A main road on the Isle of Wight will be restricted to one-way traffic during the Garlic Festival this weekend (August 17/18).

Newport Road (A3056) at Hale Common, the entrance to the Garlic Festival, will only be open for traffic heading towards Arreton, Island Roads has said.

See the traffic map provided by Island Roads below

(Image: Island Roads)

The restriction is in place between Watery Lane, near The Fighting Cocks pub, and Winford Road at the Apse Heath crossroads.

Temporary traffic lights will also be active outside the Garlic Festival entrance.

Restrictions are in place from 9am on Saturday to 6pm on Sunday.

The A3056 Newport Road at Hale CommonThe A3056 Newport Road at Hale Common (Image: IWCP) (Image: IWCP)