Friday, 31 October

Walk of the Dead

Name: Walk of the Dead
Start: 2025-10-31T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-10-31T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre

By Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre

Join us for a walk exploring life and death through ancient burial practices and the connection between afterlife beliefs and the night sky.

Date and time

Location

Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre

Broadway Southbourne BH6 4EW United Kingdom

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Highlights

2 hours, 30 minutes
UNDER 18 WITH PARENT OR LEGAL GUARDIAN
In person
Paid venue parking

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 3 days before event

About this event

Holiday • Halloween

Welcome to the Walk of the Dead!

Join us for a walk exploring life and death through burial practices in archaeology, uncovering how ancient communities honoured the dead. As the path winds upward to the headland, we’ll shift our gaze to the night sky, discovering how stars, myths, and celestial cycles have long been linked to beliefs about death and the afterlife.

Walk in the footsteps of our Bronze Age Ancestors as they buried their dead in the round barrows at Hengistbury Head.

Discover our Stone Age Hunter-gatherers’ Camp

What did they think about the night sky 12,000 years ago?

Full of promise or fear and superstition?

Be prepared for some surprises!

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