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Remembrance Day Service 2025

Ipswich Borough Council at Christchurch Park, Ipswich

Information - Remembrance Day Service 2025

This year’s annual Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph in Christchurch Park, Ipswich will be held on the morning of 9th November 2025.

Members of the public are invited to attend the annual Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Christchurch Park at 10.50am.

Organised by the Royal British Legion and Ipswich Borough Council, the service provides an opportunity for the community to come together and pay their respects, attended by veterans, civic leaders, members of the armed forces, cadets, and other organisations.

Military representatives and youth organisations will march through the centre of Ipswich to the service, starting from Elm Street at approximately 10.15am. The route is: Elm Street, Museum Street, Westgate Street, Tavern Street, Northgate Street, crossing A1156 Crown Street into Soane Street. Members of the public are welcome to watch the parade but are asked to ensure they leave sufficient space for the parade and to follow directions from police and security staff.

Following the service, Councillor Stefan Long, Mayor of Ipswich, and Lady Clare Euston, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, will take the salute at the March Past.

The annual Poppy Appeal was launched in Ipswich on Saturday 25 October by the Mayor outside Ipswich Town Hall. Find out more about the Appeal and donate online at: www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/poppy-appeal

Parking and road closure information

Portman Road Car Park B will be closed on Sunday 9 November as this car park is used for Remembrance Day service organisers. Please use the alternative car parks (A, C and D) on Portman Road.

There will also be rolling road closures for up to ten minutes for the march to and from Christchurch Park on 9 November (10am – 10.45am and 12.30pm – 1.15pm) affecting the following locations:

Elm Street: Full closure Civic Drive to Museum Street
Museum Street: Full closure Crown Street to Princes Street
Westgate Street: Partial closure between Museum Street and Cornhill
Cornhill: Full closure Westgate Street to Tavern Street
Tavern Street: Full closure Cornhill to Northgate Street
Northgate Street: Full closure Tavern Street to Crown Street
Upper Brook Street: Full closure Tacket Street to Northgate Street
Crown Street: Partial closure Fonnereau Road to St Margaret’s Street
Soane Street: Full closure St Margaret’s Street to Bolton Lane.

On Armistice Day, Tuesday 11 November at 10.50am, veterans and children from local schools will come together at the Fields of Honour in the Old Cemetery and at the Cenotaph in Christchurch Park for services of remembrance for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The sounding of maroons will mark the start and end of a two-minute silence at 11am. No road closures will be in place on Tuesday 11 November.