.30am:

West Approach Road — from Westfield Road to the slip-road at Dundee Street/Angle Park Terrace
Westfield Road — from the exit to the Sainsbury’s petrol station to the West Approach Road

Unless with permission from a parking attendant, there will be no waiting or unloading of vehicles on the following roads from 10am to 12.30am which impact the following roads:

West Coates
Roseburn Terrace
Murrayfield Road
Ellersly Road
Haymarket Terrace
Clifton Terrace
Saughtonhall Avenue
Corstorphine Road — both sides from Roseburn Terrace to St. Johns Road (excluding the recessed parking bays on the south side)
St John’s Road — south side from Corstorphine Road to Glebe Road, excluding the recessed bays
Balgreen Road — north-east side, in its entirety, excluding the blue badge bay outside number 87 South-west side from Gorgie Road to Glendevon Road and from Balgreen Avenue to Corstorphine Road
Gorgie Road — north side from Chesser Avenue to Westfield Road South side, from Balgreen Road to Chesser Avenue (excluding the recessed parking bays)
Roseburn Street — both sides from Westfield Road to its junction with Roseburn Avenue and from Roseburn Terrace to Roseburn Place
Saughtonhall Avenue — both sides in its entirety
Russell Road —south-west side from Roseburn St for 150m south-eastwards (except drop-offs/pickups). North-east side from Roseburn St for 60m south-eastwards (to the entrance to the private parking area)
Riversdale Crescent — north-west side from Corstorphine Road for 120m south-westwards to a point outside number 14. South-east side in its entirety
Riversdale Road — east side from Saughtonhall Avenue to Riversdale Crescent
Westfield Road — both sides from Roseburn Street to Westfield Avenue
Saughtonhall Drive — west side from Corstorphine Road southwards for 45m to a point outside number 6. Both sides for 15m northwards and 15m southwards of its junction with Saughtonhall Avenue
Ravelston Dykes Road — both sides from Murrayfield Road for 60m westwards.
Ravelston Dykes — north side from its junction with Murrayfield Road to a point 40m east of Garscube Terrace (at the bridge). South side from opposite Craigleith Crescent. to a point 40m east of Garscube Terrace (excluding the recessed bays).
Balbrinie Place — both sides for 30m north-westwards and 30m south-eastwards from the entrance to Roseburn Path opposite number 50

In addition to restrictions for vehicles, pedestrians will not be permitted to walk on the following footways from 9.30pm until 12.30am:

Balbirnie Place — from the south-west gable of number 50 to the entrance, south-eastwards for 20m and the north-eastern footway from the south-west gable at the end of number 50, north-west for 30m.

With the roads restrictions around the stadium, there are also parking restrictions in place along Corstorphine Road, Western Terrace, Roseburn Terrace, West Coates, Haymarket Terrace, Roseburn Street, Westfield Road, Balgreen Road, Murrayfield Road, Ravelston Dykes, Russell Road and more, with a full map available here.