As in previous years, Saltford Parish Council is very grateful to the 1st Saltford Scouts for leading on the arrangements of the village’s Remembrance Sunday commemorations.
SPC understands that a significant amount of time, dedication and organisation is required, and is grateful to everyone at the Saltford Scouts for their efforts on behalf of the village. Thanks also to the Saltford Guides, all uniformed youth, and other residents, volunteers and marshals involved in the arrangements so that the village can mark this important occasion.
SPC appreciates the work of B&NES Council’s Parks teams who put in in extra effort to ensure both Saltford’s War Memorial and the Saltford Memorial Garden (by the Manor Road / A4 Bath Road junction) are looking their best at this time of year. For 2024, local group ‘Saltford4Nature’ have supported B&NES Council’s care of Saltford Memorial Garden by running a tidy up and replanting morning on Saturday 19 October (details on Saltford Community Association’s Facebook page).
Saltford War Memorial
Information about Saltford’s War Memorial, and those who died during the First and Second World Wars as engraved on the War Memorial, can be found on SPC’s ‘Local History’ page under 20th Century. Visit https://www.saltfordparishcouncil.gov.uk/our-village/history-of-saltford/
Parade and Remembrance Sunday Service at St Mary’s Church
Each year members of 1st Saltford Scouts and Saltford District Guides & Brownies parade from the green area in front of Saltford Hall on Broadway to the Church for a service at St Mary’s Saltford. Following the church service the parade is joined by local dignitaries, who together walk up the High Street to the War Memorial, where a short service will be carried out before the 11am silence. The parade then goes back to the Saltford Hall area prior to dispersing.
Members of the public are welcome to walk along side the parade, though please note due to capacity the Church service is for those in the parade only. The Vicar has confirmed that the church is planning to to live stream the service into the church hall (Queen’s Square) so residents can watch it from there and out of the elements. This is instead of the PA system outside of the church as previously planned. More information about St Mary’s Church, Saltford, can be found on their website.
Road closures will be in place the morning of Remembrance Sunday for the parade route, and we appreciate drivers avoiding the area. Please find details of road closures below.
Photos from Saltford’s Remembrance Sunday commemorations in 2023 can be found in SPC’s article ‘Saltford Remembers – Remembrance Sunday 2023 in pictures‘.
Timings for Remembrance Sunday commemorations
On Remembrance Sunday, 10 November 2024, the Parade will leave the area in front of Saltford Hall (Broadway) for St Mary’s Church (Queens Square) at around 9:30am.
A memorial service will take place at around 10am at St Mary’s Church for those in the parade and representatives of the community only. Due to space limitations in the church building itself only members of the parade will be able to attend the service in the church building. Members of the public are welcome to join in with the Remembrance Sunday service from the church hall where there will be a live stream of the service.
Members of the public are also welcome to wait in the churchyard. Please be aware that the churchyard ground is uneven. Please come prepared for the British weather at this time of year.
Following the church service, it is expected that the parade from St Mary’s Church to the War Memorial will take place at about 10:45, headed by Scout and Guide leaders as well as local dignitaries.
Many residents as always are expected to gather around Saltford’s War Memorial prior to 11am. A short service will take place at the War Memorial. Wreaths will be laid, including one laid by SPC Chair Cllr Jon Godfrey on behalf of all Saltford residents.
The parade will then return to the green in front of Saltford Hall (Wedmore Road / Broadway area) where it will disperse.
Road closures in Saltford
A copy of the notice by B&NES Council about road closures for Saltford’s Remembrance Sunday commemorations will be made available on the B&NES Council Temporary Traffic Regulation Notices page.
Image above shows the Temporary Order for road closures for Saltford’s Remembrance Sunday commemorations 2024
Residents are advised that there will be road closures in Saltford on Sunday 10 November between the times of 9:30hrs to 11:30hrs (approx.), on roads between Saltford Hall (Wedmore Road) and St Mary’s Church (High Street), including Broadway, Stratton Road, Norman Road and Beech Road.
