Remembrance Sunday 2027 is 14 November. Farnham's 2026 parade formed in Castle Street on 8 November, with the two-minute silence at 11am at Gostrey Meadow.

Remembrance Sunday 2027 falls on 14 November. Farnham’s 2026 parade and service were on Sunday 8 November: the parade formed in Castle Street from 10am, and the two-minute silence was at 11am at the Gostrey Meadow war memorial. Farnham Town Council has not published any 2027 arrangements yet. Armistice Day 2026, Wednesday 11 November, is still to come. The detail below is how the 2026 day was organised. We will update this page when the 2027 times and road closures are out.

Updated 9 November: the 2026 parade has taken place; Remembrance Sunday 2027 is 14 November.

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. Waverley has now made the road closure order: Castle Street, The Borough and South Street shut to all vehicles from 10am to 12 noon. The council has not yet given a set-off time; 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. Updated 20 October: Farnham’s closure order is out: Castle Street, The Borough and South Street, 10am to 12 noon. Updated 7 November: Waverley has added closure orders for the Milford and Dockenfield services. Farnham Town Council’s event page, read on 7 November, still gives no 2026 set-off time, so the timings below are last year’s.

Updated 3 November: Waverley has added closure orders for the Shottermill and Chiddingfold services. Farnham’s 2026 set-off and service times are still not published; the closure order covers 10am to noon.

  • 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.
  • Road closures 2026: Castle Street, The Borough and South Street, 10am to 12 noon, to all vehicles (Waverley decision 6572). Pedestrians and emergency vehicles still get through.

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 2025 closures covered Castle Street, parts of The Borough, South Street, Victoria Road and Brightwells Road.

Road closures on 8 November 2026

Waverley Borough Council’s order, decided on 19 October 2026 under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, closes Castle Street, The Borough and South Street, Farnham, to all vehicular traffic from 10am to 12 noon “to accommodate Farnham Remembrance Parade and Service”. Access is kept for official, emergency and permitted vehicles and for pedestrians (Waverley decision 6572). That is a fixed two-hour window rather than last year’s rolling closures, and the order does not name Victoria Road or 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, Cranleigh, Milford and village road closures

Waverley Borough Council has made 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).
  • Cranleigh, 10.30am to 12.30pm: the High Street from Church Lane to Horseshoe Lane, for the Remembrance Service and Parade (decision 6574).
  • Elstead, 10.45am to 11.30am: Thursley Road from Stacey’s Farm Road to West Hill, for the parade (decision 6566).
  • Bramley, 10.45am to 11.15am: the High Street, for the Remembrance Service (decision 6573).
  • Shottermill, Haslemere, 10.45am to 11.15am: Church Road, for the Shottermill Remembrance Service (decision 6575).
  • Chiddingfold, 10.45am to 11.15am: the A283 from the northmost junction with The Green to the junction with Mill Lane, for the Chiddingfold Remembrance Service (decision 6578).
  • Milford, 10.45am to 11.30am: Church Road from Ockfields to the roundabout at Cherry Tree Road, for the Milford Remembrance Service (decision 6596, published 3 November).
  • Dockenfield, noon to 2pm: The Street from the junction with Lake Lane to the Church of the Good Shepherd, for the Dockenfield Remembrance Service (decision 6595, published 3 November).

Sources: Waverley’s register of officer decisions, Haslemere and Witley, Cranleigh, Elstead, Bramley, Shottermill, Chiddingfold, Milford and Dockenfield.

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.

Remembrance 2027

  • Remembrance Sunday 2027 is 14 November, the second Sunday of the month.
  • Farnham Town Council publishes its parade notice in late October; last year’s appeared on 30 October 2025, and the 2026 times never reached the council’s event page before the day.
  • Waverley’s road closure orders for 2026 were decided in October, a few weeks before the parade; we will add the 2027 orders as they are made.

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