Battle of Langport

Battle of Langport
Part of First English Civil War
The site of the battle
Date 10 July 1645 Location Langport, near Yeovil, Somerset 51°02′31″N 2°48′04″W / 51.04194°N 2.80111°W / 51.04194; -2.80111 Result Parliamentarian victory[1]
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Lord Goring	Sir Thomas Fairfax
Strength
7,000[2]	10,000[2]
Casualties and losses
300 killed[2] 500 captured	Unknown

Langport

Taunton

Bridgwater

Beaminster

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Somerset and Langport

The Battle of Langport took place on 10 July 1645 during the First English Civil War, near Langport in Somerset.

Following its previous success at Naseby in June, in the Battle of Langport, the New Model Army under Sir Thomas Fairfax destroyed the last Royalist field army, led by Lord Goring. This Parliamentarian victory allowed them to besiege the Royalist port of Bristol, which surrendered in September.