Friends of National Civil War Centre - Newark Museum

01/09/2026

Unfortunately our Wines & Crimes has been cancelled due to personal issues for our speakers ☹️

20/08/2026

Due to technical problems we have changed our email address.
To contact us please use
[email protected]

27/07/2026

Sorry, but our event on Saturday is now cancelled.
Please don’t forget the AGM this Wednesday 29th July @ 6.30pm.

26/07/2026

Should be a fun night!

We need your bookings or this event will have to be cancelled ☹️

26/07/2026

We need your bookings or this event will have to be cancelled ☹️

24/07/2026

REMINDER POST 😁
Please try and get to our AGM on Wednesday next week - 29th July at 6.30pm in the Tudor Hall. We need your help if we are going to be able to continue to support the NCWC-NM.

Our next fundraising event is on Saturday 1st August 6.30pm in the courtyard. Have a go at what it was like to be a Civil War gunner. Bar will be open. See attached poster for details. Book on [email protected] then pay cash on the night.

04/07/2026

Our next event!

27/04/2026

Join us for our last event before summer!
Saturday 2nd May 4.30 pm
Country Beats & Dancing Feet : Dancing in Stuart England.

Shake a leg Stuart style as we learn about the country dances of market squares and village greens as recorded in John Playford’s 1651 ‘The English Dancing Master’. This first ever country dance manual, complete with instructions and music for each dance, was an immediate hit with many editions in print over the next 100 years.
Lynne and Mike Spicer will offer a short introduction to the history behind the dances and offer everyone a chance to have a go.
Easy to learn and enjoyable to try, these dances and accompanying talk will leave you smiling whether you prefer to watch or give country dancing a go!

Free for under 25s
£10 or £3 for Friends and volunteers.

13/04/2026

Silent Witnesses - What the Human Remains Tell us About the Battle of Stokefield

Our next talk is this Friday, 17th April, 7pm.

Dr Samantha Tipper, Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, examines what human skeletons from the Battle of Stoke Field can reveal about violence, injury and life during one of the most significant battles of the late medieval period.

Cost: £10, £3 for Friends of NCWC or Volunteers.
Bar open at 6.30pm

10/04/2026

Don’t miss your chance for attending this year’s conference!

The Battlefields Trust East Midlands Region and the Friends of the National Civil War Centre are pleased to announce their annual conference looking at events during the final year of the British Civil Wars in 1646.

The programme is as follows:
1000 – 1030
Registration and tea/coffee

1030 – 1040
Welcome; Housekeeping; Friends and BT – aims & benefits of membership.

1040 – 1100
Where 1645 Part 2 Ended
Don Smith

1100 – 1200
The Battle of Torrington and the demise of the royalist Western Army
Terry Keefe

1200 – 1300
The Midlands and the surrender of Oxford
Gregg Archer

1300 – 1400
Lunch

1400 - 1500
Stow on the Wold 1646: the battle and its location
Simon Marsh

1500 - 1600
The final siege and surrender of Newark & the King’s march north with the Scots
Kevin Winter

1600 - 1610
Closing Remarks and Plans for Next Year

Costs and Booking

The cost including a buffet lunch is £45.

For members of the Battlefields Trust or Friends of the National Civil War Centre there is a reduced cost of £30.
Non-members who join the Friends on the day and pay by standing order will be given a refund and pay only the reduced amount.
The easiest way to book a place at the Conference is via Eventbrite:

Members:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1646-members-tickets-1982118221959?aff=oddtdtcreator

Non Members:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1646-non-members-tickets-1981707213622?aff=oddtdtcreator

Alternatively please complete a paper booking form.

Come join us for 1646 , looking at events in the final year of the First Civil War