Over 2,000 to fight Cotswolds battle near Clarkson’s Farm

On the August Bank Holiday weekend The Sealed Knot re-enactment society will be re-creating a battle from the English Civil War at The Great Tew Estate near Chipping Norton, only a few miles from Jeremy Clarkson’s famous Diddly Squat Farm.

The event will happen on Sunday, August 30 and Monday, August 31, and is titled: ‘A Battle for the Cotswolds’.

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More than 2,000 members of the society will be present with the day to include cannon fire, charging horses and a full battle re-enactment.

Attendees can spend the day exploring the living history encampment, taking part in activities and watching arena displays including the Grand Battle Finale, which will include hundreds of infantry, artillery and cavalry troops as the Parliament Army attempts to take the Royalist stronghold.

The Sealed Knot re-enactment society are putting on the Battle of the Cotswolds (Image: The Sealed Knot)

It will begin at 11am and close at 5pm, with tickets prices at £20 per family, £10 per individual and £5 concessions. Carers and children under 5 enter for free.

The tickets can be purchased in advance on The Sealed Knot website or on the day.

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There will be a coffee barista, tea and beer tent available on the site.

Near to Great Tew, a number of English Civil War battles were fought including Edgehill, Cropredy Bridge and Stow-on-the-Wold.

At the estate, before the war broke out, Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland, gathered his Great Tew Circle, a group of thinkers and writers who were critical of authoritarianism and the religious dogmatism that was threatening to tear the country apart.