Wirral Viking Festivals – Upholland
Wirral Viking Festivals – Upholland
Wirral Viking Festivals – Upholland
Free Entry
Come join us at Beacon Country Park for a journey back in time on the 22nd and 23rd July 2023
Wirral Vikings (Wirhalh Skip Felagr) and Croix Du Nord come together to give you a free insight into how life was lived in the 10th Centaury. With displays of crafts from the period you can see how various aspects of Viking and Saxon daily life were performed. The displays of combat will give you a feel of what it was like to be on the battlefield during clashes between warring factions.
If you have an interest in the Viking age, the history of the period or simply want to be entertained by the combat display there is something for you.
If you are interested in joining us then come speak to us at the event or complete the contact form
- Combat displays
- Viking Village
- Trade Stalls
- Crafts
Organiser
For over three decades, Regia Anglorum has been re-creating early mediaeval history for audiences around the world. We have skilled, properly equipped and highly motivated men and women of all ages who celebrate the very best of life a thousand years ago!
Regia Anglorum was a term used by early English writers to describe the English state, what we would call “Britain” today. In vulgate Latin, Regia Anglorum was a term used to mean, roughly, “The Kingdoms of the English-speaking people”, pronounced with a hard “G”, as in gate. It implies no particular boundary, either geographically or spiritually.
In a twenty-first century context Regia Anglorum is a nationwide society with many independent local groups, from Scotland to the English Channel. Our goal is to portray all aspects of life; from warriors, striding the place of slaughter, to workers, whose daily tasks were the backbone of early mediaeval society, we seek to portray all aspects of life in ages past.
Wirral Vikings – Wirhalh Skip Felagr – The Wirral Ship Fellowship
Merseyside’s leading Viking, Saxon and Norman re-enactment group
Wirhalh Skip Felagr focuses primarily upon the Hiberno Norse Vikings who settled the Wirral in 902AD.
We also portray several other nationalities from the “Viking Period” including:
- Saxon
- Dane
- Brythonic
- Norman
- Angevine
Our services include:
- Talks on the period
- Educational Visits
- Combat Re-enactment
- Craft displays
- Experimental Archaeology
- Film Work
To find out more about what we do or to book us for a talk/event etc please contact us
Venue
Beacon Ln, Up Holland, Skelmersdale, Wigan WN8 7RU
Beacon Country Park consists of over 300 acres of rolling countryside spread across the slopes of Ashurst Beacon between Upholland, Dalton and Skelmersdale.
The site boasts flowing wildflower meadows, grassland, natural ponds and areas of semi-natural woodland. It commands majestic panoramic views across most of Lancashire with viewpoints overlooking the Lancashire Plain to the west and the West Pennine Moors to the east.
An extensive path network means that everyone can explore the park and there is plenty of space to walk, run, ride horses or bicycles, fly kites, or just get away from it all and relax.