Sandbach Mayor’s Diary – November 2026

By Cllr Sam Corcoran, Sandbach Mayor

The Sandbach Remembrance Sunday Service will be held in town on Sunday 8th November to honour the people who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. Organised by the Sandbach branch of the Royal British Legion, the Parade will commence from Sandbach Boys’ School at 10.20am and will then proceed through the town, stopping at the War Memorial for the laying of wreaths and a short service. After the two minutes’ silence, the procession will continue on to St Mary’s Church for the 11.15am Service. I will be attending as the Mayor of Sandbach, along with the Mayoral Cadet Panashe Chaduka.

To give advance notice, the annual commemorative service and ringing of the bell at the HMS Vimiera installation in the entrance to the Town Hall will take place at 2pm on Saturday 9th January 2027. In December 1941, HMS Vimiera was adopted by the people of Sandbach under the Warship Week National Saving Campaign and sank after hitting a mine in the Thames estuary on 9th January 1942, with the loss of 93 lives.

The Market Town Festival on 12 September was a great occasion with face painting (including a fire breathing dragon) and knights in shining armour jousting on the Little Common (on their unicycles). There was also a medieval musician with a hurdy gurdy and other period instruments.

The new banking hub is open 9-5 Monday to Friday at the Enterprise Centre on Wesley Avenue CW11 1DG. Customers of all major banks can pay in cheques and cash as well as other over the counter transactions. Please use this fantastic facility – if it isn’t used then it may be lost.

As I write this piece, Christmas puddings and mince pies have appeared in the shops!

The Sandbach Town Council Christmas Lights Switch On event will take place on Saturday 28th November and the Sandbach Christmas Market will follow on Friday 4th December. These events are wonderful opportunities for us all to come together as a community in the run up to Christmas and support our local traders. The Christian season of Advent which leads up to the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day starts on Sunday 29th November and there will be a Churches Together in Sandbach advent service at 4pm in St Mary’s on 29th November to properly start the Christmas season. I will also be attending the popular Carols on the Cobbles event, which will take place on Thursday 17th December from 6pm. I look forward to seeing you there!