Remembrance events 2026
Remembrance services
Please note the council does not organise Remembrance events but manages rolling road closures to support them. Find details on the Tell Me Scotland website.
Saturday 7 November 2026
Glencorse Barracks, Milton Bridge (A701)
The annual Royal Scots Remembrance Service is held at The Royal Scots Memorial Gates next to Glencorse Barracks, Milton Bridge. Traffic on the Edinburgh Road A701 near the junction with Graham's Road and Belwood Road will be stopped briefly by Police Scotland to facilitate the two minutes silence at 11am. There is no parade.
Sunday 8 November 2026
Bonnyrigg
The parade forms and leaves from Bonnyrigg Rose Social Club at 10.20am. The route is along Lothian Street, High Street and Park Road before entering King George V Park, where a wreath laying ceremony and Remembrance Service will take place at 11am at the War Memorial. The parade will then reform and reverse its route, returning to the start point around 11.30am.
Cranstoun, near Pathhead, on the A68 at the junction with the A6093 Haddington Road
There is no parade, however, a small group will attend the War Memorial for a wreath laying ceremony at 11.30am. Both A68 and A6093 will be closed by Police Scotland for around 10 minutes to facilitate.
Dalkeith
The parade forms outside the Royal British Legion, 28-30 Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith at 10.30am and moves from Buccleuch Street onto Eskbank Road (B6094), before entering King’s Park to attend the Cenotaph. After a laying of wreaths and a short Service of Remembrance at 11am, the parade returns via the reversed route to the Royal British Legion for 11.30am.
Danderhall
The procession will form up at Newton Church Centre on Edmonstone Road at 10.30am. It will proceed east along Newton Church Road to the War Memorial (just off Newton Church Road, next to the grounds of Newton Presbyterian Church / Newton Manse Court), where a wreath laying and Service of Remembrance will take place at 11am. There will be no return parade.
Easthouses
There is no parade, however a short road closure between 10.45am and 11.15am will facilitate a wreath laying ceremony and short Service of Remembrance at 11am at the War Memorial at Easthouses Road.
Gorebridge
The parade starts at Newbyres Village at 10.35am and then continues along Gore Avenue and into Hunterfield Road. The procession will halt at the site of the First World War Memorial on Hunterfield Road, in front of the Gorebridge Beacon, where a wreath laying ceremony and Service of Remembrance will take place at 11am. There is no return parade.
Loanhead
The parade leaves Loanhead Miners’ Welfare at 10.30am and heads in an anti-clockwise loop via Clerk Street, George Drive, Kennington Avenue, McKinlay Terrace, Dryden Terrace and onto The Loan. The participants will then enter Memorial Park, where a wreath laying ceremony and Service of Remembrance will take place at the War Memorial at 11am. The attendees will then disperse.
Newtongrange
The parade forms at 10.45am at the Masonic Hall, 26 Newbattle Road, Newtongrange, and moves onto Newbattle Road and across the double roundabout onto Main Street, before entering Volunteer Park, (opposite the junction with Dean Park). Participants will move to the War Memorial for a short Service of Remembrance and laying of wreaths at 11am. The procession will then reform in the park and at 11.20am will follow the road south to Sixth Street. Participants will enter Newtongrange Church for a service at 11.30am. Following the church service, the parade will form one last time at Sixth Street, and at 12.20pm will move north back to Welfare Park, for final dispersal.
Penicuik
The parade will form at 10:15am outside 60/62 Kirkhill Road, Penicuik, and will move down the hill to Penicuik Trinity Community Church, where participants will enter and attend a church service. The parade will reform at the A701 High Street at 11:30am and move north onto St Kentigern Way and John Street before turning left into Wilson Street and then second right into Jackson Street, where it will disperse at 11:45am. Participants will then enter Montgomery Park for a wreath laying service. Following the service, the parade will reform at 12:25pm and reverse the route before finishing outside 60/62 Kirkhill Road at approximately 12:45pm and dispersing.
Polton
The parade moves off from Polton Bowling Club, at 2.55pm, continues onto Polton Bank then Polton Road to the War Memorial, where at 3pm a laying of wreaths and a short Service of Remembrance will take place. Following the service the parade will return to the start point at around 3:15pm.
Roslin
The parade will reform around 11.40am and move along the reverse route, stopping for a wreath laying ceremony at the War Memorial at noon, before reforming one last time and returning to Wallace Crescent around 12.30pm.