BattlefieldsPowick Bridge Approach Worcester 1651
English Civil War

Powick Bridge Approach Worcester 1651

1651
Worcestershire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Worcestershire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Scottish forces
Forces
Scottish rearguard covering Worcester
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Parliamentary cavalry
Outcome
Parliamentary forces secured the Powick area as part of the encirclement of Worcester; Scots driven back into the city perimeter.
The Battle

History & Significance

Parliamentary cavalry contested the bridge and meadows at Powick south of Worcester as the two armies converged before the Battle of Worcester in September 1651. The bridge site of the war's first cavalry action in 1642 saw action again as Cromwell closed in on Charles II's Scottish army.

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