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Coordinates: 52°35′28″N1°24′37″W. The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field ( / ˈbɒzwərθ / BOZ-wərth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century.
The actual site of the Battle of Bosworth Field is located in rural Leicestershire. The easiest way to get there is by driving: take the M42 or A5 and exit onto the A444, heading for Bosworth Road or Fenn Lanes. There is parking for £2.50 at the Visitor Centre, from which the guided walks may be taken.
- Lily Johnson
Feb 20, 2020 · At the Battle of Bosworth (aka Bosworth Field) in Leicestershire on 22 August 1485 CE, the Yorkist king Richard III of England (r. 1483-1485 CE) faced an invading army led by Henry Tudor, the figurehead of the Lancastrians. It was to be a decisive engagement in the long-running dynastic dispute known to history as the Wars of the Roses (1455 ...
- Mark Cartwright
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Date: 22nd August, 1485. War: Wars of the Roses. Location: near Market Bosworth, Leicestershire. Belligerents: Lancastrians and Yorkists (and the Stanley family who remained at the edge of the battlefield until they decided which side to support) Victors: Lancastrians. Numbers: Lancastrians 5,000, Yorkists around 10,000, Stanley family 6,000.
Jun 5, 1995 · Overview. The Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485 decided the outcome of the Wars of the Roses, a turning point in English history. With the death of Richard III, the last English monarch to die in battle (his body was famously found beneath a car park in Leicester), the reigning Plantagenet dynasty ended, supplanted by Henry Tudor, as Henry VII ...
By William E. Welsh. Like bees guarding their hive, the royal host of King Richard III swarmed atop 400-foot-high Ambion Hill near the Leicestershire village of Market Bosworth on the morning of August 22, 1485. Protected by low-lying marshes on three sides, the hill was a naturally formidable defensive position.
Bosworth Field was the penultimate act of the interminable Wars of the Roses. A minor skirmish two years later at Stoke was a feeble last gesture of defiance from the defeated Yorkists. Henry Tudor became Henry VII, first of the Tudor dynasty, and a new era began in English history. More British Battles. The story of the Battle of Bosworth ...
