Remembrance Sunday 2026: local services and parades

Remembrance Sunday falls tomorrow, 8 November, and across Worthing, Shoreham, Lancing, Sompting and Southwick the usual services and parades are lined up. If you're planning to attend, it's worth knowing the timings and where each one lands, because they're spread across the morning and afternoon.

Worthing keeps things central. The service and march past are at the Worthing War Memorial outside the Town Hall on Chapel Road, with the two-minute silence starting on the first stroke of the town hall clock at 11am. The Mayor and others lay wreaths and take the salute at the march past around 11.30am, after the service. The memorial itself is worth a look when you're there: it was paid for by public subscription collected through the Worthing Gazette and unveiled by Field Marshal Sir William Robertson on 11 April 1921, and it's been Grade II listed since 2017. Historic England records 660 names from the First World War and 404 from the Second, plus names from later conflicts.

Over in Shoreham-by-Sea, the morning starts earlier. People meet at the Shoreham Community Centre on Pond Road at 9.20am, march via Western Road and Brunswick Road to St Mary de Haura Church for a 10am service, and then gather at the East Street War Memorial at 11am for the wreath laying, Last Post, two-minute silence and Reveille. The church dates from 1103 and is open daily for private prayer and visitors, though wheelchair access is through the south door rather than the main west end entrance, and there are no toilets on site.

Lancing's service is the afternoon one. People gather at South Street, by Robert Luff Estate Agents, at 2.15pm to form the procession, which leaves at 2.30pm for the War Memorial, dedicated to the men of Lancing who died in the Great War. Wreaths are laid at 2.45pm, and the service follows at St Michael and All Angels Church at 3pm. The church has two main entrances on the side opposite the road, with wheelchair access via the north side and toilets in the church hall. For parking, the surrounding streets are the option, but South Street and Penhill Road have restrictions and the Lancing Parish Hall car park is strictly off-limits and monitored, so the nearest paid car parks are Beach Green and Littlecroft in North Road, both about ten minutes away on foot.

Sompting's service is the earliest of the lot, starting at 9am with wreath laying, the two-minute silence and the reading of names at the War Memorial in the lychgate of St Mary's Church on Church Lane. Southwick's procession leaves the Southwick Square car park next to the Co-op at 10.30am, with the service at the Southwick Green War Memorial at 10.45am.

One practical note for anyone travelling by train: buses replace trains between Brighton and Worthing on both Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 November, so the line is closed on Remembrance Sunday.

Beyond tomorrow, the Field of Remembrance in Worthing opened on 2 November, and Armistice Day is marked there at 11am on Wednesday 11 November. The Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal runs until that day, with a range of poppies and pins on sale to support it. If you're heading out tomorrow, it's worth picking your service in advance, as they're staggered across the day and the town.