Remembrance Sunday 2026 in Cornwall: parades, services, road closures

At 11am this Sunday, towns across Cornwall will fall quiet. Streets will close for parades, and wreaths will be laid at war memorials from Bank Square in St Just to Fore Street in Saltash.

Remembrance events take place across Cornwall on Remembrance Sunday (8 November) and on Armistice Day (Wednesday 11 November). Most are organised by town councils and local branches of the Royal British Legion, and everyone is welcome.

Here’s what is happening and where.

West Cornwall

Penzance

This year the Civic Parade forms up in the forecourt of St John’s Hall at 10.15am. It sets off at 10.35am for the War Memorial at Battery Rocks, and there will be a rolling road closure while it passes. The Remembrance Service and wreath laying start shortly before 11am, led by Rev Jacky Wise of Penlee Cluster.

The Last Post will sound a little different this year. Instead of a lone bugler, a trio from Penzance Silver Band will play it.

On Armistice Day, people are invited to gather in the Memorial Gardens at Penlee Park from 10.45am. Rev Derath Durkin will lead a short service, and the Mayor of Penzance, Cllr Andy Law, will read prayers translated into Cornish. The two-minute silence follows at 11am.

St Just

Members of St Just-in-Penwith Town Council, community groups and their wreath bearers meet at St Just Miners’ Chapel from 10am. They will parade up Chapel Street and reach the War Memorial in Bank Square at about 10.50am. Rev Brin Berriman will lead the Act of Remembrance there, joined by the choir and cross bearer from St Just-in-Penwith Parish Church, and Cllr Doug Luxford will read the Roll of Honour.

The parade then moves on to the Parish Church for the Remembrance Sunday service. Afterwards, St Just in Penwith WI will serve refreshments across Church Street.

On Armistice Day, an Act of Remembrance starts at the War Memorial at 10.50am, led by Rev Ian Lowell. Doug will read the Roll of Honour again.

St Ives

St Ives Town Council and the Royal British Legion are inviting people to the Remembrance Sunday parade. It leaves the Guildhall at 10.50am and goes to the War Memorial via Tregenna Place and the High Street.

Camborne

The Camborne Branch of the Royal British Legion holds its parade and service on Sunday. The parade starts at 10.15am in Commercial Square, followed by an Act of Remembrance. At 11am there is a service in Camborne Church, led by Susan Godolphin. Rev Mark Richards from Camborne Wesley Chapel is the guest preacher.

Basset Street, Commercial Street and Trelowarren Street will be closed from 10am to 11.30am. Camborne Town Council will livestream the parade on its Facebook page for anyone who can’t be there.

There is a second service at the War Memorial at 10.45am on Wednesday 11 November.

Treslothan

Later on Sunday, at 2pm, 147 Camborne and District Squadron hold a service at Treslothan Church, followed by an Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial. The squadron’s NCOs design and lead the service themselves, and everyone is welcome.

Illogan

The Illogan Remembrance Parade takes place on Sunday at 2.30pm. Illogan Parish Council says Trevelyan Road and Church Road will be closed while the parade passes.

Redruth

Members of the public are welcome to join Redruth’s Remembrance Sunday parade, memorial and service. The parade gathers on Sea View Terrace at 10.30am and goes to Victoria Park, where wreaths will be laid and a two-minute silence held at the War Memorial at 11am.

The parade then marches to St Andrew’s Church for a service, which should finish at about 12.15pm. Serving personnel, veterans and youth groups will take part.

Sea View Terrace, Heanton Terrace and Albany Road will be closed from 10am to 12 noon, including access to the War Memorial. Residents and businesses are asked to move any vehicles before the closures start.

Helston

People gather at the Grylls Monument on Coinagehall Street at 10.45am. The service starts promptly, with two minutes’ silence at 11am.

Printed orders of service can be collected from The Guildhall. Large-print versions are also available if you ask at reception, and there is a digital version on Helston Town Council’s website.

Porthleven

Porthleven Town Council invites residents and visitors to assemble at the Public Hall at 2pm on Sunday. The procession goes to the Methodist Church for a service of remembrance, then on to the War Memorial. Afterwards there is tea and coffee in the Public Hall.

The council is also looking for volunteers to help with traffic management on the day. Anyone who can help should meet at the Public Hall on Wellington Road at 2pm, or email [email protected].

A further act of remembrance takes place at the War Memorial at 11am on Armistice Day.

Falmouth

The Town Mayor of Falmouth, Cllr Alan Jewell, is inviting everyone to the town’s Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service.

• 10.25am: parade assembles on The Moor Piazza
• 10.35am: parade leaves The Moor for Kimberley Park
• 11am: service at the War Memorial, including the two-minute silence and wreath laying
• 11.30am: parade returns to The Moor for the march past and salute by the Town Mayor
• 11.35am: parade disperses

Armistice Day has moved this year. The two-minute silence will be held at the Cross of Sacrifice in Falmouth Old Cemetery, not at Prince of Wales Pier. Gather there at 10.50am for the silence at 11am.

