The Olympics are coming home to Manchester with a victory parade to honour Team GB’s heroes.

Theresa May announced in August that a parade will take place in October, with thousands of people expected to line the streets for an incredible celebration of our elite Olympians and Paralympians.

And so many of those stars will be Manchester-made, with 23 so far achieved by athletes trained or born here.

Up to 200,000 people will welcome home around 350 of our athletes in the massive event in Monday (October 17), with a parade through the city streets ending with an event in Albert Square.

We've brought together all of the information you need about what promises to be the biggest party Manchester has seen for years.

What is the route of the parade?

The parade will begin outside the Museum of Science and Industry, before moving onto Deansgate at the junction with Liverpool Road.

It will then carry on through Huntsbank, Todd Street, Corporation Street, Exchange Square, Cross Street and end at Albert Square.

The parade begins at 4.30pm and an event for the athletes will be held in Albert Square at 5:30pm. There will also be big screens in Albert Square so spectators can watch the parade.

Which Team GB and Paralympic athletes will be there?

The parade is set to feature around 350 Team GB Olympic and Paralympic athletes from the Rio 2016 Games.

Scroll down to the bottom of this piece for a full list of which athletes will be on which floats

Confirmed include:

Now-retired Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill

Gold medal-winning flyweight boxer Nicola Adams,

Five-time gold-medal winning Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds

Cyclist Joanna Rowsell-Shand, who won gold on the track in the women’s team pursuit,

Fellow cyclist and gold medal winner Owain Doull,

Veteran showjumper Nick Skelton,

Max Whitlock, Britain’s first Olympic gymnastics champion,

The entire women’s hockey team, including Stockport's Kate Richardson-Walsh and Oldham's Nicola White

Taekwondo gold medallist Jade Jones,

The Brownlee brothers Alistair and Jonny, who took gold and silver in the triathlon.

Track superstar Mo Farah, who completed a second Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 metres double, isn’t expected to make it to Manchester.

Golden couple Jason and Laura Kenny will also not be attending as they are on honeymoon after getting married following their record-breaking successes on the track in Rio.

Sir Bradley Wiggins, Britain’s most decorated Olympian, will also be a significant absentee.

But Team GB organisers insist every single sport will be represented.

What's happening at Albert Square?

X-Factor favourite and heartthrob Olly Murs has pulled out of performing at the huge show in Albert Square after Manchester's Olympic celebration parade on Monday. The Kaiser Chiefs have stepped in as last-minute headline replacements.

But former X-Factor contestant Rebecca Ferguson will still be performing.

She will be singing a selection of her hits live after Olympic and Paralympic athletes take to the stage to be interviewed about their successes in Rio.

Match of the Day favourite Mark Chapman and Blue Peter star Helen Skelton will host the Albert Square celebration - which will be topped off with a secret finale.

The Brythoniaid Male Voice Choir will also be performing.

The council have also announced details of giant screens where the public can watch the parade and the Albert Square show live on screen. The screens will be outside the John Rylands Library on Deansgate, in Cathedral Gardens, at Exchange Square and on Cross Street, at the junction of South King Street.

Public transport - Metrolink trams, trains and free off-street parking

Extra Metrolink trams will run on key routes for the Olympic parade on Monday.

More than 5,000 free parking spaces will also be available to keep the city centre streets as free from traffic as possible.

Spectators will be able to park then catch trams into the city centre from Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium, the Etihad Stadium, the Macron Stadium in Bolton, Horwich Parkway and Sale Water Park, with increased services due to run throughout the day.

Around 600 designated blue badge spaces will be available at both the Etihad and Old Trafford stadiums.

Full details of public transport and off-street parking plans for the parade are available on Transport for Greater Manchester's special website here .

At the Etihad, a buggy service will support spectators who require assistance walking from the car park to the Metrolink stop and at Old Trafford, low floor shuttle buses will support those who require assistance walking to the Trafford Bar Metrolink stop.

All stops on the Metrolink network have step-free access by a lift or ramp.

Deansgate railway station meanwhile will be closed from 4pm until 9pm.

Extra Metrolink staff are being drafted in to provide help and information. The Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink stop will operate as normal.

Demand on rail services is also expected to be high, with visitors travelling into Manchester from neighbouring regions.

TransPennine Express urged all travellers to plan ahead and confirmed extra staff would be on hand.

Bus services around the city centre will, of course, be affected, so check with your bus operators for the latest information.

Parking suspensions will be in operation along the parade route and disabled parking will be relocated to Mount Street and Museum Street.

