Name: Remembrance Parade
Start: 2025-11-09T09:15:00+00:00
Location: Trowbridge Park

Annual Remembrance Sunday Service – Sunday 9th November 2025
The service will be held at St James’ Church along with the traditional Wreath Laying Ceremony at the War Memorial in Trowbridge town park. Orders of service will be available at St James’ Church and the War Memorial on Sunday 9th November. You will be able to download a digital copy through the Town Council’s website under What’s On, then Remembrance Parade. The Civic will be open for refreshments after the Remembrance service.
Military and civic dignitaries will take the salute as the parade passes the saluting dais positioned on Silver Street. After the parade has passed the saluting dais, it will continue on to the war memorial. The Town Crier will invite wreath layers to come forward and lay their respective wreaths. At the conclusion of the service, the parade will be dismissed after being addressed by the President of the Royal British Legion (Trowbridge Branch).
Please Note: There will be limited seating inside the church so you may need to stand.
Please Note: Due to roadworks, the procession route will be different this year.
Schedule:
09.15 am – Parade forms outside the Town Hall, Market Street
09.30 am – Parade moves to St James’ Church
09.45 am – Service commences in St James’ Church
10.30 am – Parade re-forms outside St James’ Church
10.40 am – Parade moves towards the war memorial; a salute will be taken en route
10.50 am – Parade arrives at the war memorial in Trowbridge Park
10.55 am – Positions taken at the war memorial
10.57 am – VIPs and Rector arrive in front of the war memorial
10.58 am – Remembrance Service commences
10.59 am – Last Post
11.00 am – Two minutes silence
11.30 am – Remembrance service ends and the Civic Centre opens for refreshments
Road Closure
Road closures will be in effect along the parade route between 9:10am – 11:45am. Please note: the road closure has been extended to 11:45am to ensure safety for pedestrians when leaving the park.
Please Note: That the following roads and streets in the town of Trowbridge are to be closed (save in any case of emergency) to all vehicular traffic at the approximate times set out below:
A. C372 (Part) Market Street; from its junction with Castle Street to its junction with Silver Street.
B. C372 (Part) Silver Street; from its junction with Castle Street to its junction with Church Road.
C. C372 Church Street (Part); from its junction with Silver Street to its junction with Union Street.
D. Park Road; from its junction with Silver Street for its entire length.