Events

2025 AGM and Annual Conference

4th-6th April 2025

The Battlefields Trust AGM and Annual Conference for 2025 will be held over the weekend of 4-6 April 2025 in Reading.

Schedule:

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Friday 4th April

• 3:00–4:30pm Free guided visit to Civil War siege and Glorious Revolution conflict sites in Reading led by Simon Marsh and Gregg Archer. Meet in the square outside St Laurence’s church next to the Town Hall RG1 3EJ
• 2:45-3:45pm Anne Curry will answer questions at the Bayeux Tapestry facsimile in Reading Museum, Blagrave Street, RG1 1QH.
• 6:30pm- Evening meet and greet - welcome from Anne Curry at 7:45pm.  Venue: Firefly Bar, Three Guineas public house at the front of the station.

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Saturday 5th April

Venue: Thames Suite, Greyfriars, Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1EH

• 9:30-10:00 Tea, coffee and registration
• 10:00-11:00 AGM (for members only)
• 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
• 11:30am-4:30pm Annual Conference - £45 including lunch
  • Dr. Matthew Bennett "A Norman Art of War"
  • Dr. David Grummitt "In Alabaster, in Text and in the Landscape: Remembering the Battles of the Wars of the Roses"
  • Dr. Ismini Pells "The First Battle of Newbury: a draw?"
  • Bob Shaw "The History of Greenham Common-Roman encampment to Peace Women encamped"

Venue: Malmaison, 18-20 Station Road, Reading, RG1 1JX

• 6:30pm- Evening Trust Drinks Reception and Dinner - £49

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Sunday 6th April

• 9:00am-4:30pm Coach trip to the Air Control Tower at Greenham Common and Shaw House, Newbury - £39 including lunch - This includes a short walking tour of the second battle of Newbury.
• 10:00am-12:00pm Guided visit to the Abbey quarter led by Anne Curry with the option of visiting the Museum of English Rural Life Life at the London Road campus of the University (RG1 5EX) ______________________________________________________________________________________

To book tickets for the various activities at the AGM and Conference, please click on the following link to the Ticket Tailor booking site:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thebattlefieldstrust/1373518