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Remembrance Day is on November 11, 2025 and is observed to commemorate the sacrifices of those who have served in the line of duty. The day is marked by a two minute silence held across the country at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Towns and cities up and down the country will host events and parades on Sunday, November 9 , 2025. Many also show their support by purchasing a poppy, which can be worn in the day and weeks running up to Remembrance Day. This year, Manchester City Council has announced there will be two services held in the city centre to mark both Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day on November 11. Join the Manchester Evening News WhatsApp group HERE Communities in towns and villages across Greater Manchester will also fall silent to remember the fallen on Sunday. Here's our full list of the services taking place across the boroughs in 2025. Bolton ’s Concert of Remembrance will return as part of a wide programme of events to mark the sacrifices made by the Armed Forces. The event will take place on Thursday, November 6 from 7pm at the Albert Halls. This year’s concert will feature world-renowned organist and Britain’s Got Talent semi-finalist Jean Martyn, wartime vocalist Jo Lancaster, Paul Cohen Productions, and the Phoenix Knights of Harmony male voice choir. The second half of the evening will include a moving act of remembrance led by Reverend Lane, with performances by the Lancashire Artillery (V) Military Band and the Pipes and Drums of the 103rd Regiment. Concert tickets are £9 plus a booking fee and are available via the Albert Halls website or by calling the box office on 0161 876 1715. Later in the week, a Remembrance Sunday Service and march past will take place on November 9 in Victoria Square, beginning at 10:56am. The 216 Royal Artillery will be in attendance and providing live gunfire to mark the beginning and end of the two-minute silence at 11am. On Armistice Day, Tuesday November 11 at 11am, the Vicar of Bolton, the Reverend Hannah Lane, will lead a short service of prayer from the steps of the Town Hall. Maroons will be fired to mark the start and end of the two-minute silence. For the first time, Bury Council are holding a Festival of Remembrance and parades, and services and wreath-laying ceremonies will also be taking place across the borough to mark Remembrance Sunday. Events have been planned for Bury, Prestwich , Radcliffe, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Unsworth, Walshaw, and Whitefield, while Armistice Day includes a short ceremony in Gallipoli Garden, outside the Fusilier Museum. Bury Remembers - Festival of Remembrance Tuesday 4 November - Bury Parish Church from 7pm (doors open at 6.30pm). An evening of music and spoken word with performances from Bury Fire Choir, Bury Music Service, Bury Army Cadet Force Core of Drums and input from Bury Youth Service. Bury 10.30am-2pm Parade leaving Knowsley Street outside the town hall approx. 10.30am to the war memorial outside Bury Parish Church. Wreath laying and church service. Prestwich 10.45-11.30am Parade and Act of Remembrance. Rectory Lane to War Memorial by PADOS House. Radcliffe 10.45am-1:30pm Parade, wreath laying and service. Royal Oak to Cenotaph, then to St Thomas’s Church. Return to Royal Oak. Ramsbottom 10.30am-12.30pm Parade, wreath laying and service. Royal British Legion to St Paul’s Church and return. Tottington 2-4pm. Parade, wreath laying and service. Harwood Road to War Memorial; Market Street to St Anne’s Church for service. Unsworth 10.50-11:30am Service and wreath laying at Parr Lane Cenotaph. Walshaw 10.45-11.15am Service and wreath laying at Walshaw Memorial. Whitefield 10-11:30am Service and wreath laying at Cenotaph and service at All Saint’s Church. This Sunday (November 9), there will be a procession of veterans, military personnel, and cadets - led by the Greater Manchester Police Band - who will lead a march at 10.30am from John Dalton Street to the Cenotaph in St Peter’s Square. Shortly after, at 10.45am, the Civic procession will set off from Mount Street, joined by the Scots Guards Association Pipe Band, as they also make their way to the Cenotaph. Past and present members of the Armed Forces will gather at St Peter’s Square , alongside civic dignitaries, service organisations, faith leaders, emergency services, and other uniformed groups to pay their respects. The firing of a maroon will signal the start of the two-minute silence at 11am. A second maroon will then be fired to conclude the silence. There will be a similar community-led