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Battle of Hastings

Battle of Hastings was a battle fought on 14 October 1066 at Battle, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the Norman conquest of England, which ran from 1066 to 1075. The recorded result: Norman victory. Recorded strength: Unknown, estimates range from 7,000 to 12,000 against Unknown, estimates range from 5,000 to 13,000.

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Fought14 October 1066
WhereBattle, United Kingdom50.914N, 0.488E
OutcomeNorman victory
BelligerentsDuchy of NormandyagainstKingdom of England
Battlefield todayBattle of Hastings battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000013, 77 ha
Part ofNorman conquest of England1066 to 1075

Where it sits in the Norman conquest of England

Battle of Hastings, 1066Siege of Exeter, 1068Battle of Northam, 1068Battle of Bleadon, 1068Battle of Durham, 106910661069Battle of Hastings, 1066
5 placed engagements of the Norman conquest of England in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date14 October 1066
PlaceBattle, United Kingdom
50.914N, 0.488E
KindBattle, medieval
StrengthUnknown, estimates range from 7,000 to 12,000Unknown, estimates range from 5,000 to 13,000
Commanders
  • Harold Godwinson
  • Gyrth Godwinson
  • Leofwine Godwinson
Battle of HastingsBattle of HastingsBattle of MercredesburneBattle of Mercredesburne5 km50.914N, 0.488E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic England). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Hastings
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Hastings today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-08-25. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 87 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 1 to 177 m, 176 m of relief, hilly country and today it is 55% tree cover, 34% grassland, 8% cropland.

tree cover: 55%grassland: 34%cropland: 8%built-up: 3%tree cover 55%grassland 34%cropland 8%built-up 3%
west to east, 10.0 km16 to 130 mnorth to south, 10.0 km5 to 103 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1066

Historic England registers this as the Battle of Hastings battlefield (entry 1000013), 77 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Hastings is one of 318 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q83224, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Hastings, revision 1380225409, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic England (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.