Seven Chester city centre streets close from 4.30pm on Saturday 7 November to 1.30pm on Sunday for the Remembrance parade. Deliveries 7am to 8.30am.

Seven streets in the middle of Chester will close at 4.30pm on Saturday 7 November and stay shut until 1.30pm on Sunday 8 November for the Remembrance Sunday parade and service, Cheshire West and Chester Council said today.

The closure covers Northgate Street, St Werburgh Street, Eastgate Street, Foregate Street, St John Street, Bridge Street and Watergate Street. That is the whole of the Cross and the four main streets running off it, so anyone driving into the centre on Saturday evening or Sunday morning should plan to park outside it.

The closures, in full

According to the council:

What When
Northgate St, St Werburgh St, Eastgate St, Foregate St, St John St, Bridge St, Watergate St closed 4.30pm Saturday 7 November to 1.30pm Sunday 8 November
Delivery access to those streets 7am to 8.30am on Sunday
Extra closures on Northgate Street and Princess Street 10am to noon on Sunday
Parking restrictions 5am to 1pm on Sunday
Pedestrian access Kept throughout

The council’s release says “roads including” these streets, so the list may not be complete; the formal traffic order will set out every street. Princess Street already has the Christmas market bollards up, as our roadworks and travel page reports.

This is a longer window than in 2024, when St Werburgh Street was shut from 8am to 4.30pm and Bridge Street from 8am to 10.30am on the Sunday only, as we set out in our Remembrance Sunday guide. This year the closure starts the evening before.

The service times

The council gives these times for the city’s commemorations:

  • Sunday 8 November: the Remembrance Sunday Parade and Service at Chester Cathedral and Chester War Memorial. The cathedral service starts at 10.15am, with the Act of Remembrance at 10.50am.
  • Wednesday 11 November: an Armistice Day Service at Chester Cathedral from 10.50am, “marking the moment the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War”.

The council’s own Remembrance events page gave 10.55am for the Sunday Act of Remembrance until 2 November; rechecked on 6 November, it lists the 9.30am inbound parade, the 10.15am service and the 11.10am outbound parade, with no separate Sunday time for the gardens. Arrive before 10.50am to be safe.

The council asks people going to services “to arrive in good time and to follow any local arrangements put in place by event organisers”.

What the Chair and the Lord Mayor said

Councillor Robert Bisset, Chair of Cheshire West and Chester Council, said:

“Remembrance provides an important opportunity for us to come together as communities to honour those who gave their lives in service to our country and to reflect on the sacrifices made by the Armed Forces, past and present. I encourage residents across Cheshire West to support their local services and ceremonies and join us in remembering those who have served.”

Councillor Margaret Parker, Lord Mayor of Chester, said:

“The people of Chester have a long and proud tradition of remembrance. Our Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day events provide an opportunity for residents of all ages to pay tribute to those who served and sacrificed for our freedoms. I look forward to joining veterans, service personnel and members of our community as we come together in remembrance.”

Outside the city

The council has listed the ceremonies organised by town and parish councils, churches, veterans’ organisations and community groups that it has been told about, from Northwich, Winsford and Ellesmere Port to Neston, Malpas and Tarporley. Every one, with its time and place, is in our Remembrance Sunday guide, along with Neston’s afternoon closures on High Street and Chester Road. Serving personnel and veterans can travel free on Transport for Wales trains on 8 and 11 November.