Naseby Battlefield Trail - Naseby, Northamptonshire
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The Naseby Battlefield Project has created a battlefield trail which will take you to all the key parts of the approach, the battlefield itself and the Royalist retreat.
Waymark Code: WM1095B
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/24/2019
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The Naseby Battlefield Project has created a battlefield trail which will take you to all the key parts of the approach, the battlefield itself and the Royalist retreat. At each of these spots there is at least one information panel and where possible a viewing platform, to give you the best possible view of the terrain.
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"The battle of Naseby was fought on the morning of the 14th June 1645. In the open fields of that small Northamptonshire village, parliament's New Model Army destroyed King Charles I's main field army. After nearly three years of conflict, this was the decisive battle of the Civil War. Only about 4000 Royalists escaped the field, most of whom were either cavalry or senior officers, some seriously wounded. The main royalist field army had been quite literally destroyed.
In the following days Leicester was recaptured. The next month the New Model went on to defeat the last significant royalist field army, at Langport. Thereafter it was largely a matter of clearing the remaining royalist garrisons.
After Hastings and the Battle of Britain, which respectively began and ended the last millennium, Naseby was arguably the most important and decisive battle ever fought in England. Where those other battles were the result of challenges to the very basis of the kingdom by foreign foes, Naseby was the culmination of a bloody Civil War and the stepping stone for a political revolution.
Despite the construction of the A14 road in 1992, Naseby is relatively well preserved and one of the best understood of all British battlefields. It is well worth visiting, for it is easily accessible on minor roads, from which one can gain a good feel for the character of the landscape. However there are few rights of way and thus little opportunity to explore the battlefield on foot."
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Exploring the battlefield. Interactive map with select audio descriptions - (
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Key to viewpoints and descriptions - (
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Car Security -
If leaving the car to walk, even the short distance between the lay-by and the Cromwell Monument on the Naseby to Sibbertoft road, be sure to lock it and secure or cover up any valuables.