Battle of Flodden Field or Branxton ridge

North West of Wooler on the Coldstream road look out for a left turn for Branxton. This is where the battle took place , 9th September 1513.

As you approach Branxton from the south the road takes a sharp left and then a right before you see the village on the opposite hillside.This is where the Scottish army were prepared to fight the English.

Looking across the fields towards the dip between the two armies it is difficult to believe that there must have been well over 30,000 soldiers here that September day and that over 14,000 would die before the day was out.

There is a battlefield trail leading around the area and this culminates with the memorial.

At intervals you will see the storyboards which tell more about what happened

The official website seems to be Flodden.Net