Manchester to commemorate our armed forces with ceremony and parade this Remembrance Sunday
Poppy wreaths on Remembrance Sunday at the Manchester Cenotaph / Credit: Manchester City Council
Manchester is set to fall silent and remember the fallen during this year’s annual Remembrance Sunday commemorations.
Just as it does each year, Manchester City Council has now revealed the details of how the city will mark Remembrance Sunday this weekend, and has confirmed that the annual Remembrance Sunday Parade will set off at 10:25am from John Dalton Street.
Civic dignitaries, servicemen and women, service and ex-service organisations, faith leaders, emergency services, and other uniformed organisations, have all been invited to lay traditional poppy wreaths and pay their respects at the Cenotaph in St. Peter’s Square, along with members of the public.
Proceedings will start at 10:25am, and run through until midday.
Veterans and military personnel will march from John Dalton Street to the Cenotaph, where a service will be held at 11am, along with a two-minute silence, all before a short march to Peter Street across St Peter’s Square then takes place to close out the commemorations.
The two-minute silence will be observed at 11am, and the start and finish of this silence marked by the firing of a maroon.
In order for necessary security checks and safeguards to be carried out, Manchester City Council has confirmed that a series of road closures will be implemented on Sunday 10 November between 7am and 1pm.
The following road closures will be in place:
- John Dalton Street (Deansgate to Cross Street)
- Princess Street (Cross Street to Portland Street) with a ‘hard closure’ at Back George Street
- Cross Street (Princess Street to King Street)
- Peter Street (Deansgate to Oxford Street) with a ‘hard closure’ at Watson street and Hale Street
- Mount Street (Windmill Street to Albert Square)
- Museum Street (Windmill Street to Peter Street)
- Southmill Street (Windmill Street to Albert Square)
- Bootle Street (Deansgate to Mount Street)
- Lloyd Street (Deansgate to Southmill)
- Jackson Row (Deansgate to Southmill)
- Central Street (Southmill to Mount Street)
- Cooper Street (Kennedy to Princess Street)
- West Mosely Street (Booth Street to princess Street)
- Bow Lane (Clarence Street to Princess Street)
- St James’s Square (South King Street to John Dalton Street)
- Ridgefield (Mulberry Street to John Dalton Street)
As well as road closures, there will also be a number of parking restrictions set to apply on the day too.
It has been confirmed that all parking bays – including accessible parking bays – will be suspended from 8pm on Saturday 9 November, right through to 2pm on Sunday 10 November.
The roads where parking restrictions will apply are:
- Lloyd Street (Deansgate to Southmill Street)
- Jackson Row (Deansgate to Southmill Street)
- Bootle Street (Deansgate to Mount Street)
- Mount Street (Windmill Street to Albert Square)
- Museum Street (Windmill Street to Peter Street)
- Southmill Street (Windmill Street to Albert Square)
- Peter Street (Deansgate to Oxford Street)
- Oxford Street (Peter Street to Chepstow)
- Princess Street (Albert Square to Portland Street)
- John Dalton Street (Deansgate to Albert Square)
- Ridgefield Street (John Dalton Street to South King Street)
- Central Street (Southmill Street to Mount Street)
- St James’ Square (South King Street to John Dalton)
- Windmill Street (Mount Street to Watson Street)
- Cross Street (Princess Street to King Street)
- Cooper Street (Kennedy to Princess Street)
- West Mosely Street (Booth Street to Princess Street)
- Bow Lane (Clarence Street to Princess Street)
When it comes to other forms of public transport, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has confirmed that no trams will run through St Peter’s Square between 10am and 12:30pm on Sunday 10 November.
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More updates on this can be found at tfgm.com/remembrance-sunday, and then for real-time travel information on the day, you’ll want to check the the TfGM website.
Featured Image – Manchester City Council