Remembrance in Brighton & Hove: Old Steine service at 10.50am on Sunday

Brighton’s Remembrance Sunday parade and service starts at 10.50am this Sunday, 8 November, at the war memorial on the Old Steine. The council has published the times of services across the city, from this morning to Armistice Day on Wednesday, and all of them are open to anyone who wants to go.

The first is today, Thursday: a blessing in the Garden of Remembrance at the Old Steine memorial at 10.50am.

Sunday 8 November

The day starts at 9am with the Royal Sussex Regimental Association’s service at the regiment’s memorial in Regency Square.

At the Old Steine, the parade and service are followed by wreath laying and the March Past and Salute. The council asks people to arrive by 10.30am.

Portslade’s parade and service begins at 10.45am in Easthill Park, Manor Road, with wreaths laid at 11am. Guests are asked to be there by 10.30am. At Hove Cemetery on Old Shoreham Road, a short wreath-laying ceremony takes place at the North Gate Memorial at 11am and then at the South Gate Memorial.

Rottingdean’s parade forms on the lower High Street at 11.30am, and the service starts at 12 noon at the war memorial on the Village Green.

Hove’s service is in the afternoon. It starts at 2.30pm at the war memorial on Grand Avenue, followed by a March Past and a parade to All Saints Church on The Drive, where the civic memorial service begins at 3pm.

Armistice Day, Wednesday 11 November

Three memorials hold a service and the two-minute silence at 11am. The Old Steine service starts at 10.50am; Grand Avenue in Hove and the Village Green in Rottingdean start at 10.55am.

Councillor Amanda Grimshaw, the city’s Armed Forces Champion, said: “I invite everyone to join a local Remembrance event, or simply take a quiet moment to reflect on those who gave their lives to protect others”.

Roads and buses

On Sunday, Pavilion Parade, Old Steine, Castle Square and North Street from Bond Street to Castle Square close from 10am to 12 noon. Grand Avenue and The Drive in Hove close from 1.45pm to 3.45pm. In Portslade, Locks Hill, part of Manor Road and part of Easthill Way close from 10.25am to 10.55am. Rottingdean High Street and The Green close from 11.30am to 1pm.

Brighton & Hove Buses² won’t serve North Street, the Old Steine or part of the seafront between 10am and 12 noon. Routes 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 29A, 48, 50, 78 and 79 will terminate at the bottom of Edward Street and restart from St Peter’s Church. Buses from Hove towards Churchill Square will divert via Queens Road and North Road. Route 2 goes via Ovingdean from 11.30am to 1pm, so in Rottingdean use the White Horses or Bottom of Cowley Drive stops. The company says to allow extra time.

Trains between Brighton and Worthing are replaced by buses on 7 and 8 November. Paper train tickets are accepted on Brighton & Hove bus routes 1, 2, 6, 7, 46 and 49.

Veterans and serving armed forces personnel travel free on Brighton & Hove Buses on Sunday and Wednesday; we have the details here.