They start ten minutes apart, so nobody can attend both.
Barnes and East Sheen will each hold a Remembrance Sunday service on 8 November. Their services are ten minutes apart, so attending both is not realistic.
Barnes: St Mary's Church, Church Road
The service at St Mary's Church on Church Road starts at 10.50am, according to Radio Jackie's round-up of services across Richmond borough. We have found no Richmond Council notice confirming a road closure on Church Road, so allow for traffic either way.
East Sheen: war memorial
Organisations assemble at Sheen Lane Centre Car Park at 10.30am. They march to the East Sheen war memorial, with the service at 11am, according to VisitRichmond.
Mortlake
The listings we found show no separate Mortlake service. The Mortlake and East Sheen war memorial stands in East Sheen, so East Sheen's is the listed service nearest to hand for Mortlake. If your church or group is holding one in Mortlake, tell us.
Which to choose
For Barnes and Castelnau, St Mary's is the obvious choice on the listings we found. East Sheen's parade starts earlier, at 10.30am, so anyone marching needs to be there well before the service.
The oddity is Mortlake. A district with its own name on a war memorial, and no service listed under it, looks like a gap in the listings or a gap on the ground. Either way, it is worth settling before Sunday.
- Remembrance Sunday 2026 is on 8 November.
- Barnes service at St Mary's Church, Church Road, starts at 10.50am.
- St Michael and All Angels, Barnes, lists a 10am Sung Requiem Mass with Act of Remembrance and wreath-laying on 8 November, per a January-printed parish calendar.
- East Sheen: assembly at Sheen Lane Centre Car Park at 10.30am, march to East Sheen War Memorial, service at 11am.
- No Mortlake service and no council confirmation of Church Road closure was found.
Every factual claim in this story is linked to the evidence behind it. Where the newsroom has added judgement or framing, it is listed separately. Sources accessed 30 October 2026.
- VisitRichmond: Remembrance Day Service, East Sheen (other)
- Radio Jackie: Plans for Remembrance services across Richmond (media)
- Awareness Days: Remembrance Sunday 2026 (other)
- St Michael's Barnes parish calendar 2026 (other)
- Wikipedia: Mortlake and East Sheen War Memorial (other)
Claim by claim (6 facts, 3 editorial judgements)
- Remembrance Sunday 2026 is 8 November. — other
- The Barnes service at St Mary's Church, Church Road, starts at 10.50am. — media“Service at St Mary's Church, Church Road, Barnes. Time: Service starts at 10.50am”
- East Sheen organisations assemble at Sheen Lane Centre Car Park at 10.30am and march to the East Sheen War Memorial, with the service at 11am. — other“Organisations will assemble at Sheen Lane Centre Car Park at 10.30am and will then march to East Sheen War Memorial”
- St Michael and All Angels lists a 10am Sung Requiem Mass with Act of Remembrance and wreath-laying on 8 November in a calendar printed in January. — other, 2026-01-01“10.00am Sung Requiem Mass with Act of Remembrance and wreath-laying (from search summary, PDF not read directly)”
- The Mortlake and East Sheen War Memorial is in East Sheen. — other
- No Richmond Council notice confirming a Church Road closure was found. — media“Article says nothing on Mortlake and nothing on road closures.”
- Judgement: They start ten minutes apart, so nobody can attend both.
- Judgement: East Sheen's is the listed service nearest to hand for Mortlake.
- Judgement: A district with its own name on a war memorial and no service listed under it is an oddity worth clearing up before Sunday.
