Despite many Remembrance Sunday events being cancelled, Bridport's annual parade and service will be going ahead this year.

There will be a revised parade route, an outdoor service and measures in place to ensure social distancing on Sunday, November 8 – provided there are no new Covid-19 restrictions to prevent it.

The event, organised by Bridport Town Council on behalf of the Royal British Legion, will include a parade through the town centre with the act of remembrance and remembrance service to follow on the lawn at the town council's Mountfield offices in Rax Lane.

Accompanied by the Wessex Military Band, the socially distanced parade will move off from St Mary's Church at approximately 10.40am following an inspection by the town mayor, Cllr Ian Bark. The mayor will lead the parade and will then lay a wreath as part of the ceremony and observance of the traditional two minute's silence at Mountfield. A remembrance service will follow, also at Mountfield.

In line with recent government guidance that permits the safe staging of remembrance parades, the public will be required to maintain social distancing and to record their attendance. Stewards will be on hand to give instruction and to collect details from those who are unable to scan QR codes using the NHS Covid-19 app. The codes will be visible on lampposts and signposts across the town centre.

Town surveyor Daryl Chambers said: "Councillors are very keen that the parade should go ahead if at all possible so that people can pay their usual respects to those who have given their lives for the nation.

"Not everyone will want to attend, particularly if vulnerable, and we are asking those who do come to make sure they respect the safety of others by social distancing, giving their contact information and, if possible, by wearing a mask."

Anyone who is symptomatic or who is required to self-isolate should not attend.

Town centre road closures will be in place for the parade from 10.30am until 1pm. Local residents and visitors to the town centre are asked not to park in the vicinity of St Mary's Church after 8am on November 8.