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Bosworth Battlefield

Description: Site of the Battle of Bosworth Field, where Richard III made his last stand against Henry VII in the Wars of the Roses. ... more

Bosworth Battlefield ... Visitor Centre and Country Park. The Battlefield Site is 2 miles south of Market Bosworth near the village of Sutton Cheney.

Newest Review: ... Guided walks take placde on the first Sunday of each month at 2.30pm. Adults £2, concessions £1. {How to find the battlefield} Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre and Country Park is 30 miles from Birmingham at Sutton Cheney, Nuneaton,Warwickshire. The battlefield, which is actually in Leicestershire, is bounded by the A5, A444, A447 and the B585 and is well signposed from these roads. ... more

... {More info} Tel: 01455 290429. Email: bosworth@lecis.gov.uk Web: www.leics.gov.uk ...more

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Bosworth Battlefield: MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE (1017 words)
by - written on 03/04/02
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Some 16 miles west of Leicester lies Bosworth field, scene of an epic clash between the royal houses of Tudor and Plantagenet more than five hundred years ago. t was here the King Richard III - unfairly immortalised as the evil hunchback king in Shakespeare's play - is said to have uttered his famous last words "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!" as he scoured the battlefield for his rival to the throne, Henry of Richmond. Amazingly the battlefield - the last in the 30 year Wars of the Roses - has survived the march of time and visitors can amble around a 45 minute circular path following the ebb and flow of that fateful day. ... Read the complete review