Historical re-enactments in the United Kingdom
Every historical re-enactment (or reenactment) event in the United Kingdom listed on The Muster, from living-history weekends to full-scale battles.
25 events listed, covering Viking, medieval, early modern, Napoleonic, First World War and Second World War history.
January 2027
Up Helly Aa
≈1,000 guizers · Viking Age
May 2027
Sealed Knot — Siege of Basing House
Early Modern
Wartime Britain (REME Museum)
A living history weekend at the REME Museum in Lyneham, Wiltshire, featuring WW2 reenactors, military vehicles and Home Front displays.
Haworth 1940s Weekend
A three-day event along the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway between Keighley and Oxenhope recreating 1940s Britain, with steam trains, period music, WW2 reenactors and living history displays at stations along the line, centred on Haworth.
July 2027
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival
≈2,000 reenactors · Medieval
War & Peace Revival
≈4,000 vehicles · Second World War
August 2027
Yorkshire Wartime Experience
First World War
Kentwell Hall — Tudor High Summer: Hands on History
Interactive, hands-on Tudor-era living history for visitors across Kentwell Hall's moated manor and gardens in Long Melford, Suffolk, part of the hall's annual sequence of named Tudor events.
Battle of Bosworth Anniversary
Medieval
England's Medieval Festival
A large medieval-and-Renaissance festival held over the August bank holiday weekend at Pippingford Park in the East Sussex countryside, combining jousting knights, historic military encampments with cannon demonstrations, multiple entertainment stages, craft traders and camping/glamping, billed a…
September 2027
The Victory Show
A large-scale WW2 re-enactment show at Foxlands Farm, Cosby, Leicestershire, billed as one of the largest WW2 living history events in the UK, with historic military vehicles, aircraft, tanks, battle reenactments and a 1940s dinner dance.
Sealed Knot — Windsor Castle
The Sealed Knot's Prince Rupert's Bluecoats garrison Windsor Castle's Moat Garden for a living-history weekend marking the castle's role in the English Civil War, when Charles I was imprisoned there before his execution.
Sealed Knot — Moseley Old Hall
Sealed Knot living historians recreate the aftermath of the 1651 Battle of Worcester at Moseley Old Hall, one of the National Trust properties where Charles II hid during his flight to exile.
Sealed Knot — Fernhurst Furnace
A free heritage day at a former Wealden ironworks that once cast cannon, combining guided furnace-site tours and falconry with Sealed Knot living-history and drill demonstrations, 11am-5pm both days.
Sealed Knot — Corsham
A single-day Sealed Knot living-history display at the Alms Houses in Corsham, Wiltshire, running midday to mid-afternoon.
English Civil War Society — Basing House
The English Civil War Society's own muster at Basing House, distinct from the Sealed Knot's separate event at the same site — the two societies hold independently organised weekends there on different dates.
Kentwell Hall — Tudor Michaelmas Weekend
Costumed interpreters present Tudor-society living history at Kentwell Hall to mark Michaelmas, part of the hall's recurring annual programme of named Tudor events.
Steam Back to the Forties (Sheringham 1940s Weekend)
The North Norfolk Railway's 'Steam Back to the Forties' event transforms Sheringham, Weybourne and Holt stations into a 1940s scene with steam trains, reenactors and period entertainment, coinciding with the town's wider Sheringham 1940s Weekend programme.
Welshpool 1940s Weekend
A three-day 1940s-themed festival in the Welsh market town of Welshpool with vintage vehicles, a Spitfire display, reenactors and wartime entertainment across the town hall and other venues.
Dinton Pastures Medieval Weekend
A family-oriented medieval jousting weekend at Dinton Pastures Country Park near Wokingham, featuring the Knights of Middle England equestrian stunt and jousting troupe, birds of prey displays, medieval martial arts demonstrations and free archery, run by Wokingham Borough Council's countryside s…
Napoleonic French Brigade Re-enactment at Fort Amherst
The Napoleonic French Brigade of the UK stage a re-enactment weekend in the Gatehouse at Fort Amherst, a Napoleonic-era fortification in Chatham, Kent, with free grounds admission for the weekend.
October 2027
Battle of Hastings
Each October, English Heritage restages the 1066 Battle of Hastings on the battlefield beside Battle Abbey, the abbey William the Conqueror founded to mark his victory over King Harold.
Back to the 1940s (Eden Camp)
An annual immersive 1940s living history weekend at Eden Camp Modern History Museum, a former WW2 prisoner-of-war camp near Malton, featuring reenactors, a 1940s evening dance and access to the original wartime huts.
Pickering 1940s Weekend
A town-wide wartime-Britain celebration in the North Yorkshire market town of Pickering, run by Pickering Town Community Interest Company in partnership with Eden Camp Museum, with costumed characters, swing music, historic vehicles and a heritage steam backdrop from the North Yorkshire Moors Rai…
Dates to be announced
These events are known to recur, but there is nothing yet to place them in the year — no announced dates, and no previous edition on record to expect the next one from. They are listed here so they are not lost.
English Civil War Society — Newport Pagnell Muster
The English Civil War Society's major end-of-season muster, held over the August Bank Holiday weekend at Newport Pagnell.