MALVERN will fall silent on Remembrance Sunday with many services planned to honour those who served.
Services are planned in Malvern and Upton-Upon-Severn on Sunday (November 10) as well as on Armistice Day the following morning.
The services mean there will be road closures planned throughout Sunday morning.
Great Malvern Priory Church will be holding a service from 10am on Sunday to honour those who have served.
Later that morning, the annual Great Malvern remembrance parade will take place throughout the town.
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The parade will begin outside the Great Malvern Post Office at around 10.40am before marching down to the Great Malvern Library.
Once at the library grounds, a wreath-laying service will take place at the nearby war memorial.
The wreath laying service will begin at 10.57am, with youth groups and public forming a crowd beforehand.
Church Street will be closed between 10am and 11am, while Graham Road will be closed for an extra 30 minutes.
Como Road will be closed from 10am for two hours, while Graham Road will be closed from 10am until 11.30am, from its junction with Zetland Road to its junction with Church Street.
Great Malvern Priory Church will also hold a special Armistice Day service from 10.40am.
Upton-Upon-Severn will be holding its own Remembrance Day parade, which will set off from New Street at 10.20am and will travel to the Parish Church.
After the service, the parade will begin the return journey to the War Memorial at around 11.45am for the wreath-laying ceremony.
Then on Armistice Day, there will be a short wreath-laying and flag-raising ceremony at 10.45am outside the Memorial Hall.
From Thursday, November 7, to Thursday, November 14, there will be a field of remembrance at Malvern Library.
Remembrance Sunday is an opportunity to honour the service and sacrifice of those who have fought and died to protect our freedoms.
The mayor of Malvern, Councillor Marilyn Birks, said: "Remembrance Sunday is our chance as a nation to stand together to remember the millions of people from across the United Kingdom, and from across the world, who have sacrificed so much to keep us safe."
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