Events

Big Battlefield Walks Weekends

7th, 13th, 14th and 21st September 2025

2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Register of Historic Battlefields in England. To celebrate this milestone, the Battlefields Trust and its partner organisations, the Northamptonshire Battlefields Society and the Tewkesbury Battlefield Society, are organising a series of battlefield walks in September 2025.

These are free to attend but are limited to 30 people per walk (with a smaller number of places for the Lansdown Hill walk).

Links to the available walks are listed below. These include full details of the walks and how to reserve a ticket.

Tewkesbury 1471 - 7 Sept 2025 FULLY BOOKED

Northampton 1460 - 13 Sept 2025

Otterburn 1388 - 13 Sept 2025

Lansdown Hill 1643 - 13 September 2025

Edgcote 1469 - 13 Sept 2025

Maldon 991 - 13 Sept 2025 FULLY BOOKED

Winwick 1648 - 14 Sept 2025 FULLY BOOKED

Second St Albans 1461 - 14 Sept 2025 FULLY BOOKED

Civil War Newark and the Battle of Newark 1644 - 14 Sept 2025

Civil War Newark and the Battle of Newark 1644 - 21 Sept 2025

Ethandun 876 - 21 Sept 2025 FULLY BOOKED

First Newbury - 1643 21 Sept 2025 FULLY BOOKED

Rowton Heath - 1645 21 Sept 2025 FULLY BOOKED

Myton 1319 - 21 Sept 2025

 

 
 

For further information.

 

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