News

Formal Opening of Evesham Battlefield Trail

15 July 2008

On August 2nd 2008 (Saturday) the Simon de Montfort Society (a member of the Battlefields Trust) will be formally opening the Evesham battlefield trail and the Battlewell conservation area on Greenhill, Evesham. These relate to the 1265 battle, although the 1645 battle covered much of the same terrain.
The Simon de Montfort Society has secured the 4 acres round where Simon de Montfort is reputed to have died on August 4th 1265 and have converted it into a conservation area to be maintained free of building work etc. The society is carrying out non-invasive investigations of this portion of the battlefield. The trail is a new venture and the society hopes to be able to open up more of the battlefield in future.
The Simon de Montfort Room at the Almonry Heritage Centre in Evesham is nearing the culmination of its refurbishment (it had not been updated since the Speaker of the House of Commons and the Archbishop of Canterbury dedicated it in 1967). The Vale of Evesham Historical Society has recently produced a DVD of the Battle of Evesham to whet the appetite of visitors to the Almonry, now on display.