PARADES and church services will take place across Bath and North East Somerset on Remembrance Sunday on November 10 and on Remembrance Day on November 11.
The events are an opportunity for people to remember the service and sacrifice of others and to pay their respects.
Councillor Karen Walker, Chair of Bath and North East Somerset Council, said: “Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday are a chance to reflect on the lives lost in the First World War and in every war since then.
“It is a time for us all to remember those who served and kept us safe so we can enjoy the freedoms we have today. They are also an important opportunity for the community to come together in unity and I hope many people will join an event near them.”
Ceremonies and Services in Bath
Sunday 10 November (Remembrance Sunday)
- Royal Victoria Park War Memorial – 11:00am: Royal British Legion Wreath Laying Ceremony.
- St Bartholomew’s Church– 11:00am – Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Memorial Garden.
- St John the Baptist Church, Batheaston– 10:00am: Service followed by Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial in the churchyard at 10:45am.
- The Guildhall– 1:29pm: Royal British Legion Remembrance Sunday Parade. March Past and Salute Taking followed by a Civic Procession toBath Abbeyfor the Remembrance Service at 2:00pm.
- Weston & Newbridge War Memorial – 11:00am – Wreath Laying Ceremony.
Monday 11 November (Remembrance Day)
- Abbey Church Yard– 11:00am: Act of Remembrance including a two-minute silence
- Haycombe Cemetery– 10:45am: Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Bereavement Services’ Remembrance Day Service, with refreshments afterwards in the Hilltop Chapel.
- Holy Trinity Church, Combe Down– 10:00am: Service. 11:00am: Bath Branch Grenadier Guards Association Wreath Laying Ceremony.
- Royal Victoria Park War Memorial– 11:00am: Service by the Rector of St Michael’s Church.
- Twerton War Memorial– 11:00am – Wreath Laying Ceremony
Ceremonies and Services in North East Somerset
Saturday 9 November
- Paulton– 11:00am: Paulton Cemetery, Dressing of the Graves
Sunday 10 November (Remembrance Sunday)
- Keynsham– 09:30am: Service at St Johns’ Church. 10:30am: Parade along High Street to Memorial Gates for a Remembrance Service at 11:00am.
- Midsomer Norton– 10:40am: Parade from West Clewes Recreation Ground. 11:00am: Wreath laying at the War Memorial.
- Paulton– 2:40pm: Parade followed by a service around the war memorial at 2:45pm.
- Peasedown St John– 10:20am: Parade from the Co-Op to the church with a service at 10:45am and Act of Remembrance at 11:00am.
- Publow & Pensford– 9:30am: Service at All Saints Church. 11:00am: Act of Remembrance at Pensford War Memorial.
- Radstock War Memorial– 2:00pm – Remembrance Service.
- Saltford- 9.30am: Saltford Scouts and Guides parade from Broadway to St. Mary's Church, High Street. Church service for members of parade only due to space limitations.10:45am: Parade from St Mary's Church to Saltford War Memorial for wreath laying and the Last Post at 11am. 11:10: Parade from Saltford War Memorial to Broadway.
- Stanton Drew– 10:15am: Church service. 10:45am: Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial.
- Westfield– 10:30am: service at Trinity Methodist Church before the congregation moves to the memorial at Westfield for 11:00am.
- Whitchurch Village– 10:30am: assemble at the Remembrance Garden for the Whitchurch & Pensford Royal British Legion Act of Remembrance.
Remembrance Day road closures can be found on the council website