This Wednesday, 11 November, the Mayor leads a two-minute silence at 11am on Southend High Street. Remembrance Sunday 2027 falls on 14 November.

This page covers Southend’s Remembrance services: Armistice Day this Wednesday, 11 November 2026, and next year’s Remembrance Sunday, which falls on 14 November 2027. On Armistice Day the Mayor, Cllr Tony Cox, leads a two-minute silence at 11am on the High Street, next to the Victoria Shopping Centre (Southend-on-Sea City Council, 14 October).

Remembrance Sunday 2026 was on 8 November, at the Southend Cenotaph in Cliff Gardens, Clifftown Parade, SS1 1DL. The 2026 times and road closures are kept below as a guide to next year. The council has not yet published any 2027 details.

Updated 9 November: Remembrance Sunday 2026 has passed. The page now leads on Wednesday’s Armistice Day silence and the 2027 date, and keeps the 2026 running order and closures for reference.

Updated 3 November: the council has published the road closure order (dated 30 October). Clifftown Parade, Westcliff Parade, Wilson Road, Prittlewell Square and Clifton Terrace close from 8am to 1pm; roads in Shoeburyness close 8am to noon, and Leigh Broadway and the roads around it close 2.30pm to 4.45pm. Full list in the road closures section below.

Updated 17 October: the council’s announcement of 14 October confirms the Armistice Day silence will be on the High Street, next to the Victoria Shopping Centre, at 11am on Wednesday 11 November. It gives a 10.15am assembly time; the council’s events listing still says 10.30am. Veterans and uniformed groups who want to march should email the Mayor’s Office.

Updated 6 October: the council has published the 2026 running order on its events calendar, and Visit Southend carries the same times. The parade forms 15 minutes later than last year.

Overview

  • Armistice Day, Wednesday 11 November 2026, 11am: the Mayor leads a two-minute silence on the High Street, next to the Victoria Shopping Centre. Anyone can join.
  • Remembrance Sunday 2027 is 14 November. The council has not published times yet.
  • In 2026 the parade assembled at Prittlewell Square from 10.15am, reached the Cenotaph at 10.45am, and the silence was at 11am, marked by a Royal Artillery gun in Cliff Gardens.
  • To march in future years: veterans, serving personnel and uniformed groups have been asked to email MayorsOffice@southend.gov.uk.

The 2026 running order, Sunday 8 November

The council has published two sets of times, and they differ by 15 minutes at the start. Its news announcement of 14 October says the parade “will assemble at Prittlewell Square from 10.15am before proceeding along Clifftown Parade to the Southend Cenotaph at 10.45am”, with the service beginning at 11am (council news). Its events listing, read again on 17 October, still says the parade forms up at 10.30am. Both agree on 10.45am at the Cenotaph and 11am for the silence, so arriving by 10.15am covers either.

The events listing gives these times, under the heading “Remembrance Day Service”:

Southend Remembrance Sunday running order, Sunday 8 November 2026, as published by Southend-on-Sea City Council.
TimeWhat happens
10:30amThe parade forms up at Prittlewell Square
10:45amThe parade moves from Prittlewell Square to the Cenotaph for the Service of Remembrance
11amTwo-minute silence. Its start and end are marked by a Royal Artillery gun, fired by the Shoeburyness and Southend Essex Branch Royal Artillery Association Gun Team
11:30amListed end of the service

The same times, and the venue of Southend Cenotaph, Clifftown Parade, SS1 1DL, appear on Visit Southend, the council’s tourism site. Neither listing yet names who will lead the service or which organisations will march.

Where to stand. In past years the parade has marched along Clifftown Parade from Prittlewell Square to the Cenotaph, so anywhere on that stretch sees it pass. Arrive before 10.45am if you want to see it set off.

What happened in 2025

Last year’s service ran to a slightly earlier timetable. The council announced its 2025 plans on 6 November, three days before the service (council news, 6 November 2025). This is what it said.

