PART of a central Musselburgh street will be closed for five days from Monday.

The closure affects a section of Dalrymple Loan from its junction with Mall Avenue and High Street.

A 55-metre section of the southbound carriageway will be closed from Monday (September 21) until next Friday (September 25).

The closure will allow for essential utility works to be carried out.

A diversion is in place, taking people along High Street, onto Newbigging and then Inveresk Road.