Vikings will be taking over at a museum in Buckinghamshire this weekend.

Over the Bank Holiday weekend, on August 25 and 26, a Viking warband will raid Chiltern Open Air Museum in Chalfont St Giles.

From 10am until 5pm on both days, they will take over the museum and "use it as a base of operations to raid further into Saxon territory".

Viking weekend at Chiltern Open Air MuseumViking weekend at Chiltern Open Air Museum (Image: Chiltern Open Air Museum)

Viking weekend at Chiltern Open Air MuseumViking weekend at Chiltern Open Air Museum (Image: Chiltern Open Air Museum)

The museum said "they have ransacked the village, taken prisoners and are busy plotting their next move".

For visitors, there will be re-enactments and battles, the chance to visit the camp and enjoy music and crafts such as cloth dyeing, storytelling, a drum workshop, and activities from the Viking Age.

There will then be a chance to see who wins a battle between the Vikings and the Christian forces of Wessex.