Remembrance Sunday 2025 in Wirral

Remembrance service events are due to take place across Wirral on Remembrance Sunday and the council has worked with organisers to ensure these can go ahead.

Unfortunately the usual Remembrance event at Upton has not been able to be organised this year.

Wirral Council recognises the importance of Remembrance events across the borough and has worked closely with organisers to support safe and respectful commemorations. 

After the council was made aware the police would no longer be facilitating road closures or providing police escorts for Remembrance events as in previous years, the council has worked with organisers across the borough to enable them to still take place. 

The Upton service is one of eight independent Remembrance services which takes place in Wirral and the Council has worked with the organisers of seven of these to successfully to enable their Remembrance events to go ahead safely.

In this instance we were working with the local group in Upton and needed them provide details of the road closures they required and confirm they had in place risk assessment and public liability insurance. 

Due to the special circumstances the Council had waived the costs normally charged for this type of closure. Unlike the police the council is legally required to give a certain a minimum period of notice for road closures and unfortunately the road closure cannot take place, if the legally required notice is not given.

Wirral Council remains committed to supporting community-led events and regrets that the Upton parade could not proceed this year. We are confident that, had the necessary information been provided, we would have been able to assist in facilitating a safe and respectful event."

Services are due to be held at:

• Cenotaph, Hamilton Square
• Christ Church, Kings Road Bebington
• Barnabus Church, Bromborough
• War Memorial, Bromborough
• St Oswalds Church, Bidston
• Grange Hill, West Kirby
• St Peters, Heswall
• Cenotaph, Moreton
• New Brighton, Vale Park
• War Memorial, Prenton
• War Memorial, Port Sunlight
• War Memorial, Eastham
• War Memorial, Thornton Hough