Overview
- Coventry City Council will close Spencer Road and Spencer Avenue from 9am, with further rolling closures on Warwick Road, Leamington Road and Kenilworth Road from 10am as thousands gather at the War Memorial Park.
- Carlisle’s parade will step off from Carlisle Castle at 10am en route to the Cathedral, with the castle’s Outer Ward open free to the public and a community Remembrance Run taking place on Saturday to support the Royal British Legion.
- Councils across England have issued detailed traffic and parking measures for Sunday services, including Derby’s 8am–1pm city-centre closures and Nuneaton’s rolling restrictions along its parade route to Riversley Park.
- Two-minute silences at 11am and wreath-laying at local war memorials are confirmed across towns and villages, with additional church services and afternoon ceremonies in several communities.
- Community tributes range from Sutton Poyntz’s volunteer-made displays of more than 1,200 knitted poppies to Swindon’s 1,000 lamppost poppies and the planting of 80 oak trees at Lydiard Park as a lasting memorial.