Hidden Britain AtlasOpen the map
All places › Battlefields
Battlefield

Towton

Near Tadcaster, North Yorkshire

The bloodiest battle ever fought on British soil, in a snowstorm.

On Palm Sunday 1461, the armies of York and Lancaster fought in a blizzard at Towton. The snow blew into the Lancastrians' faces, and their arrows fell short.

Read the full story, see it on the map, get directions and find what else is nearby in the free Hidden Britain Atlas map.

Open Towton on the mapReport a sighting here
When
29 March 1461
Where
53.8380, -1.2720
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

A battlefield trail with information boards runs from the village.

Nearby mysteries