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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
13/11/2022
FreeHyndburn Council is pleased to support the Royal British Legion and invite local people to the upcoming Remembrance Sunday events taking place across the Borough on Sunday 13th November.
ACCRINGTON – Service at cenotaph at Oakhill Park at 10.45 am followed by parade to Church Street. Free transport available at 10am from Accrington Bus Station (Bay 11).
ALTHAM – Service at 10.00 am at St James Church, Altham followed by Act of Remembrance at the war memorial.
CHURCH – Parade departs at 10.30am from Bank Street. Service and wreath laying at war memorial in Gatty Park at 11am.
Gt HARWOOD – 10.35 am parade from Town Gate to the war memorial in Memorial Park. 10.55am service and wreath laying at the war memorial.
HUNCOAT – Assemble at the corner of Burnley Lane and Lowergate Road. Procession to the war memorial for wreath laying at 2.30pm.
BAXENDEN – Service at St John’s Church at 3pm.
OSWALDTWISTLE – Thwaites Street at 2.10pm, parade along Union Road to the war memorial on Rhyddings Street for combined service and laying of wreaths.
CLAYTON-LE-MOORS – Procession starts at 9.40am from the Arthur Wilson Centre followed by service at All Saints Church at 10 am and wreath laying service at the memorial at approximately 11.00 am.
RISHTON – 10.00 am service at St. Peter and St. Pauls Church followed by parade at approximately 10.30 am to the war memorial.
Please be aware that there is likely to be some delays in traffic flow during the parades. Traffic should in particular avoid Union Road, Oswaldtwistle between 2pm and 3.15 pm, where a section of the road will be fully closed around the War Memorial during the service.