Southend Remembrance Sunday running order in 2025. Last year's times, not this year's.
TimeWhat happened
From 10:15amParade assembles at Prittlewell Square
10:40amParade arrives at the Cenotaph along Clifftown Parade
11amService of Remembrance and the national two-minute silence, with a Royal Artillery gun salute
11:02amSecond gun salute, from the gun in Cliff Gardens opposite Wilson Road
After the silenceWreaths laid by civic dignitaries, the armed forces, veterans, faith leaders and community groups

Taking part and laying a wreath

Local veterans, serving personnel and members of uniformed organisations are invited to march. The council asks anyone who wants to take part to email the Mayor’s Office at MayorsOffice@southend.gov.uk to register and get further details (council news).

After the silence, wreaths are laid by civic dignitaries, armed forces representatives, veterans, faith leaders and community organisations. Members of the public who want to lay a wreath will be invited to come forward during the service, the council says. In both 2024 and 2025 it said anyone wishing to do so would be invited to come forward during the service, after the official wreaths (council news, 4 November 2024).

How the 2024 service ran

In 2024 the parade of armed forces, veterans, cadets and civilian organisations left Prittlewell Square from 10:30am. The Bishop of Bradwell led the service, with music from the Southend Citadel Band of the Salvation Army. It ended with the National Anthem, after which the parade reformed and marched past the saluting dais between the Cenotaph and Prittlewell Square (council news, 4 November 2024).

Road closures and parking in 2026

The council’s temporary order for Remembrance Sunday, dated 30 October, runs from 8am on 8 November until 5pm or the end of the event, whichever is earlier. It bans traffic, waiting, parking and loading on the roads below and suspends the parking bays on them, only while signs are up. There is no formal diversion route, and vehicles left in the way can be ticketed and towed (Southend-on-Sea City Council, Remembrance Sunday road closure notice).

Road Times What happens
Clifftown Parade, Wilson Road to Devereux Road 8am to 1pm Closed to traffic, no parking
Westcliff Parade, Wilson Avenue to Marine Avenue 8am to 1pm Closed to traffic, no parking
Wilson Road, Alexandra Road to Clifftown Parade 8am to 1pm Closed to traffic, no parking
Prittlewell Square, both sides 8am to 1pm One-way suspended, two-way traffic marshalled for disabled parking
Clifton Terrace 8am to 1pm Access only, except hotel guests
Devereux Road 8am to 1pm Parking suspended, two-way working
Shoeburyness: Campfield Road (Ness Road to New Garrison Road) and New Garrison Road (roundabout to St George’s Lane) 8am to noon Closed to traffic, no parking
Leigh-on-Sea: Broadway (Elm Road to Leigh Hill), Broadway West, Rectory Grove, Elm Road, North Street and Pall Mall, in the stretches named in the order 2.30pm to 4.45pm Closed or no entry, no parking

The Shoeburyness and Leigh closures show that events are planned there too, but no organiser has yet published their times. If you normally park on Clifftown Parade or Westcliff Parade, the nearest alternatives are the town-centre car parks; arriving on foot or by train to Southend Central or Westcliff is simpler.

Our parking in Southend page has car park charges, and Southend roadworks and travel carries the current closures.

Armistice Day, Wednesday 11 November

The Mayor will lead a two-minute silence at 11am on Wednesday 11 November on Southend High Street, next to the Victoria Shopping Centre (council news, 14 October). Anyone can join. Last year’s silence was in the same part of the city centre, at Victoria Circus (council news, 6 November 2025).

Leigh-on-Sea and Shoeburyness

The council’s road closure order shuts Leigh Broadway and the roads around it from 2.30pm to 4.45pm on 8 November, and Campfield Road and New Garrison Road in Shoeburyness from 8am to noon, but Leigh-on-Sea Town Council’s events page still lists nothing for Remembrance (checked 3 November). We will add services in Leigh, Shoeburyness and the parishes when their organisers publish them.

Remembrance Sunday 2027

Remembrance Sunday is the second Sunday in November, which in 2027 is 14 November. In each of the last three years the council announced its plans between mid-October and early November; in 2026 the road closure order followed on 30 October. We will update this page when the 2027 details appear.

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