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Saturday 6th July to Sunday 7th July, 11:30 am - 3:30 pm. Come and join one of our experienced Guides for an informative and fun guided walk along footpaths explaining the Battle of Bosworth, the death of King Richard III and the unlikely victory of Henry Tudor.
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Site History The Battle of Bosworth 1485: A rebel army wins...
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During the Wars of the Roses, the Crown alternated between the two houses of York and Lancasterdepending on who had defeated whom at the most recent battle. Both Henry VI and Edward IV lost the crown and were later restored at different times. The aristocracy was decimated by this constant civil war, and at the end the last heir to the Lancastrian ...
Until October 2009, it was thought that the Battle of Bosworth Field had taken place at the location of the Bosworth Field Visitor Centreat Ambion Hill Farm. TherealBosworth Field was only confirmed to the public in February 2010 however, following the excavation of several artefacts at a site around a mile away that was the actual site of Richard ...
The actual site of the Battle of Bosworth Field is located in rural Leicestershire. The easiest way to get there is by driving: take the M42 or A5 and exit onto the A444, heading for Bosworth Road or Fenn Lanes. There is parking for £2.50 at the Visitor Centre, from which the guided walks may be taken.
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Bosworth Battlefield. Experience the Battle of Bosworth and discover how King Richard III was defeated in a conflict which transformed the history of Britain, bringing the Middle Ages to an end and ushering in the Tudor dynasty which shaped the future of our country.
One of the most important battles in English and Welsh history took place at Bosworth during the 15th century Wars of the Roses. Early in August 1485 the would-be Lancastrian king, Henry Tudor sailed across the English Channel from France to south Wales with a force of around 2,000 men.
The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field (/ ˈ b ɒ z w ər θ / BOZ-wərth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by an alliance of Lancastrians and ...
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Jun 5, 1995 · Overview. The Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 decided the outcome of the Wars of the Roses, a turning point in English history. With the death of Richard III, the last English monarch to die in battle (his body was famously found beneath a car park in Leicester), the reigning Plantagenet dynasty ended, supplanted by Henry Tudor, as Henry VII ...
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