Oxford’s Remembrance Sunday service will take place at the War Memorial in St Giles, between 10.30am and 12.15pm on 13 November. The service will be preceded by a procession, leaving St John’s College at 10.25am.

The service will be led by the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, the Bishop of Oxford, and the City Rector, the Very Revd Robert Wilkes, with the Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Mohammed Altaf-Kan, and multi-faith leaders from across the city in attendance. Representatives from the University of Oxford, Oxford Brookes University, Oxfordshire County Council, the High Sheriff, Thames Valley Police, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue the Royal British Legion, Help for Heroes and Oxford’s twin cities will also attend. Oxford Spires Scouts will be on hand to give out orders of service and sell poppies. Everyone is welcome. People are advised to arrive early.

After the service, the City Council procession will return to St John’s College, for the Lord-Lieutenant, Tim Stevenson OBE, to take the salute as the military and Royal British Legion march past.

Banbury Road, Beaumont Road, Keble Road, Magdalen Street East and West, and St Giles will be closed from 12.01am to 2pm on Sunday 13 November.

There will also be a short service on Armistice Day, Friday 11 November, from 10.45am in Oxford Town Hall. The service will be led by the Lord Mayor of Oxford and all are welcome to attend. There will be a Minute’s Silence at 11am.

The Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Mohammed Altaf-Khan, says: “Remembrance events give an opportunity for the whole community to remember and honour those who made the ultimate sacrifice to secure and protect our freedom. I would like to invite the people of Oxford to join me on Friday and Sunday and, united, to pay our respects.” His Headington ward colleague Cllr Ruth Wilkinson will attend the service in St Giles.