Remembrance Sunday – Sunday 09 November 2025
The Remembrance Day Service will take place at the War Memorial in Victoria Park, Bideford on Sunday 09 November. From 10.45am, the Mayor, Bideford Town Councillors, Uniformed Organisations and members of the public, will assemble to honour and remember those who we have lost, with the two minutes silence marked at 11am.
Following this, there will be a short Remembrance Day Service in St Mary’s Church.
There will be road closures enforced upon the Quay from the Pill Car Park to the Long Bridge roundabout (including Bridge Street) during the Remembrance Day Parade.
Roads affected:
10:40 – 10:55: Bridge Street – Bideford Quay – Kingsley Road (from Grenville Street to the Park Avenue).
11:00 – 11:05: Kingsley Road (between Park Avenue and Park Car Park).
11:20 – 11:50: Kingsley Road – Bideford Quay – Bridge Street (from Park Avenue to Grenville Street).
12:25 – 12:45: Bridge Street – Bideford Quay – Kingsley Road (from Grenville Street to the Park Avenue).
Armistice Day – Tuesday 11 November 2025
On Tuesday, 11 November at 10.40, The Town Mayor, accompanied by the Town Clerk, will lay a wreath at the Memorial outside St Mary’s Church, and mark the two minutes silence during a short service.
At the same time, the Deputy Mayor, accompanied by the Deputy Town Clerk, will lay a wreath at the Victoria Park Memorial, where a short service will be conducted. A piper will be present to mark the Last Post / Reveille.
A wreath will also be laid at Chudleigh Fort, having marked the two minutes silence.
