Where to mark Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day across the Harrogate district
The national two-minute silence will be observed at 11am on both days.
Communities across the Harrogate district will come together to remember those who have lost their lives in conflict.
Remembrance Sunday falls on November 8 this year, with services, parades and wreath-laying ceremonies taking place in Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Pateley Bridge and Wetherby.
Further commemorations are also traditionally held on Armistice Day, Wednesday, November 11, marking the anniversary of the end of the First World War.
The national two-minute silence will be observed at 11am on both days.
Remembrance Sunday - Sunday, November 8
Harrogate
The annual parade and civic service will take place at Harrogate War Memorial in Prospect Square.
The parade, involving veterans, serving military personnel and local organisations, will make its way through the town centre before the Act of Remembrance, two-minute silence and wreath-laying ceremony.
The service is organised by Harrogate Town Council,
A further Act of Remembrance will take place at 1pm at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Stonefall.
Organised by Harrogate Brigantes Rotary, the annual service will include wreath-laying and pay tribute to the more than 1,000 Commonwealth service personnel buried there. Representatives of civic organisations and the armed forces are expected to attend.
Knaresborough
In Knaresborough, the commemorations will begin with a service at St John's Church before a parade makes its way through the town.
Led by the Knaresborough Royal British Legion standard, the parade is scheduled to leave Station Road at approximately 10.40am, proceeding along the High Street and through the Market Place to the war memorial in the castle grounds.
A service is due to begin at 10.57am, ahead of the two-minute silence at 11am, followed by wreath-laying.
Ripon
Ripon's commemorations will begin at 10.50am in the Spa Gardens, where an Act of Commemoration will take place.
A parade by 21 Engineers will then make its way through the city.
A Civic Service of Remembrance will be held at Ripon Cathedral at 11.45am, continuing until approximately 1pm.
The cathedral's Sung Eucharist will take place earlier than usual, at 9.30am.
Pateley Bridge
Pateley Bridge will also mark Remembrance Sunday with a service and parade involving the local community and cadets from Harrogate Army Foundation College.
The annual commemorations are organised by Church in the Dales, with the cenotaph providing the focal point for the town's Act of Remembrance.
Details of this year's timings are still to be confirmed.
Wetherby
In Wetherby, the annual parade and service will centre on the town's war memorial.
Last year's arrangements saw the parade leave Wetherby Town Hall at 10.40am before arriving at the memorial in time for the 11am silence, followed by a service at St James' Church.
This year's timings are yet to be confirmed.
Armistice Day - Wednesday, November 11
Further services are traditionally held across the district on Armistice Day itself, when the country marks the moment the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War in 1918.
In previous years, commemorations have included a service at Ripon Spa Gardens at 10.45am, followed by an act of remembrance at Ripon Cathedral at 11am.
A service has also previously taken place at the war memorial in Pateley Bridge's Recreation Ground at 11am.
Harrogate College has also held an Armistice Day commemoration, including a two-minute silence.
Details of these events for 2026, along with any additional services in Knaresborough and Wetherby, are still to be confirmed.