Tour under Construction....  King Charles' Escape to France
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In September 1651, the future King Charles II was defeated at the Battle of Worcester by Oliver Cromwell's Army.  With a bounty of £1000 on his head, he spent the next six weeks trying to escape to France, being bravely sheltered by Royalist sympathisers and hiding (for example) in an oak tree.  He tried to escape from Charmouth on the Jurassic coast and finally made it across the Downs with the Roundheads in hot pursuit.  On the 15th of October he escaped by ship to Normandy and then on to Paris, where he lived in exile until restored to the throne in 1660.   It was an epic journey covering over 600 miles.

We will follow part of his route, from Worcester to Dorset and then via Salisbury to Brighton, visiting the places and inns where he stayed.