English Civil War re-enactment groups

Every weekend of the fighting season thousands don buff coats and baldricks to bring the English Civil War to life for the public.

Articles on events I've covered (usually with photos) can be seen here. You can find out where re-enactment groups are appearing at forthcoming venues on the Events page.

The Sealed Knot and the English Civil War Society are the largest re-enactment groups in the UK. They're broken down into regiments, often named after a commanding officer who served during the original conflict. Below are links to the regiments in both organisations plus some other re-enactment groups (including a number overseas):

The Sealed Knot
The English Civil War Society
The Society of the Open Rope
Re-enactment groups outside the UK
Stuart Regalia - a small group re-creating the fashions of the Stuart era and providing an insight into the social and cultural history of the Stuart Age through dress, changes in fashion, accessories and cosmetics.

The Sealed Knot - Army of Parliament:

Independent:

• Parliament Trayne of Artillerie (Derbyshire, Devon, Essex, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Worcestershire)
• Sir William Waller's Regiment of Horse

Cittie of London Brigade:

• The Blew Regiment of the Cittie of London Trayned Bandes (Berkshire, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Northamptonshire, Somerset, Surrey and West Sussex)
• The Earl of Essex Hys Regiment of Foote (Cheshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Hertfordshire and Staffordshire)
• Colonel Roberts Hammond's Regiment of Foote (Dorset, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire)
• Colonel Samuel Jones' Regiment of Foote (Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, London and the East Midlands)
• The Tower Hamlets Trayned Bandes (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Greater London, Hampshire, Kent, North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, South Yorkshire, Surrey, West Midlands, West Sussex and West Yorkshire)

Midland Association

• Colonel John Birch's Regiment of Foote (Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, West Midlands, Worcestershire, Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan)
• Sir Thomas Fairfax's Regiment of Foote (Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Mid Wales and Yorkshire)
• Sergeant Major General Phillip Skippon's Regiment of Foote (Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Greater London, Hertfordshire, Kent, Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Glamorgan and West Sussex)

Northern Association

• Sir John Gell’s Regiment of Foote
• Lord Grey's Regiment of Foote
• Colonel John Hutchinson's Regiment of Foote
• Lieutenant Colonel John Lilburne's Regiment of Foote (Cumbria, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lancashire, Midlands, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan)
• Earl of Manchester's Regiment of Foote (Cambridgeshire, Greater Manchester, Hereford, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Worcestershire)
• Colonel John Pickering’s Regiment of Foote
• Lord Saye & Sele's Regiment of Foote (Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, West Midlands, South Yorkshire, Dyfed, Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, Powys and South Glamorgan)

Western Association

• Colonel Thomas Ballard’s Regiment of Foote (Kent, Oxfordshire, Midlands, Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan)
• Sergeant Major General James Carr’s Regiment of Foote (Berkshire, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Gwent, Hampshire, Somerset, Warwickshire and West Midlands)
• Colonel John Dalbier's Bye Trayne of Artillerie
• Lord John Robarte’s Regiment of Foote (Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Isle of Man)
• Earl of Stamford's Regiment of Foote (Gloucestershire, Hereford, Worcestershire, Kent, Somerset, Suffolk, Dyfed and Powys)
• Colonel James Wardlaw's Regiment of Dragoones (Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Clywd and Gwynedd)

The Sealed Knot - Royalist Army:

Cavalry:

• Prince Rupert's Lifeguard of Horse

King's Tercio:

• The King's Lifeguard of Foote (Kent, Oxfordshire, Birmingham, South Wales, Cheshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Sth Yorkshire, Lincolnshire)
• Sir Gervase Lucas' Company
• Sir Richard Molyneux's Company of Foote (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire and Gwent)

Jacob Astley's Tercio:

• Colonel Richard Bagot's Regiment of Foote (Birmingham, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and West Sussex)
• Sir Henry Bard's Regiment of Foote
• Prince Maurice's Regiment of Dragoones
• Colonel Sir John Owen's Regiment of Foote
• Sir Thomas Wentworth’s Regiment of Foote

Lord Hopton's Tercio:

• Sir Vincent Corbet's Coy
• Sir William Godolphin’s Regiment of Foote
• Sir Bevill Grenvile's Regiment of Foote
• Colonel Stephen Hawkins' Regiment of Foote
• Sir Marmaduke Rawdon's Regiment of Foote
• Sir Nicholas Slanning's Regiment of Foote
• Sergeant Major General Henry Tillier’s Regiment of Foote (Bristol, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan)

Marquess of Newcastle's Tercio:

• Lord Strange The Earl of Derby's Regiment
• Colonel Charles Gerard’s Regiment of Foote
• Sir Gilbert Hoghton's Companie (Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Warwickshire, West Midlands and Wiltshire
• Sir George Lisle’s Regiment of Foote
• Marquess of Newcastle's Regiment of Foote (East Riding of Yorkshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, Dyfed, Powys, Ayrshire, Berwickshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Kirkudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian, Peeblesshire, Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, West Lothian and Wigtownshire)

Prince Palatine’s Tercio:

• Sir Thomas Glemham's Regiment of Foote (Durham, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Northumberland, South Yorkshire, Tyne & Wear, West Yorkshire, Clwyd and Gwynedd)
• Earl of Northampton's Regiment of Foote (Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Greater London, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Clywd and Gwynedd)
• Earl Rivers’ Regiment of Foote (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Dyfed, Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan)
• Prince Rupert's Blew Regiment of Foote (Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Greater London, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk and Surrey)
• Sir Henry Vaughan's Company (Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan and West Glamorgan)

The Sealed Knot - Army of Ireland and Scotland:

• Colonel Hugh Fraser's Regiment of Dragoones
• Colonel William Gordon's Regimente of Foote
• Colonel Thomas Laghtnan's Regiment of Foote
• Manus O'Cahan, His Own Regiment

The Sealed Knot - Other:

• Sir Bernard de Gommes Companie of Pioneers & Fireworkers
• The Sealed Knot Living History Group

The English Civil War Society - Roundhead Association:

• Colonel John Hampden's Regiment of Foote
• Earl of Loudoun's Regiment of Foote
• John Bright's Regiment of Foote 
• Colonel Nicholas Devereux's Regiment of Foot
• Earl of Essex's Regiment of Foot
• Colonel George Fenwick's Regiment of Foote
• Colquhoun's Artillery
• Colonel John Fox's Regiment of Foote
• Captain Henry Hazzard's Companie of Artillery
• Colonel Edward Montagu his Regiment of Foote
• Colonel Valentine Walton's Regiment of Foote
• Baggage Trayne
• Hungerford's Horse

The English Civil War Society - The King's Army:

• Lord Ralph Hopton's Regiment of Foote
• Sir Thomas Blackwell his Regiment of Foote
• Sir Richard Grenvile's Regiment of Horse
• Sir Thomas Lunsford's Regiment of Foote
• Sir Marmaduke Rawdon's Regiment of Foote
• Sir William Pennyman's Regiment of Foote
• Sir Thomas Tyldesley's Regiment of Foote
• The Marquess of Winchester his Regiment of Foote
• The Cavalry Regiment of the King's Army
 

The Pike and Musket Society (Australia)
The English Civil War Society of America (USA)
Tattershall Trayned Band (USA)
Gardiner's Company (USA)