Battlefields Trust Events

Battlefields Trust - Statement on Events

Details of battlefield events advertised below are accurate at the time of publication and will be updated in the event of any changes. Places are limited and pre-registration on all events is essential. The event organiser will inform you of joining instructions. In any case, please check with the organiser of the event, or this website again, shortly before the day of the event to make sure no last-minute alterations or cancellations have been necessary.

Except where shown, all events organised by the Battlefields Trust are free to members. Non-members are welcome to attend, but adult non-members may be asked for a donation to support the Battlefields Trust's work.

Walk - Battle of Lewes 1264
Friday 9th May 2025

Part of the Battle of Lewes Festival

Walk - The Elizabethan walls of Berwick-upon-Tweed - POSTPONED
Saturday 10th May 2025

An opportunity to explore the defences of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

The Storming of Basing House (courtesy of Hampshire Cultural Trust)

Civil War Conference - 1645 Part 2
Saturday 10th May 2025

The Friends of the National Civil War Centre - Newark Museum and the Battlefields Trust East Midlands invite you to join us for a look at the events of the second part of 1645

Battle of Lewes Festival
Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th May 2025

A Re-enactment of the Battle of Lewes (May 1264)

Walk - A Chilterns village in a 1913 battle, and in the two world wars.
Sunday 11th May 2025

An exploration of Lane End's experience in a large army exercise in 1913, and in the two world wars.

Battlefields Trust Online Talk: The Shelter of the Tubes: Taking refuge in the London Underground in two World Wars
Monday 12th May 2025

Part of the Summer 2025 online talks programme from The Battlefields Trust

The battle of Guildown: Surrey and the Cornish march on London
Friday 16th May 2025

Illustrated lecture by Julian Humphrys organised by Godalming Museum

Sieges of Donnington castle 1644-1646
Sunday 18th May 2025

An opportunity to hear about the sieges of this important royalist outpost.

Agincourt - a talk by Anne Curry
Tuesday 20th May 2025

Part of the programme of lectures from The St Albans and Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society (SAHAAS)

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643
Saturday 24th May 2025

An opportunity to explore this interesting, but lesser know, Civil War battlefield.

Battlefields Trust Online Talk: The War in Ukraine: Towards WWIII?
Tuesday 27th May 2025

Part of the Summer 2025 online talks programme from The Battlefields Trust

Battle of Tewkesbury 1471
Thursday 5th June 2025

A Tewkesbury Battlefield Society walk

Visit and Tour of Oliver Cromwells House, Ely, Cambridgeshire
Saturday 7th June 2025

Includes guided tour

Barnet Medieval Festival
Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June 2025

The annual Barnet medieval fesitval.

the parliamentarian position as seen from the old Bath road - Photo: Chris Scott

Battle of Roundway Down 1643
Sunday 8th June 2025

An opportunity to explore this decisive royalist victory in Wiltshire.

Battlefields Trust Online Talk: Bretwaldas of Anglo-Saxon England and the Question Minority Elite or Whole Germanic Tribes?
Wednesday 11th June 2025

Part of the Summer 2025 online talks programme from The Battlefields Trust

Battle of Stoke Field 1487
Sunday 15th June 2025

A chance to visit the field of the final battle of the Wars of the Roses.

Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland under a CC-BY licence

Walk - The military and aviation history of Hounslow Heath
Sunday 15th June 2025

An opportunoty to explore the rich military history of Hounslow Heath.

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643
Sunday 29th June 2025

A walk around the battlefield of Adwalton Moor.

Warrington Bridge 19 August 1648 and 13 August 1651
Sunday 29th June 2025

A chance to learn more abour Warrington's Civil War heritage.

Rupert: The Cavalier and his Conflicts
Sunday 29th June 2025

A talk on Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

Battle of Tewkesbury 1471
Thursday 3rd July 2025

A Tewkesbury Battlefield Society walk

Visit and Tour of Norwich Castle Museum
Saturday 5th July 2025

Includes guided tour

Battle of Sedgemoor 1685
Sunday 6th July 2025

A Wessex region visit to the field of the decisive battle of Monmouth's rebellion.

Battle of Northampton 1460 - commemoration event
Thursday 10th July 2025

The annual commemoration ceremony for the battle of Northampton arranged by the Northamptonshire Battlefields Society.

Dover Castle
Saturday 12th July 2025

Informal visit to Dover Castle

Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
Saturday 12th July and Sunday 13th July 2025

The annual Medieval Fesitval and recenactment at Tewkesbury

Visit and Tour - National Trust Orford Ness
Saturday 19th July 2025

Includes guided tour

Battle of Edgcote 1469
Thursday 24th July 2025

A chance to visit this Wars of the Roses battlefield with the recognised expert on the battle.

The Siege of Chester in 1645
Sunday 3rd August 2025

An opportunity to be guided around sites in Chester relating to the Civil War siege in 1645.

Battle of Tewkesbury 1471
Thursday 7th August 2025

A Tewkesbury Battlefield Society walk