Discovering historic Winchester

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3.44 mi
161 ft
01h06
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Last verified: 27 May 2025

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Winchester is a very old city, since 2000 BC it was inhabited. In the city center you will find many impressive buildings. The 12th-century Winchester Cathedral is the tallest in the UK. King Arthur's round table was housed in the imposing Great Hall, a remnant of the old Royal Palace. Discover it all along this city walk that starts and ends at the train station.

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Difficulty level: Medium (70/100)

Length: 3.44 mi

Duration: 01h06


Total ascent: 161 ft

Maximal slope: 5.5 %

Average slope: 0 %

Net ascent: -3.28 ft

Total descent: 164 ft

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        Closest address to start and end: Station Hill, Winchester, United Kingdom

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        1. Winchester railway station

          0 · Trainstation
          Winchester railway station is a railway station in Winchester in the county of Hampshire, England. …
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        2. Castle Hill

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          Castle Hill is a series of buildings used as council offices in Winchester, Hampshire. There are …
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        3. Royal Green Jackets

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          The Royal Green Jackets Museum is situated at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester, England. The …
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        4. Peninsula Barracks

          0 · Peninsula
          The barracks, which were originally known as the Upper Barracks, Winchester, were built in the …
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        5. King's House

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          The King's House in Winchester was a late 17th-century planned royal palace in the English county …
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        6. Winchester Castle

          0 · Castle
          Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded in …
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        7. The Gurkha Museum

          0 · Museum
          The Gurkha Museum commemorates the service of Gurkha soldiers to the British Crown, a relationship …
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        8. Winchester Combined Court Centre

          0 · Courthouse
          Winchester Combined Court Centre is a law court in Winchester, Hampshire, England built in the …
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        9. Westgate

          0 · Shelter for the night
          The Westgate is one of two surviving fortified gateways in Winchester, England formerly part of …
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        10. Winchester

          0 · Municipality
          Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City …
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        11. Venta Belgarum

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          Venta Belgarum, or Venta Bulgarum, was a town in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, the …
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        12. Lower Barracks

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          Lower Barracks was a military installation in Winchester. It was the depot of the Royal Hampshire …
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        13. St Thomas Church

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          An earlier St Thomas Church was in St Thomas Street. It was demolished in 1845 and replaced by …
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        14. Christ Church

          0 · Church
          Christ Church, Winchester is a Church of England parish church in Winchester, England. There are …
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        15. St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate Church

          0 · Church
          St Swithun upon Kingsgate is a Church of England church in Winchester, Hampshire, England, built …
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        16. Kingsgate

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          Kingsgate is one of two surviving medieval gates to the city of Winchester, England . The name was …
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        17. The Pilgrims' School

          0 · School
          The Pilgrims' School is a boys' preparatory school and cathedral school in the cathedral city of …
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        18. Winchester College

          0 · School
          Winchester College is a public school in Winchester, Hampshire. It was founded by William of …
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        19. Winchester

          0 · Trainstation
          Winchester railway station was, for the first six years after the opening of the line, the …
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        20. St Peter's Church

          0 · Theatre
          St Peter’s Church, Chesil, Winchester, formerly known as St Peter upon Chesille without Eastgate, …
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        21. St Mary's Abbey

          0 · Abbey
          St. Mary's Abbey, also known as the Nunnaminster, was a Benedictine nunnery in Winchester, …
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        22. Rout of Winchester

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          In the Rout of Winchester the army of imprisoned King Stephen of England, led by his wife, Queen …
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        23. Winchester Cathedral

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          The Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Swithun, commonly …
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        24. Stephen Gardiner

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          Stephen Gardiner (c. 1483 - 12 November 1555) was an English Roman Catholic bishop and politician …
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        25. Diocese of Winchester

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          The Diocese of Winchester forms part of the Province of Canterbury of the Church of England. …
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        26. Old Minster

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          The Old Minster was the Anglo-Saxon cathedral for the diocese of Wessex and then Winchester from …
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        27. St Lawrence Church

          0 · Church
          The church is just off the High Street, in Winchester, England. It is probably of Norman origin, …
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        28. St Maurice's Church

          0 · Church
          St Maurice’s Church, Winchester was a parish church in the Church of England in Winchester, …
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        29. The Brooks

          0 · POI
          The Brooks is a shopping centre in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was opened in the early …
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        30. Holy Trinity Church

          0 · Church
          Holy Trinity is a Commissioners' church, one of many built with money voted by Parliament as a …
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        31. St Peter's Church

          0 · Church
          St Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Winchester, England. It was built in 1924 and …
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        32. City of Winchester

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          The district covers the ancient settlement of the city of Winchester itself, but also covers a …
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        33. Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

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          Hampshire Archives and Local Studies holds the archives for the county of Hampshire. The archives …
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        Winchester railway station
        Castle Hill
        Royal Green Jackets
        Peninsula Barracks
        King's House
        Winchester Castle
        The Gurkha Museum
        Winchester Combined Court Centre
        Westgate
        Winchester
        Venta Belgarum
        Lower Barracks
        St Thomas Church
        Christ Church
        St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate Church
        Kingsgate
        The Pilgrims' School
        Winchester College
        Winchester
        St Peter's Church
        St Mary's Abbey
        Rout of Winchester
        Winchester Cathedral
        Stephen Gardiner
        Diocese of Winchester
        Old Minster
        St Lawrence Church
        St Maurice's Church
        The Brooks
        Holy Trinity Church
        St Peter's Church
        City of Winchester
        Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
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