# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Volunteer Talk: The bloodiest battle on English Soil (16+)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 30 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 30 Nov, 2025 at 03:15 pm
- **Event Description**: In late March 1461, a great Yorkist army gathered at Pontefract Castle ahead of one of the greatest battles in English history. By Palm Sunday 29 March 1461 two great armies faced each other across Towton Vale. The future of the English throne was at stake. Chroniclers tell us that 80,000 men faced each other that fateful day. But, is that true?
 
The Battle of Towton has long gone down in history as the bloodiest battle on English soil. New research is changing the way we think about its infamous role in English History. So, was Towton the 'greatest and bloodiest battle' on English soil? Or, can another Yorkshire conflict lay claim to that title?
 
Join us at Pontefract Castle to find out.
 
Free talk, booking required as places are limited. Book at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/wakefield-museums-castles/volunteer-talk-the-bloodiest-battle-on-english-soil-16/e-vzayze
For adults 16+

This event will take place in the Visitor Centre at Pontefract Castle.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/pontefract/volunteer-talk-the-bloodiest-battle-on-english-soil-16/200028848228132
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 151

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Pontefract
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Pontefract Castle (official)
- **lat**: 53.695509509389
- **long**: -1.3038279575084
- **full address**: Pontefract Castle (official), Castle Chain,Pontefract, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Volunteer Talk: The bloodiest battle on English Soil (16+) being held?
  - **A:** Volunteer Talk: The bloodiest battle on English Soil (16+) takes place on Sun, 30 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm to Sun, 30 Nov, 2025 at 03:15 pm at Pontefract Castle (official), Castle Chain,Pontefract, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Volunteer Talk: The bloodiest battle on English Soil (16+)?
  - **A:** Volunteer Talk: The bloodiest battle on English Soil (16+) is organized by Pontefract Castle (official).

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