Bosworth Battlefield Centre:
King Richard's Well
According to legend, Richard III stopped to drink from this well during the battle. Older Ricardians recall sliding under barbed wire fences and hiking through brambles to reach the nineteenth-century cairn on a farmer's field. Some made annual pilgrimages to clear the duckweed from the small spring The roses planted to the side of the cairn appear to be R. chinensis 'versicolor,' or another variety that blooms with color variations, an appropriate choice for a battle marked chiefly by the shifting loyalties of some of the principal players.

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