Which roads will be closed?

Council bosses have issued a warning to motorists to plan their journeys as the majority of city centre routes affected will be shut from 6am on Monday through to 9pm.

Certain roads however will be shut off later in the day and open again earlier.

Businesses within the zone have also been warned to consider delivery times and staff. The majority of the closures circle the route of the parade.

Liverpool Road in Castlefield will be closed from Water Street to Lower Byrom Street between 6am until 9pm.

Albert Square , Mount Street (from Peter Street to Lloyd Street), Princess Street, Bootle Street (from Southmill to Mount Street) and Central Street will all be closed over the 13-hour period.

From 10am until 9pm, Liverpool Road will be closed from Water Street to Deansgate as well as Lower Byrom Street, from the residents’ car park to Liverpool Road.

Closures will be in force from 12 noon until 6pm on Deansgate (south from Whitworth Street West to Quay Street/Peter Street), Peter Street (westbound only from Oxford/ Portland Street to Deansgate) and on Great Bridgewater Street from Watson Street to Deansgate.

Access to Victoria railway station will be limited between noon and 7pm, including Hunt’s Bank, Victoria Approach and Todd Street. Access to the station’s car park will only be available via Corporation Street.

Great Ducie Street will be closed from noon until 7pm from Victoria Street to Trinity Way.

Road closures will be in force from noon to 9pm on Deansgate, from Quay Street and Peter Street to Victoria Bridge Street, Victoria Bridge Street, Chapel Street, Victoria Street, Cross Street, King Street, John Dalton Street, Withy Grove (from Dantzic Street to Corporation Street) and Corporation Street (from Todd Street to Withy Grove).

Meanwhile access to and from the following roads will be limited between 12 noon and 9pm: Lloyd Street, Bootle Street, Jackson’s Row, Queen Street, South King Street, St Ann Street, St Mary’s Gate, Cateaton Street, Cathedral Street, Long Millgate and Fennel Street.

I can't be there in person

Don't worry - here on the Manchester Evening News website we'll be bringing you updates, pictures and video from across the city centre as we bring you the whole event live.

And the event will also be broadcast live on BBC One from 4.15pm, with a highlights show on the same channel at 8.30pm.

Which athletes are on which floats?

Float 1 – ParalympicsGB

Athletics

Richard Whitehead, Hannah Cockroft, Aled Davies, Sophie Hahn, Abbie Hunnisett, Gemma Prescott, Dan Greaves, Laura Sugar, Jonathan Broome-Edwards, Sam Ruddock, Julie Rogers, Sabrina Fortune, Stephen Miller, Andrew Small, Jo Butterfield, Nathan Maguire, Vanessa Daobry, Sammi Kinghorn, Kieran Tscheriawsky, Graham Ballard, Libby Clegg, Ben Rowlings, Carly Tait, Isaac Towers, Bev Jones, Derek Rae and Simon Lawson

Float 2 – Team GB

Athletics

Jessica Ennis-Hill, Elliot Giles, Charlie Grice, Dominic King, Morgan Lake-Barton, Kelly Massey, Eilish McColgan, Christine Ohuruogu, Anyika Onuora, Beth Potter, Michael Rimmer, Sonia Samuels, Jazmin Sawyers, Laura Whittle, Bianca Williams, Louise Bloor, Thomas Bosworth, Emily Diamond, Alyson Dixon, James Ellington, Asha Philip, Katie Jones and Jan Richards

Float 3 – ParalympicsGB

Archery

Jo Frith, John Stubbs, John Walker, Jodie Grinham, David Phillips, Mikey Hall, Tania Nadarajah, Vicky Jenkins, John Cavanagh Boccia, David Smith, Stephen McGuire, Evie Edwards, Jamie McCowan, Scott McCowan, Kieran Steer, Nigel Murray and Patrick Wilson

Float 4 – Team GB

Aquatics

Rebecca Gallantree, Daniel Goodfellow, Jack Laugher, Lois Toulson, Frederick Woodward, Jazz Carlin, Stephen Milne, Keri-Anne Payne, Daniel Wallace

Boxing

Lawrence Okolie, Nicola Adams

Cycling

Owain Doull, Becky James, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Callum Skinner

Float 5 – ParalympicsGB

Canoe

Rob Oliver, Anne Dickins, Ian Marsden, Nick Beighton

Cycling

James Ball, Adam Duggleby, Steve Bate, Jody Cundy, Corinne Hall, Neil Fachie, Louis Rolfe, Lora Turnham, Helen Scott, Dame Sarah Storey, Kadeena Cox, Megan Giglia, Sophie Thornhill, Pete Mitchell, Chrystal Lane, Jon-Allan Butterworth, Craig MacLean

