Chalke History Festival 2025
Join the UK’s leading history festival. Immerse yourself in the past with talks from 175+ renowned experts and interactive living history.
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Broad Chalke
Broad Chalke Salisbury SP5 5DP United KingdomAbout this event
Welcome to the Chalke History Festival!
Immerse yourself in the past at the UK’s leading history festival, within a breathtaking 70 acres in the heart of the Wessex Countryside. Chalke History Festival takes place in Broad Chalke near Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Delve into an unprecedented fusion of knowledge and entertainment, featuring over 175 talks led by renowned experts spanning the vast tapestry of history. Engage in riveting discussions, debates, and interactive living history experiences, guided by some of our most distinguished historians, academics, leading thinkers, and writers from the UK and abroad.
From through-the-ages encampments to an awe-inspiring air display, the festival promises to captivate, entertain, and educate. Immerse yourself in revelatory demonstrations covering cookery, daily life, medicine, surgery, evolving warfare, tactics, and weaponry.
This celebration of history stands as an unparalleled opportunity to explore the richness of our collective past, making the festival an unmissable experience for history enthusiasts, learners, and anyone seeking a unique and immersive journey through time. Join us for a week-long celebration that transcends traditional boundaries, bringing history to life in ways that resonate with both the curious and the connoisseur.
MONDAY 23RD JUNE 2025 - 4:15PM - LATE
TUESDAY 24TH JUNE 2025 - 4:15PM - LATE
WEDNESDAY 25TH JUNE 2025 - 9:15AM - LATE
THURSDAY 26TH JUNE 2025 - 9:15AM - LATE
FRIDAY 27TH JUNE 2025 - 9:15AM - LATE
SATURDAY 28TH JUNE 2025 - 9:15AM - LATE
SUNDAY 29TH JUNE 2025 - 9:15AM - 7PM
For more information, please visit: www.chalkefestival.com
For Glamping bookings, please visit: Yippee Tents
If you're having trouble getting your tickets, please contact our box office team:
tickets@chalkefestival.com
01722 781133
Please read our festival Terms & Conditions
Frequently asked questions
Yes! All parking is free at the Festival. There will be separate disabled parking closer to the entrance (please display your blue badge).
Subject to availability, yes. Please come to the Box Office at the main entrance and we will be very happy to help you. Please allow extra time in case of queues.
As well as our pre-booked Dining Tent there will be many concession food stands, coffee/tea stands and a bar. You are very welcome to bring your own picnics and there will be places to sit. Please do not bring alcohol, there is a bar on site.
Yes. Waterstones will be at the Festival for the whole week. Festival Members are entitled to 10% discount – you must show your Friends Membership card.
We welcome wheelchair users, but please note the Festival is in a field and subject to the weather. There are no covered walkways between the tents. We also have disabled toilets, wide aisles to accommodate wheelchairs and plenty of willing volunteers who will be happy to help.
Mobility Scooters are available and can be pre-booked via the ticket office. tickets@chalkefestival.com
Yes, these are available in both of the two main tents.
Assistance dogs will be allowed with proof of requirement in the form of government issued ID card.
Entry tickets for 2025 include all talks and discussions in all venues! Also included are outdoor arena displays, reenactments and performances, museum row, live music, shopping emporium, children's activities and much, much more. A programme of events will be released in April 2025.
Day entry tickets will be available to purchase from early April.
A programme of events will be released in April 2025, but follow us on are social media channels, or sign up to our mailing list to hear about new speakers, performers and attractions that are announced over the coming months.
If you are a Chalke History Festival Member, you will be able to reserve a seat in our two main speaker venues. Seat reservations will be available from early April when the programme of events is released. For details on how to become a member, please visit: www.hub.chalkefestival.com
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The Chalke History Festival: An extraordinary celebration of our past! Since 2011, we've evolved into the UK's leading history festival, attracting hundreds of thousands of history enthusiasts, including tens of thousands of school children.