Gloucestershire County Council will close 11 roads ahead of the protest at the airbase
Shannon Brown Senior Reporter
06:00, 25 Apr 2026
RAF Fairford show in a hive of activity as the base operates on a war footing
Traffic disruption is expected in the Cotswolds this weekend while demonstrators protesting the US-Israel war with Iran gather at RAF Fairford.
Gloucestershire County Council has shared a list of roads set to close during the demonstration on Saturday (April 25) which is being held by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The group is protesting against the US-Israel war against Iran at the airfield, which has been used to accommodate American bomber jets.
The protest is scheduled to begin at around 12pm on Saturday in Fairford High Street, where demonstrators will meet before marching to the Royal Air Force base.
The council has shared a breakdown of road closures throughout the day. Each road listed will be under a rolling road closure between 11am and 5pm.
All Fairford road closures ahead of RAF base protest
- Mill Lane – closed between Coronation Street and High Street
- High Street – closed between Mill Lane and Market Place
- Market Place – closed between High Street and Bridge Street
- Bridge Street – closed between Market Place and Milton Street
- Milton Street – closed between Bridge Street and Horcott Road
- Horcott Road – closed between Milton Street and the road between Horcot Road and Whelford Road
- Whelford Road – closed between London Road and the road from south west of Bowmoor House and Washpool Lane.
- Road from Horcot Road to Whelford Road – closed from Horcot Road to the road south west of Bowmoor and Washpool Lane.
- Road from southwest of Bowmoor House to Washpool Lane – closed from Whelford Road and Washpool Lane
- A417 London Street – closed from High Street to London Road
- A417 London Road – closed from London Street to Whelford Road
A spokesperson for Gloucestershire Police said: “We fully respect the fundamental democratic right of being able to protest and we have a long history of facilitating peaceful demonstrations.
“While we will enable lawful peaceful protest, we must also balance peoples’ rights of freedom of expression and assembly, with those of the wider public to go about their personal and professional life without disruption.
“As a result, we will not hesitate in taking action against anyone who commits any unlawful act.
“Officers have been liaising with organisers of the protest and a wide range of local and national partners, this liaison will continue throughout the event and afterwards.”