We would be grateful if drivers could avoid the area during this time in the interests of safety, especially for the young people involved in the parade, and advise anyone driving in the area to expect delays in the area. This includes before and after the parade in the Broadway area (in front of Saltford Hall) when the young people are gathering and dispersing.
Marshalls will be in place throughout.
The schedule of road closures is as follows:
09:30hrs – 09:45hrs approx. Parade leaves Saltford Hall for St Mary’s Church. Wedmore Road / Broadway / Stratton Road / Norman Road / High Street.
10:45hrs – 11:00hrs approx. Parade leaves the St Mary’s Church marches along the High Street to the Memorial on the junction of the High Street / Beech Road.
11:15hrs – 11:30hrs approx. Parade returns to Saltford Hall via Norman Rd and Broadway and disperses, likely using the footpath on Chelwood Rd to the Scout Hut.
Saltford’s War Memorial, located on the junctions of Beech Road and Norman Road. Photo taken in 2023
Commemorations in Bath and North East Somerset
In addition to commemorations in Saltford, many other ceremonies and services are taking place nearby in Bath and Keynsham, and other parts of North East Somerset. Parades and church services will take place across Bath and North East Somerset on Remembrance Sunday on November 10 and on Remembrance Day on November 11.
Please find information as shared by B&NES Council as follows:
Ceremonies and Services in Bath
Sunday 10 November (Remembrance Sunday)
- Royal Victoria Park War Memorial – 11:00am: Royal British Legion Wreath Laying Ceremony.
- St Bartholomew’s Church – 11:00am – Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Memorial Garden.
- St John the Baptist Church, Batheaston – 10:00am: Service followed by Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial in the churchyard at 10:45am.
- The Guildhall – 1:29pm: Royal British Legion Remembrance Sunday Parade. March Past and Salute Taking followed by a Civic Procession to Bath Abbey for the Remembrance Service at 2:00pm.
- Weston & Newbridge War Memorial – 11:00am – Wreath Laying Ceremony.
Monday 11 November (Remembrance Day)
- Abbey Church Yard – 11:00am: Act of Remembrance including a two-minute silence
- Haycombe Cemetery– 10:45am: Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Bereavement Services’ Remembrance Day Service, with refreshments afterwards in the Hilltop Chapel.
- Holy Trinity Church, Combe Down – 10:00am: Service. 11:00am: Bath Branch Grenadier Guards Association Wreath Laying Ceremony.
- Royal Victoria Park War Memorial – 11:00am: Service by the Rector of St Michael’s Church.
- Twerton War Memorial – 11:00am – Wreath Laying Ceremony
Ceremonies and Services in North East Somerset
Saturday 9 November
- Paulton – 11:00am: Paulton Cemetery, Dressing of the Graves
Sunday 10 November (Remembrance Sunday)
- Keynsham – 09:30am: Service at St Johns’ Church. 10:30am: Parade along High Street to Memorial Gates for a Remembrance Service at 11:00am.
- Midsomer Norton – 10:40am: Parade from West Clewes Recreation Ground. 11:00am: Wreath laying at the War Memorial.
- Paulton – 2:40pm: Parade followed by a service around the war memorial at 2:45pm.
- Peasedown St John – 10:20am: Parade from the Co-Op to the church with a service at 10:45am and Act of Remembrance at 11:00am.
- Publow & Pensford – 9:30am: Service at All Saints Church. 11:00am: Act of Remembrance at Pensford War Memorial.
- Radstock War Memorial – 2:00pm – Remembrance Service.
- Saltford – 9.30am: Saltford Scouts and Guides parade from Broadway to St. Mary’s Church, High Street. Church service for members of parade only due to space limitations.10:45am: Parade from St Mary’s Church to Saltford War Memorial for wreath laying and the Last Post at 11am. 11:10: Parade from Saltford War Memorial to Broadway.
- Stanton Drew – 10:15am: Church service. 10:45am: Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial.
- Westfield – 10:30am: service at Trinity Methodist Church before the congregation moves to the memorial at Westfield for 11:00am.
- Whitchurch Village – 10:30am: assemble at the Remembrance Garden for the Whitchurch & Pensford Royal British Legion Act of Remembrance.
Remembrance Day road closures can be found on B&NES’s council website