2026 AGM & Annual Conference

Schedule:

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Friday 17th April

• 3:00–4:30pm Free guided walk around Worcester city centre to view sites of the battle led by the Battle of Worcester Society and Anthony Rich - meet in front of The Guildhall, High Street WR1 2EY.
• 6:30pm- Evening meet and greet - welcome from Battlefields Trust Chairman Anthony Rich at 7:45pm. Venue: King Charles House, 29 New Street, WR1 2DP. A cash bar will be in operation. To be joined by members of Worcester Militia. Delegates to make their own arrangements for food.

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Saturday 18th April

Venue: Diglis House Hotel, Severn St, Worcester, WR1 2NF

• 9:30-10:00 Tea, coffee and registration
• 10:00-11:00 AGM (for members only)
• 11:00-11:30 Coffee Break
• 11:30am-4:30pm Annual Conference - £49 including lunch
  
  • Geoff Yapp. The Battle of Worcester Society. The Battle of Worcester: ’What might have happened' (3^rd Sept 1651)
  • Dr Sophie Ambler. A Warful Era: 'The Transformation of War and Warfare in Britain, c.1260-1330’
  • Dr Glenn Foard. The Montgomery Campaign 1644: skirmishes, siege, and battle (4th to 18^th Sept 1644)
  • Steve Goodchild. Tewkesbury Battlefield Society. Edward and Margarets approach to Tewkesbury (4^th May 1471)

• 6:30pm- Evening Trust Drinks Reception and Dinner - £57.50

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Sunday 19th April

• 9:00am-4:00pm Coach trip to the Battle of Tewkesbury - £35 including lunch - Coach pick up point in Worcester TBC.

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Click on "Select Tickets" to book places for the above activities. Please book tickets for all activities that you wish to attend. There are some limitations on numbers, and once we reach a limit on an activity, we will have to stop further bookings. If this happens, that activity will not show on the "Select Tickets" listing, but you can add yourself to the waiting list for cancellations.

Where there is a meal provided in an activity, we will have to provide numbers to the venues prior to the weekend of the event, so we will be closing bookings for some activities early as follows: Annual Conference 12-Apr-2026, Drinks Reception and Dinner 5-Apr-2026, Sunday's Coach Trip 5-Apr-2026.

If you cancel any tickets prior to bookings being closed for that ticket, we will be able to provide a refund. Once bookings are closed, we will only be able to refund in exceptional circumstances, or if we have people in the waiting list who will take those tickets.

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Getting to Worcester:

Situated in the heart of the country, Worcester has excellent transport links and is extremely accessible.

Worcester is located on the crossroads of two main lines. There is a regular service to Birmingham while Worcester to London Paddington takes just over 2 hours.  Foregate Street Station is 0.3 miles from the city centre, and Shrub Hill Station is 0.6 miles from the city centre.

For those coming by car, the city has a number of car parks. For more information, visit: www.worcester.gov.uk/parking

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Staying in Worcester:

The Diglis House Hotel is offering a 10% discount for attendees of the AGM & Conference. Information will be included in the order confirmation.  Several other hotels are available within easy walking distance of the Diglis House Hotel.

Here is a link to the Worcester Tourist Information Centre: www.worcestertouristinformation.co.uk