On the 28 September 1066, around 7,000 soldiers from Northern France landed on the Sussex coast. Led by William, the Duke of Normandy, they were soon to launch a battle that would become one of ...

Discover what happened on the most famous date in English history while walking in the steps of King Harold and William the Conqueror. Explore the Battle Abbey and Battlefield, the site of the ...

With supplies and manpower badly depleted by the clash at Stamford Bridge, the English army were crushed by the French invaders at the Battle of Hastings, on 14 October 1066. Legend has it that ...