";s:4:"text";s:3342:" Interpretation board and board with reproduction of engraving of Streeter’s 1647 picture diagram of the battle. This walk visits Naseby Reservoir in Northamptonshire.
The Naseby Battlefield Project has created a battlefield trail which will take you to all the key parts of the approach, the battlefield itself and the Royalist retreat. No purpose-built wheelchair access, but ground negotiable in good, dry weather. The Fighting Retreat
This circular walk from the village of Naseby takes you around the site of the Battle of Naseby.
The King himself in person being necessitated, with his own troop only, to charge through the body for his escape and it is said that his flight was aided by a gentleman of the Bedchamber, that stood next the King, and cryed, ‘Hold your hands! The landscape of 1645 had a few parish boundary hedges and very few trees.
Reserves thrown in stubbornly resisted. Cromwell’s troopers routed the horse opposing them and then fell on the left flank of the royal foot, cantering through the site of the monument to do so. Numbers 152 and 141 deal with the southern and northern sectors respectively. Woods obscure a view of Broadmoor, but then Lowe Farm, opposite the Reservoir parking, shows and to the right of that a lone tree stands on Moot Hill with the woods to the right of the open field. Name: Naseby Reservoir, Daventry Place type: Inland Water Location: Grid Ref: SP 6692 7757 • X/Y co-ords: 466921, 277579 • Lat/Long: 52.39220047,-1.01803501 Interpretation board and board with reproduction of engraving of Streeter’s 1647 picture diagram of the battle. Wheelchair access and interpretation board. Please note that there is limited parking, and in parts, single track roads, So caution is advised when driving or walking the battlefield.As a large proportion of the battlefield is on working farms, care must be taken not to trespass on private land, to leave gates as you find them, and to park without causing obstruction to roads or to farmers' gateways. Add to My List Naseby Circular is a 9.4 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England that features a lake and is rated as moderate. Hoover Dam Park Loop is a 1 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near Westerville, Ohio that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. To the north-east Rupert’s Viewpoint can be seen near East Farndon. How long they held out on Wadborough is impossible to say, but eventually they could stand no more and they fled down the slope to the right, still turning and resisting from time to time. Once in the battlefield area there are relatively few footpaths, therefore, to see parts of the battlefield, you will have to walk on roads and look over hedges. Car parking, coach turning and parking space, viewing platform with wheelchair access and interpretation board.
Some rode east or west of Market Harborough and others made direct for the town, as did King Charles and his personal staff.