Remembrance activities taking place across the city as well, including a 7th Battalion remembrance at Whitworth Park, a Church of Saviour service at Harpurhey's North City Library, and poppy seed sowing at Hulme High Street Library and Leisure Centre. Civic Remembrance Sunday services, held in conjunction with branches of the Royal British Legion, will take place across the borough as follows: Oldham The service will be held at the War Memorial, opposite the Old Town Hall, commencing at 10.50am. A procession will assemble at New Radcliffe Street at 10.20am and proceed to the War Memorial at 10.30am. All ex-service and civilian organisations are invited to accompany the Mayor. Crosses may be placed in the field of remembrance adjoining the War Memorial. Chadderton The service will take place at the War Memorial in the Chadderton Town Hall Gardens, Middleton Road, commencing at 10.55am. A procession will assemble at the rear of Chadderton Reform Club, Middleton Road, at 10.00am and proceed to the War Memorial at 10.30am. Crompton The service will be held at the War Memorial, commencing at 10.55am. A procession will assemble at the Royal British Legion Club, Newtown Street, Shaw, at 10.30am and proceed to the War Memorial at 10.40am. Failsworth The service will take place at the War Memorial on Oldham Road, commencing at 10.55am. The parade will assemble at Failsworth Pole at 10.10am and proceed to the War Memorial at 10.40am prompt. Lees The service will be held at the War Memorial, commencing at 10.30am. A procession will assemble in Thomas Street at 10.10am before proceeding to the War Memorial. Royton The service will take place at Royton Park, commencing at 10.55am. Uniformed services should assemble at the rear of the Boyes store, on the car park off Radcliffe Street, at 10.40am prompt. The march will set off at 10.50am to the memorial at Royton Park, followed by a march past Royton Town Hall. Saddleworth Two services will be held in Saddleworth: Remembrance services and events taking place across the borough on Remembrance Sunday, Sunday 9 November, 2025. Please note the different starting times . Stockport 10.25am - a procession of service units, ex-servicemen’s, civilian and youth organisations from the Armoury to the Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery. 10.45am - civic procession from Stockport Town Hall to the Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery. 11am - two-minute silence and Civic Act of Remembrance (including the laying of wreaths). Bramhall 10.40am - procession from Holland Road to Bramhall War Memorial. 11am – service at the War Memorial, then proceed to St Michael and All Angels Parish Church on St Michaels Avenue, via Bramhall Lane South and Robins Lane. Bredbury 3pm - service at the War Memorial, George Lane. Cheadle 10.30am - parade to assemble at junction of Massie Street with High Street to proceed down High Street to War Memorial. 10.50am - service at the War Memorial. Cheadle Hulme 9.40am - parade meets at Beech Road. 9.55am - depart to War Memorial. 10am – service at the War Memorial. Compstall 10.50am – assemble at Compstall War Memorial, St Paul’s Church, Compstall, for Remembrance, prayers and laying of wreaths followed by a Remembrance Service at St. Paul’s Church. Gatley 10.50am – arrival at War Memorial, Gatley Green. 10.55am – Act of Remembrance and Laying of Wreaths at War Memorial, Gatley Green. Hazel Grove 10.30am – parade commences from Hazel Grove train station. 10.45am - service and laying of wreaths at War Memorial, London Road. Heald Green 12pm - service and laying of wreaths at Heald Green and Long Lane War Memorial, Wilmslow Road. Heaton Mersey 10.45am - service at St John's Church, St John’s Road. 11am - Act of Remembrance at War Memorial. Heaton Moor 10.45am - service at St Paul’s Church, St Paul’s Road. 11am - Act of Remembrance at War Memorial. Heaton Norris 10.30am – service at Christ with All Saints Church, Heaton Norris. High Lane 10am - Service of Remembrance at St. Thomas's Parish Church. 11am - Act of Remembrance and laying of wreaths at the War Memorial. Marple 10.15am - Standard Bearers and the public to assemble at the War Memorial in Memorial Park. 10.30am - service and the laying of wreaths at the War Memorial. Mellor 12.15pm – service and the laying of wreaths at the War Memorial. Reddish 10.30am - church service at St. Mary’s Church. 12.50pm - service at the Cenotaph on Reddish Road, South Reddish. 1pm - service proceeds to Willow Grove Cemetery. 1.10pm - service at Cross of Sacrifice. Romiley 2.30pm - assemble at Green Lane next to the Duke of York public house. 