There are a number of Remembrance events and activities taking place across Bracknell Forest this November, including parades, church services and wreath laying.
Remembrance Sunday is this Sunday 8 November. Every November across the United Kingdom we remember the service and sacrifice of the people who defended our freedoms and protected our way of life.
Remembrance services
Bracknell town centre
Bracknell Town Council will host a Remembrance event in the town centre on Sunday 8 November from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
The parade will march from The Angel Memorial Statue in Stanley Walk, through The Lexicon and up to Holy Trinity Church. Everyone is welcome to line the route and pay their respects. Please allow extra time for travel and parking.
Binfield
Residents are invited to Remembrance services and a parade in the Binfield area.
St. Mark’s Church will hold an outdoor Act of Remembrance Service on Saturday 7 November from 2:30pm. This will be followed by a wreath-laying at the War Memorial.
There will be a parade and special church service in Binfield on Sunday 8 November. The parade will leave Oakmede car park at 9:30am, walking Terrace Road North to All Saints’ Church.
Following the parade, All Saints’ Church will hold a Remembrance Service at 10:15am. The service will be followed by a second parade, leaving the church at 11:15am and returning to Oakmede car park for 11:45am.
Road closures will be in place on Terrace Road North during these times.
For Armistice Day on Wednesday 11 November, St Mark’s Church will be holding a service at 10:30am. There will be a short service led by schoolchildren, and a lamp of remembrance will be lit before the 2-minute silence at 11am.
More information on the weekend’s events is available on the Binfield Parish Council Facebook page.
Crowthorne
There will be a Crowthorne Remembrance service in St John’s Church, Waterloo Road on Sunday 8 November at 10am. Residents are invited to join Crowthorne’s uniformed organisations to pay their respects.
The congregation and uniformed groups will proceed from the church to the Lychgate for the Act of Remembrance at 11am. Further information is available on St John’s Crowthorne website.
Additionally, the Royal British Legion on Wellington Road, Crowthorne have a poppy installation, where hundreds of handmade poppies have been lovingly crafted by a community group, local residents and craft groups. These will be on display outside of the club as well as in the foyer from Sunday 8 November.
Sandhurst
The Mayor of Sandhurst invites residents to a Service of Remembrance. It will be held at 10:45am on Sunday 8 November in Sandhurst Memorial Park on Yorktown Road.
A 2-minute silence will start at 11am. This will be followed by the laying of wreaths, music from the Sandhurst Silver Band, the Churches Together Choir, and the Sandhurst and District Corps of Drums.
Parking will be restricted and there will be a road closure in place during this time.
More information is available on the Sandhurst Town Council website and Facebook page.
Winkfield
There will be 3 Remembrance Day events in Winkfield.
At 9:30am there will be a service at St Martin’s Church, Church Road, Cavey Down, Ascot.
St Mary’s Church, Church Road in Winkfield and St Peter’s Church, Hatchet Lane in Cranbourne will both have a services at 10:45am. These services will allow for the silence outside by the war memorial.
Cllr Georgia Pickering, Bracknell Forest’s armed forces champion, said:
“Remembrance activities and events are an important opportunity for our communities to come together to remember those who served and sacrificed so much to protect our freedoms.
“We are very grateful to our town and parish councils, churches, community groups and volunteers for organising the events and services taking place across the borough. Their efforts provide valuable opportunities for residents to reflect, pay their respects and give thanks to all those who served, and to ensure their sacrifices are never forgotten.”
