Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. Last year Norwich gathered at City Hall's war memorial at 10.30am, then paraded to the cathedral. Route and road closures.

Remembrance Sunday is on 8 November 2026. Norwich City Council has not yet published this year’s arrangements. Last year it announced them on 3 October: people gathered at the War Memorial outside City Hall from 10.30am, kept the two-minute silence at 11am, then paraded through the city to Norwich Cathedral.

The quick answer

  • Date: Sunday 8 November 2026. The 2026 timings are not yet published.
  • Last year’s pattern: assembly at the War Memorial, St Peters Street, 10.30am; two-minute silence at 11am; parade to the cathedral at about 11.05am; cathedral service from 11.40am.
  • Roads: in 2025, St Peters Street and Bethel Street closed 7am to midday.

How Norwich marked Remembrance Sunday in 2025

This is last year’s plan, not this year’s. It comes from Norwich City Council’s announcement of 3 October 2025 (Norwich City Council). The council describes leading the commemorations as a continuing role.

  • 10.30am: serving and former service personnel, civic dignitaries, emergency services and the public assembled at the War Memorial outside City Hall on St Peters Street.
  • Service: led by Reverend Canon Edward Carter of St Peter Mancroft Church, with wreath-laying and prayers.
  • 11am: The Last Post, then the national two-minute silence.
  • About 11.05am: after a blessing, the parade marched off.
  • 11.40am: after a salute on Cathedral Close, everyone was invited into Norwich Cathedral for a service.

Anyone could attend, and the public were welcome to lay wreaths or tributes at the memorial once the service had finished.

The parade route

In 2025 the parade went from St Peters Street down Gaol Hill, along London Street, Opie Street, Castle Meadow, Agriculture Hall Plain, Upper King Street and Tombland to Norwich Cathedral.

Road closures

From 7am to 12pm in 2025:

  • St Peters Street, closed.
  • Bethel Street, closed, with access kept to The Forum car park.
  • St Giles Street at its junction with St Peters Street, closed. Access to St Giles car park was kept, with traffic sent down Upper Goat Lane.

Current closures across the city are on our Norwich roadworks page, and car park prices on parking in Norwich.

About the War Memorial

The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and first unveiled in 1927 at the eastern end of the Guildhall. It moved to the memorial gardens in 1938, and a £2.6 million restoration turned it to face St Peters Street and City Hall, which the council says was a long-standing wish of local veterans to make parades easier. Behind it stands Paul de Monchaux’s bronze sculpture Breath, rededicated on 11 November 2010 (Norwich City Council).

With 3,544 Norwich men lost in the First World War, the memorial could not carry every name. Lutyens designed a separate Roll of Honour on oak panels, now restored and in the main foyer of City Hall, where it can be seen by appointment.

Also this autumn

The council’s Battle of Britain commemoration at the same memorial is covered on our Battle of Britain parade page. Bonfire Night falls the Thursday before Remembrance Sunday; our fireworks page explains why Norwich has no city display.

Still to be confirmed

The 2026 timings, who leads the service, the parade route and the road closures. Last year the council published its plan on 3 October, so expect this year’s in early October. We will update this page when it appears.