Siege of Worcester

Siege of Worcester
	Part of the First English Civil War
	; Worcester Cathedral from Fort Royal Hill.
Date	21 May 1646 – 23 July 1646
Location	Worcester52°11′20″N 2°13′15″W
Result	Parliamentary victory
Belligerents
Royalists	Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Henry Washington Governor of Worcester	Edward Whalley (21 May – 8 July); Thomas Rainsborough (8 July – 23 July)
Strength
On 29 May 1,507 strong, excluding gentlemen volunteers and the city bands.	On 29 May the Royalists thought the besieging force was about 5,000 strong, but they may have been as few as 2,500
	Worcester Shown within Worcestershire

The second and longest siege of Worcester (21 May – 23 July 1646) took place towards the end of the First English Civil War, when Parliamentary forces under the command of Thomas Rainsborough besieged the city of Worcester, accepting the capitulation of the Royalist defenders on 22 July. The next day the Royalists formally surrendered possession of the city and the Parliamentarians entered Worcester 63 days after the siege began.

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