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Lest we forget.

The annual remembrance service will take place on Sunday 9 November 2025.

This year’s event will feature a parade followed by a service at Haverhill cemetery.

2:20pm – Remembrance Sunday Parade:

  • The parade will start from Haverhill Arts Centre car park.
  • The parade will proceed from the car park along Helions Walk and Duddery Hill into the High Street.
  • The procession will have a short pause on the Market Square. Veterans and serving armed forces members are then welcome to join the parade.
  • The procession will continue onto the Withersfield Road cemetery at 3:00pm.

3:00pm – Cemetery service:

  • The service will be led by the Rev Max Drinkwater of St Mary’s Church, Haverhill.
  • There will be an opportunity to lay poppies after the ceremony.
  • A bugle performance of The Last Post by Tim Pannell.

After the service is over the parade will head back to Haverhill Market Square for an official dismissal.

Road closures:

Please note there will be road closures in place during the afternoon and during the parade.

The following roads will be closed for the parade between 1:00pm and 4:00pm:

  • Haverhill High Street
  • Camps Road, Queen Street
  • Withersfield Road
  • Lower Downs Slade
  • Crowland Road
  • Broad Street

 

Serving military personnel or service veterans:

Any serving military personnel, or service veterans from any conflict, wish to join the Remembrance Sunday parade and/or the ceremony, please email events@haverhill-tc.gov.uk or message our Facebook page for more details.

Follow Haverhill Town Council on social media for more updates.

Times are approximate and are subject to change.

Road closures:

Please note there will be road closures in place during the afternoon and during the parade.

This includes the following roads:

Temporary closure of Duddery Hill/High Street (from Helions Park Avenue to Mount Road): From 2.20pm until parade has passed.

Haverhill High Street: Full closure from Camps Road to Eden Road from 1pm to 4pm, or until parade has disbanded, whichever is later.

Duddery Road and Eden Road: From 2.20pm until parade has passed.

Camps Road (from Swan Lane to Mill Road): From 2.20pm to 2.40pm and from 3.30pm to 3:50pm, or until parade has passed, whichever is later.

Queen Street: Full closure from 1pm to 4pm , or until parade has passed on return from cemetery, whichever is later.

Withersfield Road (from the Tesco roundabout to Eastern Avenue): From 2.30pm to 2.50pm and from 3:25pm to 3.40pm, or until parade has passed, whichever is later.

Lower Downs Slade car park: From 2.30pm to 2.50pm and from 3.25pm to 3.40pm, or until parade has passed, whichever is later.

Crowland Road (from Downs Crescent to Withersfield Road): From 2.30pm to 2-.50pm and 3.25pm to 3.40, or until parade has passed, whichever is later.

Broad Street: From 2.30pm to 2.50pm and 3.25pm to 3.40, or until parade has passed, whichever is later.