Float 6 – Team GB

Canoe Slalom

Joe Clarke, David Florence, Richard Hounslow, Fiona Pennie, Mark Ratcliffe, Mark Delaney, Lani Belcher, Rachel Cawthorn, Liam Heath, Jonathan Schofield, Rebeka Simon, Jessica Walker

Equestrian

Nick Skelton

Gymnastics

Kristian Thomas, Amy Tinkler, Max Whitlock, Nathan Bailey, Kat Driscoll, Bryony Page, Tracy Whittaker-Smith, Liz Kincaid

Float 7 – ParalympicsGB

Equestrian

Sophie Christiansen, Natasha Baker, Anne Dunham, Lee Pearson, Sophie Wells

Judo

Chris Skelley, Jack Hodgson, Jono Drane

Powerlifting

Natalie Blake

Rowing

James Fox, Dan Brown, Grace Clough, Laurence Whiteley, Tom Aggar, Rachel Morris, Lauren Rowles

Float 8 – Team GB

Judo

Colin Oates

Hockey

Giselle Ansley, Sophie Bray, Crista Cullen, Alex Danson, Maddie Hinch, Hannah Macleod, Shona McCallin, Helen Richardson-Walsh, Kate Richardson-Walsh, Susannah Townsend, Georgina Twigg, Laura Unsworth, Hollie Webb, Nicola White, Lily Owsley, Simon Mantell, Ian Sloan, Henry Weir, Joanna Leigh, John Hurst

Modern Pentathlon

Joseph Choong, James Cooke, Samantha Murray, Jeanette Kenyon

Float 9 – ParalympicsGB

Shooting

Tim Jeffrey, Ben Jesson, Issy Bailey, Karen Butler, Lorraine Lambert, Ryan Cockbill

Sailing

Alexandra Rickham, Helena Lucas, Niki Birrell

Swimming

Matthew Wiley, Josef Craig, Ollie Hynd, Harriet Lee

Float 10 – Team GB

Rowing

Jack Beaumont, Paul Bennett, John Collins, Scott Durant, Stewart Innes, Matthew Langridge, Karen Bennett, Jessica Eddie, Helen Glover, Katherine Grainger, Phelan Hill, Frances Houghton, Zoe Lee, George Nash, Tom Ransley, Peter Reed, Mo Sbihi, Alan Sinclair, Polly Swann, Victoria Thornley, Jonathan Walton, Melanie Wilson, Nathaniel Reilly-O’Donnell, Matthew Tarrant, William Fletcher

Float 11 – ParalympicsGB

Table Tennis

Kim Daybell, David Wetherill, Will Bayley, Sue Gilroy, Jack Hunter-Spivey, Sara Head

Swimming

Hannah Russell, Bethany Firth, Tom Hamer, Ellie Simmonds, Ellie Robinson,

Jessica-Jane Applegate, Jonathan Fox, Steph Millward,James Crisp, Steph Slater, Alice Tai, Sascha Kindred, Andrew Mullen, Michael Jones, Jonathan Booth

Float 12 – Team GB

Tennis

Johanna Konta, Iain Bates

Triathlon

Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee

Sailing

Sophie Ainsworth, Christopher Grube, Luke Patience

Shooting

Steve Scott, Amber Hill

Taekwando

Jade Jones, Lutalo Muhammad, Bianca Walkden

Rugby 7’s

Simon Amor, Nicky Ponsford, Sam Cross, Jasmine Joyce, Claire Allan, Abbie Brown, Natasha Hunt, Katy Mclean, Emily Scarratt, Emily Scott, Danielle Waterman, Amy Wilson-Hardy

Float 13 – ParalympicsGB

Triathlon

Andy Lewis, Ryan Taylor, George Peasgood, David Hill, Claire Cunningham, Alison Patrick

Wheelchair basketball

Claire Griffiths, Charlotte Moore, Sophie Carrigill, Helen Freeman, Jordana Bartlett, Joy Haizelden

Float 14 – ParalympicsGB

Wheelchair fencing

Gemma Collis, Piers Gilliver

Wheelchair rugby

Ayaz Bhuta, Mandip Sehmi, Coral Batey, Gavin Walker.

Wheelchair tennis

Gordon Reid, Jamie Burdekin, Antony Cotterill, Alfie Hewett, Louise Hunt, David Phillipson