On Saturday 19th September, Charles I returns to Newbury after 383 years to mark the day before the fateful First Battle of Newbury.

Head along to Newbury Market Place where the Newbury Town Cryer will be heralding the King’s return to Newbury, and you’ll have the chance to meet King Charles I, Queen Mary, and Royalist and Parliamentarian troops, all be dressed in accurate period clothing.

The event is being put on by reenactors from The Marquess of Winchester Regiment, English Civil War Society and the Essex Regiment, who will be eager to share details on what happened in Newbury on the eve of the biggest Civil War battle in the south of England.

The actors will arrive at 10:45am in Newbury Market Place, before heading to Empire Cafe and then Griffins Butchers. After, they will make their way around the town centre, with opportunities for photos, before returning to Newbury Town Hall at 11:45am. At 12pm Parliamentarian troops will be speaking to the Mayor outside Newbury Town Hall, before the King and Queen arrive with a Royalist officer to arrest them!

The event coincides with Newbury Town Hall being open to the public from 10am-2pm as part of the national Heritage Open Days campaign.