Hereward Oak Day

Sunday 21 December 2025 | 11 am – 3 pm

Bowthorpe Oak, Bowthorpe Park Farm, Manthorpe, near Witham on the Hill PE10 0JZ

FREE

963 years since Hereward was exiled just before Christmas of 1062, Rory Gibson returns as Hereward the Wake beneath the mighty Bowthorpe Oak – the largest-girthed oak in Britain and over 1,000 years old.

Domesday Book confirms Hereward held Witham on the Hill, Manthorpe, Toft and Lound – the very ground the Bowthorpe Oak still stands on. Imagine the boy Hereward climbing these same branches!

 

Bring the kids, meet the legend, hear tales of exile and rebellion, and stand in the exact spot where Hereward once walked.

No charge | No booking | Just turn up | Wrap up warm