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Battle of Stamford Bridge

Battle of Stamford Bridge was a battle fought on 25 September 1066 at Stamford Bridge, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Q1379246. The recorded result: English victory.

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The Battle of Stamford Bridge
The Battle of Stamford Bridge. Peter Nicolai Arbo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought25 September 1066
WhereStamford Bridge, United Kingdom53.992N, 0.912W
OutcomeEnglish victory
BelligerentsKingdom of EnglandagainstKingdom of Norway; Earldom of Orkney; English rebels
Battlefield todayBattle of Stamford Bridge battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000035, 75 ha
Part ofQ1379246

Where it sits in Q1379246

First Viking attack on England, AD 780Battle of York, AD 867Battle of Englefield, AD 870Battle of Reading, AD 871Battle of Ashdown, AD 871Battle of Basing, AD 871Battle of Marton, AD 871Battle of Chippenham, AD 877Battle of Cynwit, AD 878Battle of Edington, AD 878Battle of Buttington, AD 893Battle of Stamford (894), AD 894Battle of Tettenhall, AD 910Battle of Tempsford, AD 917Battle of Derby, AD 917Battle of Corbridge, AD 918Battle of Stamford, AD 918Battle of Brunanburh, AD 937Battle of Stainmore, AD 954Battle of Maldon, AD 991Battle of Brentford, 1016Battle of Assandun, 1016Battle of Fulford, 1066Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066Battle of Danes Moor, 1469AD 7801469Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066
25 placed engagements of Q1379246 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date25 September 1066
PlaceStamford Bridge, United Kingdom
53.992N, 0.912W
KindBattle, medieval
Commanders
  • Harold Godwinson
  • Morcar
  • Edwin, Earl of Mercia
Battle of Stamford BridgeBattle of Stamford Bridge5 km53.992N, 0.912W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic England). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Stamford Bridge
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Stamford Bridge today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-05-13. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 12 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 55 m, 55 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 64% cropland, 21% grassland, 10% tree cover.

cropland: 64%grassland: 21%tree cover: 10%built-up: 5%cropland 64%grassland 21%tree cover 10%built-up 5%
west to east, 10.0 km10 to 34 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 20 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1066

Historic England registers this as the Battle of Stamford Bridge battlefield (entry 1000035), 75 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Stamford Bridge is one of 318 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q203225, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Stamford Bridge, revision 1384676668, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic England (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.