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Remembrance events

Date Posted: 2:07 PM on Mon, 4 November 2024

As part of the commemorations for Remembrance Sunday, plans for a parade through Arnold Town Centre have been announced. The event has been organised by St Paul’s Church, Gedling Borough Council and the Royal British Legion.

The event will be attended by local dignitaries, including the Deputy Mayor of Gedling, Member of Parliament for Gedling, the Chief Executive and members of the Armed Forces.

The parade, which will include members from the Royal British Legion, British Army, RAF Cadets, Arnold Army Cadets, The Mercian Regiment and Boys and Girls Brigades, will commence at 9am on Sunday 10 November at the Victory Club on Church Drive East and it will march towards St Paul’s Church for a service of remembrance that begins at 9.45am. At 10.30am the parade will leave the church and march to Arnot Hill Park through Mansfield Road, Sir John Robinson Way and Nottingham Road.

A short remembrance service will take place from 10.50am and a two minutes silence will start at 11am. After the event, the parade will return to its original location of Church Drive and is due to end at 11.40am.

 All roads affected by the parade will be closed from 9am – 12pm.

Remembrance events will also take place in Gedling Village on Sunday 10 November and on Mapperley Top on Sunday 17 November. 

The full event timings can be found for all the events around the borough at www.gedling.gov.uk/whatson