Remembrance Sunday round West Cumbria: when the parades start and which roads shut Remembrance Sunday parades across West Cumbria: times, routes and road closures
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Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. Whitehaven, Workington, Harrington and other West Cumbria towns have parades and services, with temporary road closures — here's when they kick off.
If you're heading to a Remembrance parade on Sunday 8 November, or you're driving anywhere near one, this is your cheat sheet.
Whitehaven: parade leaves the Copeland Centre on Catherine Street at 10.40am for Castle Park cenotaph, then on via Lowther Street, Lower King Street and Market Place to the United Reformed Church. Rolling closure from 10.15am.
Harrington: assemble at the Royal British Legion from 9.30am, leave 9.40am, St Mary's for 9.50am, service 10am to 10.40am, then the cenotaph. Free hot food back at the Legion after, says Workington Town Council.
Workington: assemble Pow Street from 1.45pm, start 2pm, Vulcan Park cenotaph, salute the mayor on Oxford Street, finish at the Legion on Jane Street. No extra church service after. Free pie, peas and gravy at the Legion. Look out for the silent soldier silhouettes at Moss Bay, the station, Jubilee Corner and Church Road in Harrington.
Cockermouth: Methodist Church 12.45pm, wreath-laying at the cenotaph at 2pm. Egremont, Cleator Moor and Millom have parades too, with road restrictions. Cumberland Council is flying Union flags at Allerdale House and the Copeland Centre on the Sunday and on Armistice Day (11 November), and open council buildings will do the two-minute silence at 11am both days.
What can you do? Check the Visit Workington Remembrance page and local notices for last-minute changes, and look up closures on one.network before you set off.
Towns across West Cumbria will hold Remembrance Sunday parades and services on 8 November, with temporary road closures in Whitehaven, Workington, Harrington and other places. Here are the main start times and where to check routes.
This is for anyone in West Cumbria who wants to join or watch a Remembrance Sunday parade or service on Sunday 8 November, and for drivers who need to know about temporary closures.
In Whitehaven the parade leaves the Copeland Centre on Catherine Street at 10.40am for the cenotaph in Castle Park, then continues via Lowther Street, Lower King Street and Market Place to the United Reformed Church. A rolling road closure is due from 10.15am along the route.
In Harrington the parade assembles outside the Royal British Legion from 9.30am and leaves at 9.40am, arriving at St Mary's Church at 9.50am for a service from 10am to 10.40am, then a short ceremony at the cenotaph. Temporary closures will cover the parade route. Workington Town Council says everyone is welcome back at the Legion afterwards for free hot food.
In Workington the main town parade assembles on Pow Street from 1.45pm for a 2pm start, marches to the cenotaph in Vulcan Park for the service, salutes the mayor on Oxford Street, and finishes at the Royal British Legion on Jane Street. Temporary closures will run along the Pow Street to town-centre route. There is no separate church service after the parade. Free pie, peas and gravy are offered at the Legion afterwards. Silent soldier silhouettes are due at Moss Bay, the railway station, Jubilee Corner on Oxford Street and Church Road in Harrington.
Cockermouth has a Methodist Church service at 12.45pm and wreath-laying at the cenotaph at 2pm. Parades and services are also planned in Egremont, Cleator Moor and Millom, with associated traffic restrictions. Cumberland Council says Union flags will fly at Allerdale House in Workington and the Copeland Centre in Whitehaven on Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day (11 November), and council buildings open to the public will observe the two-minute silence at 11am on both days.
What you can do: check Workington Town Council's Remembrance page and local notices for final details, and use the one.network roadworks site for exact closure maps before you travel.