Across Bracknell Forest, residents are invited to participate in Remembrance events throughout November. These include parades, church services, and wreath-laying ceremonies, culminating on Remembrance Sunday, 8 November.
In Bracknell town centre, Bracknell Town Council will host an event from 10:30am to 12:30pm. The parade will commence from The Angel Memorial Statue in Stanley Walk, proceeding through The Lexicon to Holy Trinity Church. The public is encouraged to line the route. Attendees are advised to allow extra time for travel and parking.
Binfield will hold services and a parade on Sunday 8 November. St. Mark’s Church will host an outdoor Act of Remembrance Service on Saturday 7 November at 2:30pm, followed by a wreath-laying at the War Memorial. On Sunday, a parade will depart Oakmede car park at 9:30am, walking along Terrace Road North to All Saints’ Church for a 10:15am service. A second parade will leave the church at 11:15am, returning to Oakmede car park by 11:45am. Road closures will be in effect on Terrace Road North. For Armistice Day on Wednesday 11 November, St Mark’s Church will hold a service at 10:30am, including a ceremony led by schoolchildren and a 2-minute silence at 11am. Further details are available on the Binfield Parish Council Facebook page.
Crowthorne's Remembrance service will take place at St John’s Church, Waterloo Road, on Sunday 8 November at 10am. Uniformed organisations will join residents to pay respects. Following the service, the congregation and groups will proceed to the Lychgate for the Act of Remembrance at 11am. The Royal British Legion on Wellington Road will feature a poppy installation, with handmade poppies crafted by community groups and residents, on display from 8 November.
The Mayor of Sandhurst invites residents to a Service of Remembrance at Sandhurst Memorial Park on Yorktown Road, starting at 10:45am on Sunday 8 November. A 2-minute silence will be observed at 11am, followed by wreath-laying, music from the Sandhurst Silver Band, the Churches Together Choir, and the Sandhurst and District Corps of Drums. Parking will be restricted, and a road closure will be in place. More information can be found on the Sandhurst Town Council website and Facebook page.
In Winkfield, three Remembrance Day events are scheduled. St Martin’s Church in Church Road, Cavey Down, Ascot, will hold a service at 9:30am. St Mary’s Church in Winkfield and St Peter’s Church in Cranbourne will both host services at 10:45am, with opportunities for silence outside by the war memorials.
Cllr Georgia Pickering, Bracknell Forest’s armed forces champion, highlighted the importance of these events. "Remembrance activities and events are an important opportunity for our communities to come together to remember those who served and sacrificed so much to protect our freedoms," she stated. She also expressed gratitude to the town and parish councils, churches, community groups, and volunteers for organising the services across the borough, ensuring that sacrifices are remembered.
