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300 mile journey pays tribute to 1066 warriors in 950TH anniversary year
Re-enactors will recreate historic journey from York to Battle over three weeks Saxon pop-up encampment in Hyde Park on 8 October
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Test your knowledge of the Battle of Hastings with our 20 Questions Quiz.
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1066: New study reveals change to where King Harold fell
The memorial stone which marks where King Harold fell in battle has been moved. The rooftop of Battle Abbey Gatehouse is also opening to the public for the first time.
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Layout & Facilities South Lodge, Battle Abbey
The layout and facilities of South Lodge Holiday Cottage near Battle Abbey
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Queen Elizabeth I Takes Centre Stage in Lindsey Mendick's Epic Chess Game at Kenilworth Castle
Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley are a lion and a bear in the powerful and macabre new sculpture installation by award-winning artist Lindsey Mendick. Weaving together historical figures with the timeless symbolism of Greek mythology, ‘Wicked Game’ opens today (9 July) at Kenilworth Castle.
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The stone memorial marking the spot where – according to tradition – King Harold fell at the Battle of Hastings has been moved by English Heritage to a new location following a new study of the 1066 battlefield and abbey.
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Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument
Erected to commemorate the heroism of a Royalist commander and his Cornish pikemen at the Battle of Lansdown, 1643, this monument marks the spot where he fell.
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20 Questions Quiz: The Battle of Hastings
Test your knowledge of the Battle of Hastings with the English Heritage 20 questions quiz
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Speaking with Shadows: Series 1 Episode 1
Speaking with Shadows is the podcast which listens to the people that history forgot. In Episode 1, presenter Josie Long traces the story of the Battle Abbey Pageant of 1932, and explores the life of its extraordinary pageant master, Gwen Lally.