Remembrance Day 2026: Details of the services and parades in Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth and Whitnash

Remembrance Sunday services and parades will be taking place across Warwick district on Sunday November 8.

Leamington

Leamington 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 in Euston Place at 10.50am.

A parade made up of local organisations will head to the War Memorial for the Remembrance Service.

Road closures from 6am to 1pm:

• Euston Place (junction with Hamilton Terrace & Newbold Terrace)
• Parade (junction with Clarendon Avenue and Priory Terrace
• Newbold Terrace (junction with Parade and Newbold Street)
• Regent Street (junction with Portland Street and Park Street)
• Dormer Place (junction with Parade and Bedford Street)
• Windsor Street (junction with Warwick Street and Regent Street)
• John Street (junction with Windsor Street and Regent Street)
• Windsor Place (junction with Bedford Street and Windsor Street)
• Regent Street/Bedford Street (there will be two short stop and hold periods on the junction of Regent Street and Bedford Street)

Kenilworth

The Remembrance Day service will take place at the War Memorial in Abbey Fields from 10.54am.

A 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.

Road closures from 8am to 12pm:

• Forest Road (junction with Abbey End and Borrowell Lane)
• Abbey End (junction with the Island and Forest Road)
• Southbank Road (junction with Abbey Hill and Station Road)
• Abbey Hill (junction with Forrest Road and Priory Road)

Rolling road closures:

• Upper Rosemary Hill (junction with Albion Street and Rosemary Hill)

• Station Road – Talisman Square to Southbank Road – stop and hold only

• Richards Close

Warwick

There will be Remembrance Day service at St Mary's Church at 10am.

At 10.50am the procession will leave the church and gather at the war memorial in Church Street for the two-minute silence at 11am followed by wreath laying.

After the service, the parade will start 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 (open 10am to 4pm), The Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum (open 10am to 3pm), The Fusilier Museum (open 11am to 3pm) and The Queen’s Royal Hussars Museum (open 10am to 4pm).

Find out more about Warwick’s military history through the Warwick Military Heritage Trail.

Road closures from 6am to 1.30pm:

• Northgate Street – this will close the one-way system off, closing Church Street, Old Square and 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

Whitnash

The Whitnash Remembrance service will be held at 10am at St Margaret's Church in Whitnash Road.

This will be followed by a wreath laying at 11am at the Memorial outside St Margaret's Church.

Armistice Day - Wednesday November 11

Short services will be held at the War Memorials in each town on Wednesday November 11.

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 bought for the town councils by Warwick District Council.

Each lamp will be lit at around 10.57am before the two-minute silence.