Ferocious Battles Between The Royalists vs the Parliamentarians

Stonham Barns Park, one of Suffolk’s premier leisure, retail and holiday destinations, is staging the third of a series of five re-enactment shows on Saturday and Sunday 8 and 9 July 2023 for families and history lovers from all over the region.  This is a new event for the venue focusing on a single conflict with large numbers of re-enactors, large military displays in the arena and large camps, displaying military and civilian lifestyles.

The English Civil War Show will look back in time to bring the past to life.  The show will be showcasing the conflict fought between King Charles I and Parliament during the 1600s. The human cost of the war was devastating seeing brothers fighting brothers – Round Heads vs Royalists. At the centre of the battles were disagreements about religion and discontent over the King’s use of power.

Explains Stonham Barns Park Events Manager Fraser Carson, ‘This historical event will feature the highlights of the English Civil War and tell the story of how these events shaped our country into what it is today – a country where monarchs would never again be supreme in British politics.’

Visitors will be able to walk around the showground and see, hear, and feel the history of the time from the encampments where re-enactors will be ready to fight to the death for their ideals!  This brand-new event from Stonham Barns Park will focus on the arms and armour of the time as well as the crafts and skills of everyday people from the period.

There will be the opportunity to see the thrilling battles and hear the roar of muskets and the various solder’s groups clashing.

Various social and cultural activities from this period in history will be featured during the event in ‘Have a Go’ sessions as experts will be on hand to instruct visitors on the different crafts and skills of the times.