Horsham's Remembrance parade leaves North Street at 10am on 8 November; silence at 11am. The council's full timetable, wreath layers and road closures.

Remembrance Sunday falls on 8 November 2026. Horsham’s parade leaves the BT Exchange car park on North Street at 10am and marches into the Carfax, where the service at the war memorial starts at 10.54am and the two-minute silence is at 11am. Horsham District Council published the full running order on 28 October (Horsham District Council, 28 October 2026).

Overview

Updated 29 October: the council has published the 2026 timetable. The parade starts at 10am from the BT Exchange car park on North Street, and the council chairman, Cllr Joanne Knowles, leads the wreath laying for the district (Horsham District Council).

Updated 25 October: the Royal British Legion’s Horsham Poppy Shop is open in Swan Walk Shopping Centre, outside Superdrug. The council’s chair, Cllr Joanne Knowles, declared it open on 22 October (Horsham District Council). The parade’s 2026 start time and forming-up point are still to be published.

Updated 20 October: the council has published the 2026 road closures for Horsham and six villages. In Horsham, East Street closes from 10am and the Causeway stays shut until 1.30pm; times for every street are below.

  • Sunday 8 November 2026, Horsham war memorial, the Carfax. The two-minute silence is at 11am.
  • The parade starts at 10am at the BT Exchange car park on North Street and marches into the Carfax. Standards, guests and councillors form up at the memorial at 10.45am.
  • The service ends about 11.20am, when the parade moves on to St Mary’s Parish Church for a Service of Remembrance and the public can go up to the memorial.
  • Roads close from 10am: East Street 10am to 11am, North Street, Carfax and South Street from 10.15am, and the Causeway until 1.30pm (Horsham District Council road closures).
  • The Poppy Shop is open in Swan Walk Shopping Centre, outside Superdrug, run by Horsham Branch Royal British Legion volunteers.
  • Armistice Day, Wednesday 11 November, has its own short service in the Carfax with a silence at 11am.

How the Horsham service runs

The Horsham Branch of the Royal British Legion is the lead organiser this year, in partnership with Horsham District Council. This is the council’s published sequence for 8 November 2026 (Horsham District Council, 28 October 2026):

Time What happens
10am Parade sets off from the BT Exchange car park, North Street
10.45am Standards, guests and councillors form up in front of the war memorial
10.54am The Alert is sounded and the parade marshal calls everyone to attention
10.55am Prayers led by the Revd Canon Lisa Barnett
10.59am The Last Post; standards dip
11am Two-minute silence
11.02am Reveille; standards up
11.04am Official wreath laying, then other organisations from 11.06am
11.15am National Anthem, then reflection and blessing at 11.17am
11.20am Parade dismisses and goes on to St Mary’s Parish Church for the Service of Remembrance; the memorial opens to the public
11.30am Acceptance of the standards

Who lays the wreaths. Cllr Joanne Knowles, the council chairman, for the people of the district, followed by the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex, Olivia Pinkney; John Milne MP; Zäl Rustom, chairman of the Horsham RBL branch; and from West Sussex County Council its leader, Cllr Jay Mercer, and vice chairman, Cllr Nigel Dennis.

In earlier years, going by the council’s account of 2023 (Horsham District Council, 12 November 2023):

  1. The parade comes down North Street, through East Street and into the Carfax to the war memorial.
  2. The service opens with prayers and the hymn O God Our Help in Ages Past, then the Last Post.
  3. The Chair of the Horsham RBL branch reads the Exhortation.
  4. Two-minute silence at 11am.
  5. Wreaths are laid, led on behalf of the King by the Deputy Lord Lieutenant in 2024 and 2025, then the council chairman for the people of the district, the MP, the RBL branch chair and the county council, followed by the armed services and youth organisations.
  6. One verse of the National Anthem and a blessing close the service at the memorial.
  7. A church service follows at St Mary’s Parish Church in the Causeway, open to everyone.

The Revd Canon Lisa Barnett, Team Rector of Horsham Parish, has led the service in each of the last three years (Horsham District Council, 11 November 2024).

Roads and parking

The council’s list of approved event closures gives these times for Horsham town centre on Sunday 8 November (Horsham District Council):

Road Closed
East Street 10am to 11am
North Street from the telephone exchange, with all side roads, plus Park Street and Park Way 10.15am to 11am
Blackhorse Way and the Carfax, including Swan Yard, from the bus station to Carfax End 10.15am to 11.30am
South Street 10.15am to 11.30am
The Causeway 10.15am to 1.30pm

The Causeway, which runs down to St Mary’s Church, stays shut longest. The parade also crosses the Albion Way and Park Way junctions on its way down North Street. For car parks away from the Carfax, see parking in Horsham, and for other closures, Horsham roadworks and travel.

Armistice Day, Wednesday 11 November

A shorter service is held in the Carfax on 11 November itself. This year the council chairman, Cllr Joanne Knowles, joins Royal British Legion members, residents and local school children at 11am for a short service and a two-minute silence (Horsham District Council, 28 October 2026). In 2025 it had prayers, the Exhortation, the Last Post and a one-minute silence at 11am, followed by official wreaths and then public wreath laying at the memorial, with neighbouring schools attending (Horsham District Council, 11 November 2025).

Horsham station has had its own remembrance memorial since 7 November 2025, unveiled by the Lord-Lieutenant of West Sussex with the council chairman, the MP and the RBL branch (Horsham District Council, 7 November 2025).

Elsewhere in the district

The council notes that a number of Remembrance Sunday services take place across the district on the same day (Horsham District Council, 2023). Six villages have approved road closures on 8 November, which show when their parades move (Horsham District Council):

Village Roads Closed
Henfield High Street, Golden Square to Church Street; Church Street to Church Lane 9.10am to 9.45am and 10.30am to 11.30am
Pulborough Church Place, from Church Hill to its northern end 9.30am to 11.30am
Southwater Downslink from the Worthing Road lights to Station Road; Fairbank Road to the Lintot Square car park entrance 10am to 12pm
Billingshurst Rolling closure: Frenches Mead, West Street, High Street, East Street to Silver Lane, Gratwicke Close 10.15am to 10.50am
Billingshurst Rolling closure: Gratwicke Close, East Street, High Street to Roman Way and Saxon Close 11.45am to 12.20pm
Slinfold The Street, Clapgate Lane to the Red Lyon 10.30am to 11.30am
Storrington Old Mill Drive from the petrol station, High Street, Church Street to St Mary’s Church 2pm to 3.30pm

Storrington’s closure is the only one in the afternoon.

FAQs

When is Remembrance Sunday 2026 in Horsham?

Sunday 8 November 2026, at the war memorial in the Carfax, with the two-minute silence at 11am.

What time is the Horsham Remembrance parade?

The parade starts at 10am from the BT Exchange car park on North Street and marches into the Carfax for the service at the war memorial, which begins at 10.54am. The two-minute silence is at 11am.

Which roads close in Horsham on Remembrance Sunday?

East Street from 10am to 11am; North Street, Park Street and Park Way from 10.15am to 11am; the Carfax, Blackhorse Way, Swan Yard and South Street from 10.15am to 11.30am; and the Causeway from 10.15am to 1.30pm.

Is there a service in Horsham on 11 November?

Yes. On Wednesday 11 November the council chairman joins the Royal British Legion, residents and local school children in the Carfax at 11am for a short service and a two-minute silence.

Sources

Checked against the council’s own pages on 25 September 2026; road closures added 20 October 2026; 2026 timetable added 29 October 2026.