Vikings at Glastonbury Abbey

Name: Vikings at Glastonbury Abbey
Start: 2025-08-23T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-08-24T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Magdalene Street, BA6 9EL Glastonbury, United Kingdom

Schedule

Sat, 23 Aug, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sun, 24 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Magdalene Street, BA6 9EL Glastonbury, United Kingdom | Glastonbury, EN

Viking age re-enactment group Draca Beorðor returns to the abbey over the weekend of the 23rd & 24th of August, 2025, from 10am-5pm both days. They will have an encampment in the abbey grounds and throughout the day they will be demonstrating crafts, activities and aspects of life in the Viking world.
Schedule:
10am-2pm Living History Encampment - Displays of Viking age life, crafts and technology.
2pm Viking Age Combat Display- A display of Viking age weapons and fighting techniques.
2.45pm ‘Kiddie Vike’ - Fight like a Viking, can you defeat our brave warriors? Children only.
3.30pm- 5pm Living History Encampment - Displays of Viking age life, crafts and technology.
Draca Beordor is a Viking Age reenactment group based in and around Somerset, UK, created for the purpose of authentically portraying the lives and technologies of Viking Age people in Europe.
As a reenactment group, Draca Beordor aims to provide a 'cross-section' of the Viking Age by drawing on evidence from historical sources and archaeology from our regions. We aim to dispel myths and misinformation associated with the period, choosing modern interpretations of archaeological evidence when available.
Members within Draca Beordor will portray the clothing, utilities and fighting equipment of a specific region or culture within Viking Age Europe; areas in the world ranging from Birka, Sweden, to Dublin, Ireland. We can use these authentic recreations to show the public how diverse Viking Age people and cultures were.
You can find out more about Draca Beordor through the following links:
https://www.dracabeordor.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/dracabeordor/

https://www.instagram.com/dracabeordor/
This is a Glastonbury Abbey fundraising event.
This experience is included within the cost of your admission. To save on the cost of admission you can book your visit in advance online. Members enjoy this experience free of charge.