Remembrance Sunday services and parades will be taking place across Warwick District on Sunday 8 November.
Kenilworth
The Remembrance Day service will take place at the War Memorial in Abbey Fields from 10:30am until 12pm. The service will be led by representatives from the Churches in Kenilworth, the Royal British Legion and Kenilworth Town Council.
The Parade will begin from Upper Rosemary Hill and Talisman Square, making its way to the memorial at Abbey Fields.
Kenilworth road closures
From 8am to 12pm:
- Forest Road (junction with Abbey End & Borrowell Lane)
- Abbey End (junction with the Island & Forest Road)
- Southbank Road (junction with Abbey Hill & Station Road)
- Abbey Hill (junction with Forrest Road & Priory Road)
Rolling road closures:
- Upper Rosemary Hill (junction with Albion Street & Rosemary Hill)
- Station Road – Talisman Square to Southbank Rd – Stop and Hold only
- Richards Close
Royal Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa Town Council has been working with the Royal British Legion, Warwick District Council and other partners to prepare for this year’s Remembrance Sunday Service, which will take place at the War Memorial, Euston Place at 10:50am.
A parade of local organisations will proceed to the war memorial in advance of the Remembrance Service.
Royal Leamington Spa Remembrance
Royal Leamington Spa road closures
From 6am to 1pm:
- Euston Place (junction with Hamilton Terrace & Newbold Terrace)
- Parade (junction with Clarendon Avenue & Priory Terrace
- Newbold Terrace (junction with Parade & Newbold Street)
- Regent Street (junction with Portland Street & Park Street)
- Dormer Place (junction with Parade & Bedford Street)
- Windsor Street (junction with Warwick Street & Regent Street)
- John Street (junction with Windsor Street & Regent Street)
- Windsor Place (junction with Bedford Street & Windsor Street)
- Regent Street/Bedford Street (there will be two short stop and hold periods on the junction of Regent Street & Bedford Street)
Warwick
There is a service at St Mary's Collegiate Church at 10am.
At 10:50am the procession will leave the church and gather at the war memorial on Church Street for the two-minute silence at 11am followed by wreath laying.
After the service the parade will commence, departing from Church Street with the route around the town. The parade will feature serving personnel and veterans, including from The Queen’s Royal Hussars, who exercised their freedom of the town earlier this year.
Following the parade, residents will have the opportunity to explore more of the town’s military history, with four museums open to visitors throughout the day:
- The Lord Leycester (10am to 4pm)
- The Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum (10am to 3pm)
- The Fusilier Museum Warwick (11am to 3pm)
- The Queen’s Royal Hussars Museum (10am to 4pm)
Find out more about Warwick’s military history through the Warwick Military Heritage Trail.
Warwick road closures
The following roads will be closed from 6am to 1:30pm:
- Northgate Street – this will close the one-way system off, closing; Church Street, Old Square & New Street
The following roads will close from 11:15am until the Parade has passed:
- Jury Street (junction with Castle Street/The Butts)
- High Street (junction with West Street/Bowling Green Street)
- Swan Street (junction with Brook Street & New Street)
- Brook Street (junction with Swan Street)
- Market Place – Market Street to Old Square
Armstice Day - Wednesday 11 November 2026
A short service will be conducted at the War Memorial from 10am to 11:15am on Wednesday 11 November 2026.
Whitnash
The Whitnash Remembrance Service will be held at 10am at St Margaret's Church, Whitnash Road.
This will be followed by a wreath laying at 11am at the Memorial outside St Margaret's Church.
Armistice Day - Wednesday 11 November 2026
Short services will be conducted at the War Memorials of each town on Wednesday 11 November 2026.
This year, each town will be lighting the ‘Lamp Light of Peace’, a flame that signifies remembrance of the past as well as hope for a peaceful future.
The lamps have been purchased for the Town Councils by Warwick District Council. Each lamp will be lit at around 10:57am before the two-minute silence.
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