Events

Battle of Stratton 1643

Sunday 10th May 2026

Join Charles Cordell on Sunday 10 May 2026 for a walk across the battlefield of Stratton ahead of the battle's 382nd anniversary on 16 May 1643.

This hard-won royalist victory defeated a well-positioned, prepared and numerically superior parliamentarian force on Stamford Hill outside Bude in Cornwall. The victorious Cornish Army went on to fight its way to Bath and the brutal Battle of Lansdown Hill, before sustaining terrible casualties at the Storming Bristol on 26 July 1643.

A morning walk will follow the lanes up which the Cornish foot fought. It will end at the Battle of Stratton memorial on Stamford Hill. The walk will last approximately two hours and will include discussion of the key role played by Cornwall in the Civil War. Stout footwear is recommended.

The meeting point for the walk will be at the Preston Gate Inn in Poughill near Bude EX23 9ET (OS: SS 223 078), at 10:30 on Sunday 10 May. Car parking is usually available at the pub (please check with staff), outside the church and/or at the cemetery, off Northcott Mouth Road.

Although not part of this Battlefields Trust walk, those interested may wish to also visit St Andrew’s Church and/or the Tree Inn in Stratton. The church includes a good display of artifacts from the battlefield. The Tree Inn was the home of Anthony Payne the ‘Cornish Giant’, steward and ensign to Sir Bevil Grenville, who fought at the battles of Stratton and Lansdown Hill in 1643.

For more information, and to give an indication of numbers, please do contact Charles Cordell using the details below. 

For further information.

• Contact name : Charles Cordell
• Contact email : quartermaster@charlescordell.com