The
Battle of Turnham Green occurred 13 November 1642 near the village of
Turnham Green, at the end of the first campaigning season of the
First English Civil War. The battle resulted in a standoff between the forces of King
Charles I and the much larger
Parliamentarian army under the command of the
Earl of Essex. In blocking the Royalist army's way to London, however, the Parliamentarians gained an important strategic victory as the standoff forced Charles and his army to retreat to Oxford for secure winter quarters.