Remembrance services across Brighton and Hove this weekend
Multiple parades, services and wreath-laying ceremonies are taking place across the city this weekend to honour those who fell in wartime.
Brighton city centre
The main Brighton Remembrance Sunday parade and service takes place at the War Memorial in Old Steine tomorrow at 10.50am. The event includes a wreath-laying ceremony, march past and salute. Organisers expect a sizeable crowd and ask people to arrive by 10.30am.
Several roads will close from 10am to 12 noon, including Pavilion Parade, Old Steine, Castle Square and North Street from Bond Street to Castle Square.
The week of remembrance began on Thursday with a Blessing in the Garden of Remembrance service at Brighton War Memorial. An earlier service tomorrow is the Royal Sussex Regimental Association Remembrance at 9am at the Royal Sussex Regiment Memorial in Regency Square, with attendees asked to arrive by 8.50am.
Hove and outlying areas
Hove's Remembrance Sunday parade and service are at 2.30pm at the War Memorial in Grand Avenue, followed by a march past, salute and parade to All Saints Church in The Drive. Attendees should arrive by 2.20pm, with Grand Avenue closing from 1.45pm to 3.45pm.
A civic memorial service follows at All Saints at 3pm.
At Hove Cemetery on Old Shoreham Road, two services take place with wreath-laying ceremonies: one at the North Gate Memorial at 11am, followed immediately by the South Gate Memorial ceremony. Attendees should arrive by 10.50am.
In Portslade, the Remembrance Sunday parade and service begin at 10.45am in Easthill Park on Manor Road, with wreath-laying at 11am. Guests should assemble by 10.30am. Locks Hill and Manor Road will close from 10.25am to 1.55pm.
Rottingdean's parade and service start at 11.30am at the War Memorial on the Village Green, with the service beginning at noon. The High Street and The Green will close from 11.30am to 1pm.
Armistice Day services
The week concludes on Wednesday 11 November with Armistice Day services at three war memorials: Brighton at 10.50am, Hove at 10.55am and Rottingdean at 10.55am. Two-minute silences will be held at 11am at each location.
Brighton and Hove City Council said: "Services, parades and ceremonies are being held across the city to mark Remembrance, pay tribute to the Armed Forces and to remember all victims of conflict."
Both Brighton and Hove Buses and Stagecoach are offering free travel tomorrow and on Armistice Day for veterans and serving military personnel with valid military or veterans' ID.
Rail engineering works between Brighton and Worthing over the weekend may affect journeys, with a replacement bus service being provided.
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