2.45pm - prayers at Romiley War Memorial and the laying of wreaths. 2.55pm - parade from Romiley War Memorial to the War Memorial, George Lane, Bredbury. 3pm - service commences. Woodford 10.45am - service and the laying of wreaths at Christ Church, Chester Road, Woodford. Sunday, 9 November Salford Crescent Swinton Eccles Walkden and Worsley Irlam and Cadishead Little Hulton Tuesday, 11 November Armistice Day Service Saturday 8 November: Audenshaw , Ryecroft Hall – Saturday 8 November – Wreath laying ceremony at 10.30am at the memorial stone in the grounds of Ryecroft Hall. Audenshaw , Memorial Gardens – Short Service and wreath laying ceremony at 12pm Droylsden , Littlemoss – Saturday 8 November – Service of remembrance in the memorial garden, Lumb Lane, at 2:30pm Sunday 9 November: Ashton-under-Lyne, Central – Sunday 9 November - Parade assembles on Market Street 9am and proceeds to Ashton Parish Church for a remembrance service at 9.45am. Afterwards the parade will reassemble on Stamford Street and proceeds to Ashton War Memorial via the BT roundabout and Mossley Road for a wreath laying ceremony at 10:45am. Ashton-under-Lyne, Cockbrook - Service in St Gabriel’s Church, Audley Street, at 9:30am followed by a wreath laying ceremony at 11.00am at the Stamford Square war memorial. Ashton-under-Lyne, Hurst - Service in St John’s Church at 9.30am followed by a procession via Kings Road to the war memorial in Hurst Cemetery for a wreath laying ceremony and planting of personal poppies at 11am. Ashton-under-Lyne, Park Bridge - Service of remembrance at the war memorial in the grounds of Park Bridge Institute at 10.45am. Ashton-under-Lyne, Waterloo - Parade assembles at Cannon Burrows Primary School, Oldham Road, at 2:15pm and proceeds to the Oldham Road war memorial for a service of remembrance at 2.30pm. Audenshaw, Cemetery - Service of remembrance and wreath laying at the war memorial in Audenshaw Cemetery at 3pm. Denton - Sunday 9 November Central - Parade assembles at 10am outside Denton West End Working Men’s Club, Grosvenor Street, and leaves at 10:20am to the remembrance garden where a wreath will be laid. Parade continues to Denton Town Hall. At 10:45am, the parade will proceed along to the war memorial in Victoria Park for a service of remembrance at 10:55am. Haughton Green - A service of remembrance will be held in St Mary’s Church, starting at 10:30am, followed by a short wreath laying ceremony at the war memorial on the south side of the church. Denton West - Wreath laying ceremony to be held at the memorial in Thornley Park at 1:30pm. Droylsden , Central - Sunday 9 November - Parade assembles on Church Street and departs at 10am proceeding to Droylsden War Memorial for a remembrance service and wreath laying ceremony at 10.45am. Dukinfield , Central – Sunday 9 November – Service of Remembrance and wreath laying ceremony at 3pm at the Chapel Hill war memorial. Hyde , Werneth Low – Sunday 9 November – Procession will assemble at Lower Higham Visitor Centre, Higham Lane, leaving for the Werneth Low war memorial at 11:45am. A short service of remembrance and wreath laying ceremony will be held at 12pm. Hyde, Central - Parade assembles on Greenfield Street at 2pm for departure at 2:10pm proceeding in a loop to arrive back at the town hall for a remembrance service at 2:30pm. This will be followed by a wreath laying ceremony at approximately 2.45pm. Newton - Rosemount Methodist Church . Parade leaves Rosemount Methodist Church, Bennett Street, at 9:45am and proceeds to the war memorial outside the George and Dragon, Bennett Street, for a short service of remembrance and wreath laying ceremony at 10am. Newton - St Mary’s Church . Service held in St Mary’s Church, Bower Street off Talbot Road at 10am. The parade will then travel to the Little Soldier at the junction of Cartwright Street and Victoria Street where a wreath laying ceremony will be held at 11:45am. Longdendale Broadbottom - Parade assembles at Broadbottom Community Centre, Lower Market Street, at 10:30am and proceeds to the war memorial via Market Street and Mottram Road. An act of remembrance will be held at the war memorial at 10.45am. Hollingworth - Remembrance service at St Mary’s Church, Market Street, at 10am. Followed by a walk along the pavement to the war memorial, Mottram Moor, for a wreath laying ceremony at 10:50am and rededication. Mottram - A service of remembrance will be held in Mottram Parish Church at 10.30pm. Mossley, Central - Service of remembrance and wreath laying ceremony to start at 10:45am at the war memorial in Mossley Park. Stalybridge, Central – Sunday 9 November – Parade will assemble