Remembrance Sunday 2026: Every Confirmed Service Across West Kent, On One Map

Remembrance Sunday falls on 8 November this year, with Armistice Day itself three days later on Wednesday 11 November. Every borough, and most towns within them, holds its own service - different times, different routes, different road closures. We've pulled together what's confirmed so far into one place.

The parade sets off at 10.30am from the junction of Week Street and the High Street. The Service of Remembrance at the War Memorial on The Broadway begins at 10.50am, followed by the two-minute silence at 11am.

Rolling road closures run from 9.45am to 12.30pm. Full route and road-closure detail: Maidstone's Remembrance Sunday Parade Returns 8 November.

People are asked to gather at the Vine War Memorial from 10.45am, with the Remembrance Service and Parade itself beginning at 10.50am - fresh off a conservation clean-up finished just in time for this year's service.

There's a separate, smaller Armistice Day Service on 11 November at 10.45am, at Greatness Cemetery rather than the Vine, where the Mayor of Sevenoaks will lay crosses on the war graves. Full story on the Vine restoration: The Vine's War Memorial Gets Its Shine Back Before Remembrance Sunday.

Tonbridge's parade sets off at 10.30am from Tonbridge Castle, heading to the Remembrance Gardens on Bradford Street. Anyone wanting to march should get to the Castle between 10am and 10.30am; if you're just attending the service, be at the Gardens by 10.30am.

West Malling's commemoration is later, in the afternoon. The salute takes place at 2pm at the Saluting Base on the High Street, followed by a 2.30pm Service of Remembrance at St Mary's Church (seated by 2.20pm) and a short wreath-laying at the War Memorial outside straight after.

On Armistice Day itself, Wednesday 11 November, there's a short public ceremony at the Town Memorial by Tonbridge Castle's Watergate entrance - gather by 10.40am for the two-minute silence at 11am. The borough council says other towns and villages hold their own services too, with details held by individual parish councils.

Edenbridge Town Council has published one of the most detailed schedules in the district. The parade gathers at Leathermarket car park from 10.15am, with Edenbridge Scouts leading the march off at 10.30am towards the old War Memorial Hospital on Mill Hill.

The procession arrives at 10.45am for opening prayers, then the Last Post and two-minute silence at 11am, followed by wreath-laying and the National Anthem. Everyone marches back to Leathermarket car park at 11.20am.

Roads close from 10.15am to midday along Church Street, the High Street and Mill Hill, including the Hever Road junction. There's no parking at the old hospital site, so drivers are asked to park in town or at the Cricket Club pavilion car park at Blossoms Park - and a Scouts minibus is on hand for anyone who can't walk the route.

A Service of Remembrance follows at 2.30pm at St Peter and St Paul's Church, with music from the Town Band - and all month, a cascade of knitted poppies made by residents is on display at Stangrove Park. On Armistice Day, there's a two-minute silence at 11am at the Town Council's flagpole near Edenbridge Primary School, with the flag raised to half-mast for the day.

Paddock Wood's Remembrance Day Service starts with a parade from St Andrew's Church at 10.20am, arriving at the town's War Memorial for a service beginning at 10.40am - organised jointly by the church, the Town Council, the Royal British Legion and the Royal Naval Association.

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council hadn't published the exact time for its own town-centre service at the War Memorial at the time of writing - it's an annual fixture, so it's worth checking tunbridgewells.gov.uk nearer the day.

Separately, the Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery hold their own ceremony at 12.45pm, starting at the cemetery's Garden of Remembrance and laying wreaths at all four war memorials inside the grounds. The Last Post is played by buglers from the TS Brilliant Sea Cadet Corps Band, followed by the two-minute silence and the Reveille, and it all ends near the Friends Chapel with tea and cake.

Several more villages across the four boroughs hold their own services at local war memorials - Goudhurst and Leigh among them - organised by parish councils and local Royal British Legion branches rather than published centrally. If you know the confirmed details for yours, let us know and we'll add it.

Sources: Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council, Edenbridge Town Council, St Andrew's Church, Paddock Wood, Sevenoaks Town Council, Maidstone Borough Council and Friends of Tunbridge Wells Cemetery.