Son et Lumière Remembrance Parade.

ABOUT THE PARADE In order to remember those brave people who passed through Folkestone, and mindful of wars across the globe today, the New Folkestone Society will be hosting a free event.

Meet on The Leas outside The Grand at 5.45pm.

LANTERNS

The ‘lumière’ element of the event will be achived through the use of battery-operated lanterns.  Shorncliffe Trust have kindly lent us 150 lanterns, which will be distributed to the first 150 participants.  We encourage the public to bring battery-operated tealights or lanterns (no real candles please) if they have something appropriate, as there may be a shortage!  The Shorncliffe Trust lanterns will be placed on the Folkestone Harbour Station platform to create a tribute, and returned to the Trust after the event.  We would suggest visitors mark their battery tealights on the base if they wish to include them, so they may be collected after the event.

We envisage the event to end at around 8pm.

ABOUT THE ROUTE

The procession will depart from outside The Grand at 6pm, walking along The Leas towards the Step Short Remembrance Arch accompanied by music, heading through the Sandgate Road pedestrian precinct, down the Old High Street to Folkestone Harbour Station for the finale, where the lanterns will be assembled to create a tribute.

Stops along the way will provide stories, poetry and wartime letter readings courtesy of Folkestone Music Town, FPAC and Write By The Sea.  The music will gradually get quieter as a moving and poignant reminder of those we have lost on the battlefields.

We encourage anyone who becomes lost from their party to continue to the arch, where marshals will be able to assist in reuniting parties.

ACCESSIBILITY

The route from The Grand to the Step Short Remembrance Arch is relatively flat.  Please keep to the designated path.

As the Old High Street is relatively steep, cobbled and uneven, we would encourage anyone who has mobility issues to take advantage of the free electric minibus we have arranged, courtesy of Folkestone Town Council.

Anyone who wishes to use the minibus should speak to a marshal at the Step Short Memorial Arch and wait for the bus there.

The bus will return to The Leas afterwards.