Where to mark Remembrance Sunday in the West Midlands

Thousands of people are expected to turn out for ceremonies and marches throughout the Black Country and Staffordshire.

Parts of Wolverhampton will come to a standstill as roads are closed for the annual Observance of Remembrance.

The Band of the West Midlands Fire Service will lead a parade from Wulfruna Street at 10.35am.

Going via Prince's Square, the parade will travel along Lichfield Street to Queen Square, right in to Exchange Street and across Cheapside to St Peter's Square, where a Drumhead Service – the traditional form for a religious service attended by troops in the field – will begin just before 11am.

This will be followed by a second service in St Peter's Collegiate Church.

Wulfruna Street will be closed from 8.30am until around 11am. Anybody approaching the parade route between 10.30am and 10.50am should expect delays.

A rolling road closure will also be in place from 10am to 12.45pm on Laburnum Road, Dovedale Road, Ward Grove, Dovedale Road, Delhurst Avenue and Farrington Road in Lanesfield.

And in Bilston, a closure will be in place from 10.20am to 11.35am. The parade will pass through Hill Street, King Street, Walter Road and Wilkinson Avenue with an 11am service at Coronation Park. It will return via Bank Street, King Street and Slater Street to St Martin's Church.

The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire will host a service at 10.15am at the Armed Forces Memorial.

A musical welcome will be provided by the West Midlands Police Brass Band and the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Warwickshire Band.

At 10.45am there will be a parade of standards, with the service concluding around 30 minutes later.

The congregation will then walk to the Armed Forces Memorial and there will be a wreath laying.

Councillor Angela Underhill, Walsall's Mayor, will lead a procession to the town's cenotaph to lay wreaths.

The Mayor and representatives will gather at Walsall Council House at 10.05am before going to the Carless memorial in Lichfield Street with members of John Henry Carless's family.

They will return to the Council House at 10.25am, from where the procession will march to the cenotaph in Bradford Place via Lichfield Street, Lower Bridge Street, The Bridge and Bradford Street.

Councillor Underhill said: "Remembrance Day is a time for us to reflect and remember the sacrifices made both in the past and in current conflicts.

"Our thoughts will rightly be with those brave men and women and their loved ones on this important day."

The open-air service, which will be amplified, will begin at 10.40am.

Hymns will be accompanied by The Staffordshire Band and Members of the Credo Singers. There will be a rifle salute to mark the beginning and the end of the two minutes' silence is given by members of the Mercian Regiment.

Cannock Royal British Legion will form up at around 9.30am near the college in Stafford Road, before marching at 10.20am.

They will walk along Park Road, down through High Green before arriving at the cenotaph at 10.30, where a service of remembrance service and wreath laying ceremony will take place.

All are welcome to attend.

A service will take place at the memorial stone by Rushall Library, Pelsall Lane. Wreathes will be lain at 10.45am before a service at Christ the King Church.

In Darlaston, there will be a parade from King Street to St Lawrence's Church. The parade will set off at 10.15am, with a service at the church beginning at 10.45am.

After the service, there will be a procession to the war memorial, where wreaths will be laid.

Dudley's parade will meet in Vicar Street for 10.15am, then will move along High Street, Stone Street, Priory Street, Priory Road and end at the cenotaph in Ednam Road.