Museum is perhaps a bit of a misnomer for this interpretation centre located near Hesdin. Also worth noting is the interpretaion centre is not on a very special site as such ie unlike straddling the Royal Observatory Greenwich's meridian line where you can say it happened here, it didn't on this site regarding the battle. As an experience, the interpretation centre will complement your wanderings around the surrounding lanes looking for vistas over the battlefield. The land is still in use so this interpretation centre is important for an overview because if you come with little prior knowledge, Azincourt as a place is a baffling experience. There ...  Read the complete review

How many battles has this country fought? Thousands. How many against France? A good few. And how many of those did we win? Our fair share. So why when we lock horns with the old enemy in a sporting contest is it always Agincourt that is invoked, and not, say, Crécy, Poitiers, Trafalgar or Waterloo, great victories all? It happened again most recently in the semi-final of the Rugby World Cup. The headlines screamed about "the Agincourt spirit", great chunks of Shakespeare's Henry V were quoted and chainmail was the fancy dress of choice among the supporters. "Old men forget... But we in it shall be remembered" Despite, or ...  Read the complete review