Sunday 8 November: the parade forms in Castle Street from 10am, silence at 11am. Haslemere's roads shut 10am to 11.30am; Farnham's closures are not out yet.

Remembrance Sunday falls on 8 November 2026, and Farnham Town Council has now listed this year’s parade: it forms in Castle Street from 10am, marches to the war memorial in Gostrey Meadow for a service with the two-minute silence at 11am, then marches past the Town Hall on South Street, where the salute is taken. The council has not yet given a set-off time or road closures for 2026; last year the parade set off at 10.25am.

The quick answer

Updated 30 September: Farnham Town Council’s 2026 event listing confirms the parade forms in Castle Street from 10am on Sunday 8 November. Updated 3 October: Waverley has published the road closure orders for the Haslemere and Witley services; Farnham’s 2026 closures are still to come.

  • Sunday 8 November 2026, with the silence at 11am at the Gostrey Meadow war memorial.
  • Confirmed for 2026: the parade forms in Castle Street from 10am (Farnham Town Council: Remembrance Sunday parade).
  • Last year’s timings: assemble in Castle Street from 10am, set off 10.25am, service from 10.45am.
  • Last year’s roads closed on a rolling basis from about 10am to 11.45am in the centre of town; 2026 closures are not yet published.

What happens, and where

Farnham Town Council organises the parade and service with the Royal British Legion’s Farnham branch. Its standing Remembrance page, updated on 19 August 2026, describes the day: the parade assembles in Castle Street, goes to the war memorial at Gostrey Meadow, and the service includes the two-minute silence at 11am, the Last Post, readings and the laying of wreaths. Then the armed forces, uniformed services, youth groups and dignitaries march past, and the salute is taken outside the Town Hall on South Street (Farnham Town Council: Farnham Remembrance events).

The council’s page also notes that the world’s first two-minute silence is believed to have been held in Castle Street, on 10 May 1916.

Last year’s timings

These are from the council’s notice for Sunday 9 November 2025, published on 30 October 2025 (Farnham Town Council: Farnham to unite in Remembrance). The 2026 notice is likely to follow at a similar point.

2025
Parade assembles Castle Street, from 10am
Parade sets off 10.25am
Service at Gostrey Meadow war memorial 10.45am
Two-minute silence 11am
Salute taken Outside the Town Hall, South Street
Rolling road closures 10am to 11.45am

The closures covered Castle Street, parts of The Borough, South Street, Victoria Road and Brightwells Road. If you are driving into town that morning, use a car park south of the centre or arrive after midday; car park options are on our parking in Farnham page and any other closures on Farnham roadworks and travel.

Services in the villages

Farnham Town Council says acts of remembrance also take place in Badshot Lea, The Bourne, Hale, Rowledge, Weybourne and Wrecclesham, and last year a councillor laid a wreath at each memorial on behalf of the town. The times of these village services have not been published by the council; check with your parish church.

Haslemere and Witley road closures

Waverley Borough Council has made two temporary road closure orders for Remembrance Sunday, 8 November 2026, under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847. Access is kept for official and emergency vehicles and for pedestrians.

  • Haslemere, 10am to 11.30am: Derby Road, Church Road, Bridge Road, Chestnut Avenue, West Street and both sides of the High Street, for the Haslemere Remembrance Service (decision 6531, published 30 September 2026).
  • Witley, 10.45am to 11.15am: the A283 Petworth Road from 75 metres south to 75 metres north of the war memorial, including the Church Lane junction, and Church Lane from All Saints church to Petworth Road (decision 6495).

Sources: Waverley’s register of officer decisions, Haslemere and Witley.

The schools’ service and the litter pick

  • Schools’ Remembrance Service. On the Friday before Remembrance Sunday, children from local schools gather at the Gostrey Meadow memorial with the Mayor. There is a two-minute silence at 11am, pupils read poems they have written and crosses are planted round the memorial. This year that Friday is 6 November, though the council has not confirmed it.
  • Bloomin’ Litter Pick. Last year volunteers met at the Town Hall on the Saturday before, from 10am to noon, to tidy the town for the parade, with cake afterwards (Farnham Town Council, 28 October 2025).

Armistice Day itself, 11 November, falls on a Wednesday this year.

Still to be confirmed

  • The 2026 set-off and service times, and road closures. Last year’s notice appeared on 30 October; we will update this page when this year’s does.
  • The date of the schools’ service and any village service times.

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