Remembrance Sunday services

This year's Remembrance Sunday falls on November 12 and a number of services have been arranged in the Lancaster district.

Everyone is welcome to go along to remember all who died for their country in the two World Wars and also those who served in more recent operations in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Iraq.  

Remembrance Sunday services will take place as follows: 

Lancaster 

Garden of Remembrance, Town Hall, Lancaster starting at 10.30am, followed by a service in the Priory Church at 11.30am.  There will be a parade and March Past leaving the Priory Church and ending at Lancaster Town Hall at approximately 12.40pm.

Morecambe 

Cenotaph, Marine Road – Procession will form up at the Platform, led by Morecambe band, leaving at approximately 10.40am, for a service and two minutes silence at the cenotaph.

Carnforth 

The parade will leave the council offices on Market Street at approximately 10.30am and then proceed along North Road and New Street to the war memorial for a service at 11am.

Parking

To help people to pay their respects, Lancaster City Council has suspended parking charges on the car parks at the Bay Arena and Goods Yard in Morecambe and Nelson Street in Lancaster on Remembrance Sunday.

Remembrance Concert

Morecambe Band will also be performing their annual Remembrance Concert at the Platform in Morecambe on Saturday November 11 at 7.30pm. 

Proceeds are donated to the British Legion Poppy Appeal and the Army and Navy cadets. Tickets cost £12/£10/£6 and are available online or the box office on 01524 582803.

Last updated: 10 November 2017