Remembrance Sunday
Further events to be added once confirmed
Bury
A Civic Service of Remembrance will take place on Sunday 8 November with a procession leaving Bury Town Hall approximately 10.30am and make its way to the Cenotaph at Bury Parish Church via Knowsley Street, Haymarket Street and Market Street.
A two-minute silence will be observed at 11am, followed by a wreath-laying ceremony attended by the Mayor, representatives of the armed forces, emergency services, community organisations and local groups.
Members of the public are warmly invited to attend. An order of service will be available, and those attending will be encouraged to join in with the hymns during the ceremony.
After the wreath laying, a Service of Remembrance will be held at Bury Parish Church. A March Past by veterans and other organisations will then take place at around 12.30pm, with the Mayor taking the salute before the event concludes.
Radcliffe
10.45 am – 1.30 pm
The parade and wreath-laying event moves from the Royal Oak to the Cenotaph, followed by a remembrance service at St Thomas's Church before returning to the Royal Oak. Road closures will be active in the area.
Ramsbottom
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
The parade travels from the Royal British Legion to St Paul's Church for wreath laying, and a community remembrance service before returning to the Legion
Prestwich
10.30am – noon
Parade from Church Lane turning right onto Bury New Rd and left onto St Mary’s Rd to the PADOS to the War Memorial by PADOS House followed by Act of Remembrance.
Tottington
2pm – 4pm
Parade from Harwood Road to the War Memorial for wreath-laying and an Act of Worship, followed by a return parade to St Anne's Parish Church.
Unsworth
10.50-11.30am
Act of Remembrance service and wreath laying at the Cenotaph on Parr Lane.
Walshaw
10.45-11.15am
Service and wreath laying. with Act of Remembrance held at Walshaw Memorial
Whitefield
10-11.30am
Service at All Saints Church, followed by Act of Remembrance service and wreath lying at Cenotaph.
Bury Festival of Remembrance
Please join us for an evening of Remembrance through military musicians, spoken word from Veteran families and performance from Bury Fire Choir
Elizabethan Suite on Monday 9 November, 7-8pm
Entry by tickets only at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/borough-of-bury-festival-of-remembrance-tickets-2003594855147?aff=oddtdtcreator
Armistice Day
The 11 November marks the end of the First World War when the guns fell silent at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
Service of Remembrance will be held at Gallipoli Gardens from 10.45am) and the Radcliffe Cenotaph (details to be confirmed).