Important road closure and event information Sunday 12 November 2023, 10.30am–12 noon
Annual Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, St Peter’s Square
Veterans and military personnel will march from John Dalton Street to the Cenotaph, where a service will be held at 11am. This will be followed by a short march to Peter Street across St Peter’s Square.
A two-minute silence will be observed commencing at 11am. The start and finish of the two-minute silence will be signified by the firing of a 105mm gun.
To enable security checks and safeguards, a series of road closures will be implemented between 7am and 1pm:
- John Dalton Street (Deansgate to Cross Street)
- Princess Street (Cross Street to Portland Street) – hard closure at Back George Street
- Cross Street (Princess Street to King Street)
- Peter Street (Deansgate to Oxford Street) – hard closure at Watson Street
- Oxford Street (Peter Street to Portland Street) – hard closure at Hale Street
- Mount Street (Windmill Street to Albert Square)
- Museum Street (Windmill Street to Peter Street)
- Southmill Street (Windmill Street to Albert Square)
- Bootle Street (Deansgate to Mount Street)
- Lloyd Street (Deansgate to Southmill Street)
- Jackson’s Row (Deansgate to Southmill Street)
- Central Street (Southmill Street to Mount Street)
- Cooper Street (Kennedy Street to Princess Street)
- West Mosley Street (Booth Street to Princess Street)
- Bow Lane (Clarence Street to Princess Street)
- St James’s Square (South King Street to John Dalton Street)
- Ridgefield (Mulberry Street to John Dalton Street).
Parking suspensions will be in operation from 6am.
No trams will run through St Peter’s Square between 10.02am and 12.30pm. Please visit TfGM for more information.
Please do not hesitate to contact the Events Unit at cex-events@manchester.gov.uk if you require any further information from today until 4pm on Friday 10 November.