This weekend’s Remembrance commemorations

Published: 9 November 2023

Derby’s Annual Remembrance Sunday Service and Parade will take place this Sunday, with troops from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 148 Divisional Support Company, as well as members of local veteran and youth organisations, parading through the city centre.

A short service, led by The Very Revd Dr Peter Robinson, Dean of Derby, is scheduled for 11am, during which a two-minute silence will be observed. Following the service, wreaths will be laid at the War Memorial.

Members of the public are invited to observe the proceedings, which will begin at 10.55am, and pay their respects. There will be dedicated public viewing areas on the Market Place and citizens can watch the proceedings on a large screen. A limited number of the order of service will be available in paper copy. A digital version is also available to download.

Citizens who are unable to travel into the city centre can watch the parade and service live on the Council’s YouTube channel.

Anyone travelling into the city centre is advised to plan their journey in advance and consider allowing extra time. To protect members of the public and parade participants, there will be road closures on Sunday 12 November, from 8am until 1pm:

• Sowter Road from its junction with St Michaels Lane.
• The junction of Queen Street and Full Street.
• Derwent Street.
• Corporation Street and Tenant Street.
• St James Street, Corn Market and Iron Gate (from its junction with Sadler Gate). 

Several parking restrictions will also be in place:

• The Assembly Rooms car park will be closed from 7pm on Saturday 11 November until 2pm on Sunday 12 November.
• Amen Alley car park will be closed from 7pm on Saturday 11 November until 1pm on Sunday 12 November.
• The Council House car park will be closed to members of the public from 7.30 am until 2pm on Sunday 12 November.
• On-street parking will be suspended on Full Street, Corporation Street and Tenant Street from 7pm on Saturday 11 November to 1pm on Sunday 12 November.
• The on-street parking bays on Derwent Street will be reserved for Blue Badge parking on Sunday 12 November.

On Armistice Day (Saturday 11 November), citizens will have a chance to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in service at 11am at the War Memorial. The Armistice Day order of service is also available to download.

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