A series of services and parades have been organised across Gedling borough to honour the sacrifices of the armed forces and emergency services this Sunday.
Every year the borough comes together for Remembrance Sunday.
A period of silence is held each year to remember the people who have died in wars around the world.
Gedling Borough Council has announced various Remembrance Day services taking place. Residents are invited to attend and join.
In Arnold, the annual service will take place between 9-11am and will begin with a parade that will include members from the Royal British Legion, British Army, RAF Cadets, Arnold Army Cadets and Boys and Girls Brigades.
The parade forms at 9am at the Victory Club on Church Drive East and at 9.20am will march towards St Paul’s Church for a service of remembrance that begins at 9.45am.
At 10.30am the parade leaves the church and marches to Arnot Hill Park, via Mansfield Road, Sir John Robinson Way and Nottingham Road.
A remembrance service will take place at the war memorial from 10.50am, with a two-minute silence at 11am.
The parade will then march from the war memorial in the park to the Arnold Victory Club via Nottingham Road and is due to end at 11.40am.
All roads affected by the parade will be closed from 9am – 12pm.
The event in Gedling will start at All Hallows Church at 10am with a church service, followed by a procession to the nearby war memorial at 10.45am. A wreath laying ceremony and Act of Remembrance will then take place. At 11am there will be a two-minute silence, followed by a parade to Gedling Memorial Hall.
In Mapperley, they will mark Remembrance on Sunday, Nov ember 16. The band and parade will assemble at the Mapperley Top car park on Bonington Road at 10.35am. They will then march along Woodborough and Plains Road to the Mapperley War Memorial on the corner of Woodborough Road and Woodthorpe Drive.
There will be a service and Act of Remembrance, followed by the Last Post and a two-minute silence at 11am. Following the memorial service, the parade will march back to Bonington Road.
In Calverton, those taking part in the parade will meet at Calverton Working Men’s Club at 9am. A Remembrance service will then take place at St Wilfred’s Church from 10 until 10.30am. A parade will the make its way to the Cenotaph on Mansfield Road for the Act of Remembrance.
The parade will then return to the working men’s club and be dismissed at 11.45am. Tea and coffee will be available at the club afterwards.
The following roads will be closed across the borough for the parades on Sunday morning:
Church Drive, Arnold
Main Road, Gedling
Mansfield Road, Daybrook
Nottingham Road, Daybrook
Sir John Robinson Way, Daybrook
Main Street, Calverton
Mansfield Lane, Calverton
Breck Hill Road, Woodthorpe
The Mapperley Remembrance Parade is on Sunday 16th November not on the 9th