Published: Monday, 3rd November 2025
The annual wreath-laying ceremony will take place to mark Remembrance Sunday in King’s Lynn on Sunday 9 November 2025.
Cllr Andy Bullen, Mayor of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, will lead the act of remembrance which will take place at the war memorial in Tower Gardens in King’s Lynn at 11am.
A ceremonial procession will take place from the Saturday Market Place to Tower Gardens.
The mayor will be part of the of the civic representatives as they arrive at the war memorial where he, along with representatives from various organisations, will lay a wreath.
Just before 11am the Mayor along with Wing Commander Williamson, RAF Marham's Officer Commanding Operations Wing, and a Cadet, will approach the Memorial and read the Exhortation:
They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
The Cadet replies:
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,
We will remember them.
A bugler will then play The Last Post, signalling the beginning of the two-minute silence and the start of the ceremony at 11am.
Following a short service, the wreath laying ceremony will begin.
The Tower Gardens remembrance is the borough remembrance service with members of the public welcome to attend. For those who are unable to attend in person there will be a live stream available on the borough council social media channels.
Following the wreath laying and ceremony members of the public and representatives from all organisations attending the event are warmly encouraged by the mayor to join his civic procession back to the Minster where a service will be conducted by the Reverend Canon Dr Mark Dimond.
The Borough Council has been committed to the Armed Forces Covenant since 2013. The Covenant symbolises a pledge to ensure that those who serve or have served in the armed forces, and their families, are treated fairly and with the respect they deserve.
West Norfolk Remembers
As well as the Borough Remembrance Service in Tower Gardens there are other events being held in West Norfolk:
Deputy Mayor of King’s Lynn & West Norfolk, Cllr Steve Bearshaw, will be attending the St. Faith’s Church, Gaywood. Service starts at 10:00am in the garden at the Church, followed by a short procession to Gaywood Clock, short service there followed by a two-minute silence at 11am.
Current Mayor of Hunstanton, Cllr Cynthia Easeman, will be joined by Cllr Angie Dickinson, in Esplanade Gardens at the Hunstanton War Memorial Remembrance at 11am.
A Remembrance Parade, starting at Downham Market Town Hall will start at 2pm, ending with a service held at the War Memorial. Mayor of King's Lynn & West Norfolk, Cllr Andy Bullen, will represent the borough at this event.
Check Parish websites for details of other Remembrance events taking place in the borough.