in Armentieres Square at 10:15am and will proceed at 10:30am to Stalybridge War Memorial for a remembrance service and wreath laying ceremony at 10:55am. At the conclusion of the parade for all those taking part, light refreshments will be available inside The Lock - Castle Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1NX. Tuesday 11 November: Dukinfield Town Hall Steps – Tuesday 11 November – National act of remembrance to be held outside Dukinfield Town Hall. The ceremony will include a two-minute silence at 11am. Hyde , Godley – Tuesday 11 November – Service of Remembrance and wreath laying ceremony to be held at the war memorial on Godley Hill Road at 10:50am. Stalybridge , Millbrook – Tuesday 11 November - Service of remembrance to be held at St James’s Church, Millbrook at 10:50am. Altrincham Garden of Remembrance, Dunham Road (opposite St Margaret’s Church), Altrincham WA14 4AQ Service at 10.55am (no parade) Bowdon Bowdon Parish Church (St Mary’s), Stamford Road, Bowdon WA14 3BN Service in church at 10am Hale War Memorial, Broomfield Lane/Ollerbarrow Road, St Peter’s Church, 233 Ashley Rd, Hale Parade leaves St Peter’s Church, Hale at 2.30pm, service begins at 3.15pm Hale Barns All Saints Parish Church, Hale Road, Hale Barns, Altrincham WA15 8SP Service at 10am, followed by wreath laying at Hale Barns War Memorial (no parade) Partington Partington War Memorial, The Green, Lock Lane, Partington M31 4PY Service at 10.55am (no parade) Sale Sale War Memorial outside the Town Hall, School Road, Sale M33 7ZF Parade leaves Springfield Road at 10.35am, service begins at 10.55am (new parade route) Stretford War Memorial, 838 Chester Road, Stretford M32 0QJ Parade leaves Metro Sports and Social Club, Moss Road, Stretford M32 0AH at 10.25am, service begins at 10.55am Urmston War Memorial, Davyhulme Roundabout, Urmston M41 0ST Parade leaves Urmston Library, Eden Square at 10.30am, service begins at 10.55am The routes for the Wigan and Leigh parades on November 9 are below: Wigan: The procession will leave the Town Hall in Library Street at 10:30am prompt and will proceed along Library Street, Rodney Street, King Street, Wallgate, King Street West, and Crawford Street to the War Memorial in All Saints' Gardens. The service at the Cenotaph will be conducted, during which wreaths will be laid by the various organisations. The procession will then proceed into the Parish Church for the service. There will be no return procession to the Town Hall at the conclusion of the service, but the Mayor will take the salute from the saluting base as the Service Personnel parade by. Leigh: Due to ongoing works on Market Street and Civic Square, the parade will follow a different return route this year and Leigh Town Hall surface car park will be closed. The parade will assemble at Marsh Gymnasium, Ullswater Street, Leigh at 10:15am proceeding at 10:30am to the Cenotaph in Church Street Gardens via Railway Road, Market Street, Lord Street, Charles Street, Church Street, and Silk Street. The service at the Cenotaph will be conducted by the Clergy of Leigh, during which wreaths will be laid by the various organisations. here will be a return procession at the conclusion of the service, the route to be taken via Church Street, Vernon Street, Bradshawgate, Railway Road, and Bengal Street to the Town Hall surface car park. A salute will be taken on Railway Road and those assembled on the Town Hall surface car park will be thanked for their attendance. All other parades and services across the borough: Abram: The parade will assemble in Dootson Street (back of the community centre) at 9:45am then proceed at 10am along Warrington Road for the service at 10:30am in St John the Evangelist's Church. After the service, the parade will reassemble outside the church and proceed to Dootson Street for dispersal. Ashton in Makerfield: The procession will assemble at the Beeches (former Wigan Groundwork Trust), Wigan Road, Ashton at 09:45am for 10:00am, when a wreath will be laid at the Garswood Hall War Memorial. The procession will then reform and proceed to St Thomas’ Church for the Service at 10:50am via Wigan Road, Gerard Street, and Warrington Road. After the Service, wreaths will be laid at the Cenotaph. The procession will then reassemble at Violet Street and proceed via Warrington Road for the march past and salute, then continue to Bryn Street, turning onto Council Avenue for dispersal. Aspull: A service will be held at the War Memorial, Finger Post, commencing at 10:50am. A procession will leave the Sumner Street Headquarters of the British Legion at 10:45am (parade to muster at 10:30am) and