Mid Cornwall

Truro

The morning Act of Remembrance is at 11am at the War Memorial on Boscawen Street.

At 2.30pm there is a wreath laying ceremony at the War Memorial, followed by a military procession to High Cross. A Service of Remembrance follows in Truro Cathedral at 3.15pm.

On Armistice Day, a two-minute silence will be held at 11am at the Boscawen Street War Memorial.

The events are organised by Truro City Council with the Truro Branch of the Royal British Legion and Truro Cathedral.

Newquay

Newquay Town Council is supporting the Royal British Legion’s Remembrance Sunday Parade again this year. The parade starts at 10am, and people are invited to line the route. It ends at St Michael’s Church, where a Service of Remembrance will be held.

There will be rolling road closures in the town centre between 9.45am and 10.45am. Roads close only while the parade passes. Details of the affected roads and a closure map are on Newquay Town Council’s Remembrance Sunday page.

St Austell

The parade route and church service in St Austell have changed to make room for a bigger congregation. The parade steps off from St John’s Methodist Church at 2.15pm and marches through the town to Holy Trinity Church for the wreath laying.

The parade then re-forms and marches back along Fore Street to St John’s Methodist Church for the Service of Remembrance. The council says Fore Street is the best place to watch.

St Stephen-in-Brannel

The St Stephen-in-Brannel Remembrance Day Parade steps off at 10.40am from St Stephen Churchtown Academy and goes to the War Memorial at St Stephen Churchtown Cemetery. Wreath laying and a two-minute silence will take place there at about 11am.

North Cornwall

Bodmin

The parade assembles at the DCLI Memorial at Bodmin Keep from 9am, where there will be wreath laying and a short service. The Act of Remembrance follows at 9.45am at the War Memorial in Priory Park. The parade then goes on to St Petroc’s Church for a Service of Remembrance.

Priory Car Park will be closed from 8.45am until the parade has passed. Lostwithiel Road and St Nicholas Street close from 8.45am. Turf Street closes from 10.15am, which affects access to Fore Street, Dennison Road and Priory Road.

Wadebridge

Wadebridge Town Council and the Wadebridge Branch of the Royal British Legion invite people to the Remembrance Parade and church service on Sunday.

People are asked to assemble at the Memorial Stones on Egloshayle Playing Fields by 10am. The Act of Remembrance, wreath laying and two-minute silence start there at 10.15am. The parade then goes to Egloshayle Church for the Remembrance Service. Anyone not taking part in the parade should be seated in the church by 10.50am. After the service, the parade returns to the Memorial Stones.

Roads will be closed from 10.20am to 12.15pm.

On Armistice Day, the Royal British Legion holds an Act of Remembrance outside the Town Hall at 11am. An air raid siren will sound to start the two-minute silence and again for the all clear.

Camelford

Camelford Town Council and the Royal British Legion invite the community to a Remembrance Service at St Julitta’s Church at 11am on Sunday.

On Armistice Day, people will gather at the Bandstand in Camelford at 11am. Both events include readings, wreath laying and a silence.

Bude and Stratton

In Bude, the parade musters on The Strand at 10.30am, and wreaths are laid at the War Memorial. A service follows at Bude Methodist Church at about 11.15am. The Strand, The Crescent and Ergue Gaberic Way will be closed between 10.30am and 11.15am.

In Stratton, a service at the War Memorial starts at 9.30am, followed by a service at St Andrew’s Church.

On Armistice Day, the Bude and Stratton Branch of the Royal British Legion holds a short service in the Bude Triangle at 10.45am. It includes the national two-minute silence at 11am.

Bude’s War Memorial will be lit up on Sunday evening and the Storm Tower on Armistice Day evening. The Castle will stay lit throughout the period of remembrance.

East Cornwall

Looe

Looe Town Council’s Remembrance Day Service begins at 10.40am at Looe War Memorial.

Fore Street will be closed between the junctions with Looe Bridge and Castle Street from 10am to 11.30am.

Saltash

Saltash’s service starts at 2pm at Saltash Wesley Methodist Church on Callington Road. People are asked to arrive between 1.30pm and 1.50pm so they can be seated.

The Remembrance Parade leaves the church at 3pm and goes down Fore Street to lay wreaths at the war memorial outside St Nicholas and St Faith Church.

There will be children’s activities, but they are not childcare. Children must stay with a parent or responsible adult at all times.

Remembrance concerts in Redruth

Wesley Chapel in Redruth hosts a Festival of Remembrance concert this Saturday (7 November). It marks the 110th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

A week after Remembrance Sunday, on Sunday 15 November at 6pm, St Andrew’s Church holds a Concert of Remembrance. Redruth Town Band, the St Agnes Singers and local schools will take part.

📷Poppies on the granite war monument on Rememberance day