Overview
- Banbury’s November 9 programme starts at 10am outside the Town Hall with the town’s largest military parade, a service at St Mary’s and wreath-laying in People’s Park, complemented by poppy displays bearing local wartime names added by students and cadets.
- Cheltenham will hold a civic parade and service at the Long Gardens on November 9 from 10:50am with The Last Post and a two-minute silence at 11am, as the borough urges an 11am Armistice Day silence on November 11.
- Newcastle’s parade forms at the Civic Centre for 10:45am before a 10:58am service at Old Eldon Square led by the Bishop of Newcastle, with an 11am silence and short road closures on routes including Sandyford Road, St Mary’s Place, John Dobson Street, Percy Street and Northumberland Road.
- Nottinghamshire has published a full county list of services and parades, including the Victoria Embankment ceremony at 10:45am and events in Mansfield, Beeston, Hucknall, Keyworth, Kimberley, Nuthall, Retford and Stapleford, with temporary road closures in several locations.
- Herefordshire towns including Ledbury, Bromyard, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford, Kington and Leominster have confirmed November 9 timings with Bromyard closures from 10am to 12:15pm, while nearby Powys towns set out parades and encourage support for the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.