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View of the battlefield from the royalist side

Battle of Roundway Down 1643 - WAITLIST IN OPERATION

Sunday 20th September 2026

Join the Wessex Region for a morning walk led by Chris Gravestock around the battlefield of Roundway Down where royalist cavalry decisively defeated a parliamentarian army and rescued a beleaguered force in Devizes, opening up the West for the King.

Meet: 10.00am, at the car park above Devizes near to the Roundway White Horse at https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3768073,-1.9804329,151m/data=!3m1!1e3!5m2!1e4!1e3, or OS Grid Ref: SU 01438 64288, or (What3Words: nuzzling.ethic.marine).  

The walk is approx. 6km on level ground, can be muddy in places when wet.

For further information please contact Chris Gravestock using the details below. 

This is a Big Battlefield Walks Weekend event and is free to attend for all. Spaces are limited to 30 people and prebooking required at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/big-battlefield-walks-weekend-battle-of-roundway-down-1643-tickets-1984777449781?aff=oddtdtcreator

 

 
 

For further information.

 
The Battlefields Resource Centre