SERVICES and parades will take place across the borough for Remembrance Sunday.

Residents, veterans and local councillors will unite in silence to honour the fallen during a series of Remembrance Sunday events.

The day will be marked across the country on Sunday, November 10, with parades and services being held in Abram, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Aspull, Atherton, Golborne, Hindley, Ince, Leigh, Lowton, Platt Bridge, Shevington, Standish, Tyldesley, and Wigan.

Residents will be joined by the Mayor of Wigan as well as local councillors to recognise the sacrifices made by servicemen and women in the two world wars and in recent conflicts.

Information here regards services in and around Leigh.

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ATHERTON

  • 10.10am Assemble at Atherton Collieries, Alder Street for departure at 10.20am.
  • Wreaths will be laid by members of the Council and various organisations. The parade will leave via Alder Street, turn left onto High Street and turn right on to Tyldesley Road, stopping at the Baptist Church Memorial. 
  • Proceed on Tyldesley Road via Market Street and Leigh Road to the Cenotaph
  • Return – Reassemble on Leigh Road, circumnavigate the cenotaph and return along Hamilton Street to the junction with Tyldesley Road, turn left onto Tyldesley Road, right at bollards onto High Street, right onto Alder Street to the Atherton Collieries.
  • The parade will be dismissed at Atherton Collieries.

GOLBORNE

  • Service of Remembrance will be held at Golborne War Memorial, Barn Lane, Golborne at 2.30pm.
  • It will be preceded by a procession from the Legh Court car park, Legh Street, Golborne, assembling at 2.15pm prompt.
  • The Service will be conducted by the Clergy of Golborne, after which wreaths will be laid.

HINDLEY

  • At 10.00am, the procession assembles in the Market Square/Council car park on Cross Street, Hindley.  
  • At 10.40am, the procession leaves the assembly point and proceeds along Morris Street to Wigan Road proceeding to the War Memorial on the corner of Atherton Road and Liverpool Road outside St Peter’s Church. 
  • A service is held at the Memorial together with the wreath laying ceremony followed by a service at St Peters Church.
  • The procession then re-assembles on Atherton Road and continues onto George Street, Chapel Green Road, turns left onto Bridge Street, continues along Market Street, turns right onto Cross Street, left onto Morris Street and ends on the Town Hall Car Park for the National Anthem and dispersal.

LEIGH

  • The Parade will assemble at Marsh Gymnasium Ullswater Street, Leigh at 10.15am.
  • Proceeding at 10.30am to the Cenotaph in Church Street Gardens via Railway Road, Market Street, Lord Street, Charles Street and Church Street. 
  • The Service at the Cenotaph will be conducted by the Clergy of Leigh during which wreaths will be laid by the various organisations.
  • A wreath will be laid on behalf of the Lieutenancy Office and the Deputy Mayor will lay the wreath on behalf of the Council.
  • There will be a return procession at the conclusion of the service, the route to be taken via Church Street, Vernon Street, Bradshawgate, Market Street and St Mary's Way to the Town Hall Square. 
  • A salute will be taken on the Town Hall Square when the parade passes along Market Street and those assembled on the Town Hall Square will be thanked for their attendance.

LOWTON

  • A Service of Remembrance will be held at St Mary`s Church, Newton Road, Lowton at 10.30am.
  • Preceded by an assembly in the schoolyard at 10.20am.
  • After the Service, a representative of the Council and other organisations taking part will lay wreaths.

TYLDESLEY

  • The Parade will assemble on the Market Square at 10.00am.
  • Proceeding at 10.10am to the Cenotaph at Tyldesley Cemetery via Elliott Street, Manchester Road and Hough Lane. 
  • The Service at the Cenotaph will be conducted by a member of the Clergy during which wreaths will be laid by the various organisations.
  • Following the Service, there will be a return procession to the Market Square via Hough Lane, Manchester Road and Elliott Street.
  • As the Parade passes the Town Hall, a salute will be taken by Ward Councillors and senior ex-servicemen. 

WIGAN

  • The procession will leave the Town Hall in Library Street at 10.30am prompt and will proceed along Library Street, Rodney Street, King Street, Wallgate, King Street West and Crawford Street to the War Memorial in All Saints' Gardens.
  • The two minutes silence will be observed at 11.00am preceded by the sounding of the 'Last Post' and ending with 'Reveille'. 
  • Following the sounding of 'Reveille' the Worshipful the Mayor of Wigan will lay a wreath on the War Memorial on behalf of the inhabitants of Wigan to be followed by representatives of the various organisations. 
  • The ceremony will be concluded with the National Anthem.  The procession will then proceed into the Parish Church for the Service. 
  • there will be no return procession to the Town Hall at the conclusion of the service, but the Mayor will take the salute from the saluting base as the Service personnel parade by.