Remembrance Sunday 2021: full list of Birmingham road closures

Birmingham will fall silent on Sunday, as the city remembers the fallen at its Remembrance Day parade and service.

The event is an opportunity to remember the service and sacrifice of all those that have “defended our freedoms and protected our way of life,” according to the Royal British Legion.

Birmingham’s annual Remembrance Day Service will once again take place on Colmore Row, opposite St Philip’s Cathedral, on Sunday 14 November, attended by military veterans and armed forces representatives.

The parade will march on from Temple Row from 10.30am.

Road closures on Sunday

Numerous road closures will be in place from 6am to 2.30pm, on Sunday, November 14, while the parade and service takes place.

During this period, Colmore Row will be closed to traffic, except for one way access from Livery Street via Colmore Row to Colmore Circus.

The full list of roads affected by the road closures is as follows:

Bennetts Hill – whole length

Cannon Street – whole length

Cherry Street – whole length

Church Street – Colmore Row to Barwick Street

Colmore Row – except the link between Livery Street and Colmore Circus

Ethel Street – whole length

Lower Temple Street – whole length

Needless alley – whole length

New Street – Victoria Square to Cannon Street

Newhall Street – Colmore Row to Edmund Street

Temple Row – whole length

Temple Street – whole length

Temple Row west – whole length

Waterloo Street – whole length

Temple Passage – whole length

Remembrance Day parade and service in Birmingham

The parade will include ex-service personnel, regular, reserve and cadet units from the Armed Forces who, with representatives of other local uniformed organisations.

At 10.50 am the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands Simon Topman MBE DL, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham Cllr Muhammad Afzal, the Bishop of Birmingham, the Rt Rev David Urquhart and Chaplain Father Ian Stevenson CF, will walk from the Grand Hotel (as council house renovations continue) to Colmore Row, with senior representatives from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force. The service will begin at 10.55 am.

A two-minute silence will be observed at 11am, after which wreaths will be laid at the Cenotaph by representatives from Armed Forces, veterans organisations, faith and community groups. The event will end with a march past at 11.40am.

There will also be an opportunity for members of the public to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph.

Members of the public attending the parade and service are encouraged to wear face coverings when in close proxmity to others. However anyone who has symptoms of Covid-19 is urged not attend.

The Lord Mayor, Muhammad Afzal, said:“As we prepare to honour our promise never to forget all those who sacrificed so much, I would encourage Birmingham’s citizens to observe the act of remembrance at 11am on Sunday.

“It is important that we take time remember all men and women who died while serving their country, at war and in peacetime, who gave their todays for our tomorrows.”

Where else in Birmingham is Remembrance Sunday being commemorated?

Communities across Birmingham will be coming together to remember those who have died in war.

A service will be held at St Augustine’s Church in Edgbaston from 11am to 1pm.

After the service there will be a community event at the church to remember those who gave their lives.

Services will also be held at St Mary’s church in Moseley at 10am and St Anne’s in Moseley at 10.45am.

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