There’s a good reason why alcohol won’t be sold by street traders at Ledbury’s celebration of the coronation of King Charles.

A street event will take place on Monday, May 8 in the High Street, meaning road closures will take place on the day.

The event won’t be a traditional street party, so members of the public won’t be expected to bring their own food.

Instead, there will be food stalls in the High Street so people can buy food if they want.

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But there won’t be any stalls selling alcohol - because Ledbury Town Council wants to support town centre pubs.

“As there are pubs in the vicinity, we didn’t want to do anything to take their trade away,” said town clerk Angie Price.

“We haven’t banned alcohol, we just didn’t want it impacting on the pubs.”

The council is hoping for a volunteer boost by not holding its big coronation event on the weekend.

“We decided to hold it on the Monday because it would be impossible for council staff to put on an event like this on our own, so we’ll need volunteers to help.

“By holding it on the Monday, it will coincide with the Big Help Out.

“There’ll be fun and games, live music, food stalls and more.”

The council has already enlisted an army of volunteers to make bunting to decorate the town centre, in a bid to avoid buying plastic decorations.

Those volunteers are also making post box toppers to further brighten up Ledbury for the bank holiday weekend.

And while the town council will be buying flags, they will not be the traditional union flags.

“As Kind Charles is the head of the Commonwealth, we thought it’d be nice to have Commonwealth flags. It’s something different and will make Ledbury stand out,” said Ms Price.

The Big Help Out is taking place around the country on May 8 to mark the King’s coronation and is intended to give everybody a chance to help out by volunteering in their local community.

You can find out more by visiting thebighelpout.org.uk