proceed along Scot Lane for a service at the War Memorial. Atherton: 10:10am assemble at Atherton Collieries, Alder Street for departure at 10:20am prompt. Wreaths will be laid by members of the Council and various organisations. The parade will leave via Alder Street, turn left onto High Street, and turn right on to Tyldesley Road, stopping at the Baptist Church Memorial. Proceed on Tyldesley Road via Market Street and Leigh Road to the Cenotaph. The parade will reassemble on Leigh Road, circumnavigate the cenotaph, and return along Hamilton Street to the junction with Tyldesley Road, turn left onto Tyldesley Road, right at the bollards onto High Street, then right onto Alder Street to the Atherton Collieries. The parade will be dismissed at Atherton Collieries. Golborne: A service of remembrance will be held at Golborne War Memorial, Barn Lane, Golborne at 2:30pm. It will be preceded by a procession from the Legh Court car park, Legh Street, Golborne, assembling at 2:15pm prompt. The service will be conducted by the Clergy of Golborne, after which wreaths will be laid. Hindley: At 10:00am, the procession assembles in the Market Square/Council car park on Cross Street, Hindley. At 10:40am, the procession leaves the assembly point and proceeds along Morris Street to Wigan Road proceeding to the War Memorial on the corner of Atherton Road and Liverpool Road outside St Peter’s Church. A service is held at the Memorial, together with the wreath laying ceremony. The procession then proceeds along Atherton Road to George Street and to All Saints Church where a service will be held. Following the service in All Saints Church, the procession re-assembles on George Street/Chapel Green Road and continues along Chapel Green Road, turns left onto Bridge Street, continues along Market Street, turns right onto Cross Street, left onto Morris Street, and ends on the Town Hall car park for the national anthem and dispersal. Ince in Makerfield: There will be a memorial service and wreath laying ceremony at the Cenotaph in Ince Cemetery, Lower Ince at 10:30am followed by a service and wreath laying ceremony at 12 noon in the Garden of Remembrance, Smithy Green, Higher Ince. Please see local churches for details of other services. Lowton: A service of remembrance will be held at St Mary's Church, Newton Road, Lowton at 10:30am preceded by an assembly in the schoolyard at 10:20am. After the service, a representative of the Council and other organisations taking part will lay wreaths. Platt Bridge: The parade will assemble at 10:30am on Walthew Lane at its cul-de-sac end near Elm Street. The procession will proceed at 10:40am along Walthew Lane to its junction with the A58 Liverpool Road. The procession turns right onto Liverpool Road and proceeds to Stephen Street junction, then turns left onto Stephen Street and turns right onto Davies Street, then proceeds to its junction with Neville Street where the Cenotaph/War Memorial is situated for the laying of wreaths at 10:50am. Following the laying of wreaths, the procession turns left onto the A58 Liverpool Road and continues north to Church Road. The procession turns right onto Church Road and proceeds to St Nathaniel’s Church for the church service. After the service, the parade will reassemble and proceed back along the same route to the cul-de-sac end of Walthew Lane for dispersal. Shevington: Assemble outside AB Hardware (formerly Bewley's) in Broad O'th Lane, Shevington between 10:15am and 10:30am. The parade will proceed at 10:45am to Shevington War Memorial in the park at the corner of Church Lane. The ceremony commences at 10:55am and will be followed by a service at St Anne’s Church. Standish: The parade will assemble at Cross Street, Standish at 10:15am proceeding at 10:30am from Standish Unity Club along Market Place, Market Street, and High Street, to the War Memorial at the junction of High Street/Church Street. After the service, the parade will reform and return along Church Street to Market Place to be followed by an all denomination service at St Wilfrid’s Church, Standish. Tyldesley: The parade will assemble on the Market Square at 10:00am, proceeding at 10:10am to the Cenotaph at Tyldesley Cemetery via Elliott Street, Manchester Road, and Hough Lane. The service at the Cenotaph will be conducted by a member of the Clergy, during which wreaths will be laid by the various organisations. Following the service, there will be a return procession to the Market Square via Hough Lane, Manchester Road, and Elliott Street. As the parade passes the Town Hall, a salute will be taken by ward councillors and senior ex-servicemen.
