International Napoleonic Fair

Hamptworth is situated on the northern edge of the New Forest National Park, half way between Southampton and Salisbury on the Wiltshire / Hampshire border. Just 3 minutes from the A36 Southampton to Salisbury road.
The estate which comprises 3,000 acres of glorious parkland, gardens and woodland has been home to the Anderson family for just over 200 years and still remains in private ownership today.

Hamptworth Lodge, the jewel in the crown at the centre of the estate is a magnificent Jacobean style manor house

Kingston Maurward is situated near Dorchester and houses Kingston Maurward College, specialising in land based and agricultural subjects.

The house was originally built in the early 1700s for the Prime Minister's cousin George Pitt and his wife Laura Grey, whose family had owned the estate for many generations - living in the nearby Elizabethan Manor House.

Thomas Hardy was a frequent visitor as a boy and later referred to Kingston Maurward House as 'Knapwater House' in his novel Desperate Remedies.

Important. This is not fixed information. Updates will be posted as soon as possible

Site layout. We'll post details as soon as they become available

Setting up & Taking down

All Groups or individuals who book into the Event may arrive from 12:00hrs on Friday or from 06:00hrs on Saturday. PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE earlier, as we cannot allow access to the site until this time.
Please ensure you have finished setting up by 09:30hrs Saturday morning promptly, as the Event opens to visitors at 10:00hrs on both Saturday & Sunday.
Please ensure vehicles are parked in designated areas from 09:00hrs on Saturday morning.
Please ensure you arrive in time to off load and set up the bulk of your Living History equipment before these times.
There will be no dismantling of display, or removal from the site before 17:00hrs Saturday or Sunday. We understand that you all want to pack up as soon as possible on the last day of the show, but customers have paid to see everything, and we have paying customers arriving during the last hour of the Event.
Any visitors for participants during the show need to be directed to the main Event entrance, where they will be directed to park in the holding area, and the person to report via the Entry point to the Pike And Shot Control Office. A tannoy message will then be broadcast for the Group concerned to come to the Office.
ON NO ACCOUNT will visitors be allowed to be brought into the Event by vehicle during public opening hours.

VERY limited on space, so all Groups need to book in both L/H tentage & Modern Camping requirements.

Participant Parking
Once unloaded, you will be allowed to park in the allocated parking areas in the modern campsite. WE CAN ALLOW sleeping in your vehicles overnight or in tents on our modern campsite, or in your Living History trading tent.

Powder.
The Powder Masters were Ian & Caroline Lycett-King
Ian is also the web master for this page.
For future events:
Please ensure you have suitable and correctly labelled containers for collection of powder from the store.
Bring a current black powder licence if you wish to draw powder.

If you need to negotiate powder use prior to a Pike and Shot event please contact Dave Allan at
Pike And Shot Events Limited
paste@paste.org.uk

Public Liability Insurance
You will need to have your own or be part of a Group Insurance and enclose a valid a copy with your booking form. Please mail a copy to the Pike And Shot Event address at "events@paste.org.uk", in case of query

Trades There is limited authentic trading space available for this multiperiod event, contact Dave Allan for details. Pitches from £35 + VAT.

NOTES
1) NO open fires in the modern campsite - sorry
2) Please ensure you book in on arrival - we don't want to tell you to move a tent if you put it up in the
wrong place!
3) This is a Living History Event, so please no modern anachronism's.
4) There will be a beer tent & food outlets on site over the weekend - hopefully Friday night too.
5) Keep the noise to a minimum after 23:30hrs!

This is one of several events being organised by;
Pike And Shot Events Limited

Not quite what you're looking for? Why not try
The International Living History Fair