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- Aug 24, 2018, 2:05pm
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 52 m
- England Winchester Winchester Cathedral 51.060762, -1.31368951°3’39” N 1°18’49” W
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Day 24
Winchester cathedral
August 24, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Very interesting church, no big towers or spires but does have bells, dont know where.

In the middle of a £22milion restoration. 11 of that is from their National Lottery, what could we have done if we hadn’t sold ours off.

The present church was started bt the Normans but there was one on the site since the seventh century. Been changed and restored many times over the years. One of the best stories I’ve stolen from Wikipedia. Memorial to Walker is in the cathedral.

“Restoration work was carried out by T. G. Jackson in 1905–12. Waterlogged foundations on the south and east walls were reinforced by diver William Walker, packing the foundations with more than 25,000 bags of concrete, 115,000 concrete blocks, and 900,000 bricks. Walker worked six hours a day from 1906 to 1912 in total darkness at depths up to 20 feet (6 m), and is credited with saving the cathedral from total collapse.[24] For this he was awarded the MVO.[25]”

He definitely deserved it.

To make the day Bern stumbled on Jane Austen’s grave as she died in Winchester. It’s also got KIng Cnut and Edgbert of Wessex along with a host of not very famous kings. They aren’t pulling in the £8 a time though.

Excellent place. Then onwards for some more driveing in the rain and some side trips through supermarket carparks (thanks Karen) to a small market town called Alton.

Tomorrow Jane Austen day.Read more
Traveler A cathedral to behold, so much to look at.
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Traveler Stunning!
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- May 8, 2022, 3:21pm
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- England Winchester 51.063, -1.31407551°3’47” N 1°18’51” W
Day 2
Winchester
May 8, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
No weapons found
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Emil Post England und Wales
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- Jun 21, 2019, 5:15pm
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 48 m
- England Winchester 51.060986, -1.31492551°3’40” N 1°18’54” W
Day 4
Winchester - schon wieder eine Kathedral
June 21, 2019 in England ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Die nächste Station war dann Winchester. Auch hier ist die Kathedrale sehr beeindruckend. Da hier aber eine kirchliche Veranstaltung stattfand, können wir Teile des Innenraums nicht besichtigen. Aber der Rest war auch genug.

Nun müssen langsam Schlösser und Burgen kommen, sonst wird es eintönig 😬Read more
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- Sep 11, 2020, 2:01pm
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 51 m
- England Winchester Winchester Cathedral 51.0605, -1.3140351°3’38” N 1°18’51” W
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Winchester, part 2
September 11, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Winchester Cathedral is is one of the largest cathedrals in Europe and founded originally in 642. Jane Austen is buried here, amongst many others. It is a magnificent place and has a beautiful quire as well as a Holy Hole into which pilgrims would crawl to be next to the bones of Saint Swithin. Beautiful mortuary chests are positioned along the top of the quire. We visited the interesting Kings and Scribes exhibition that was on.

We visited the tiny St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate Church literally above an arch in a road and proceeded past The Pilgrim's School to the remains of Wolvesey Castle for a visit. Then a nice walk along the River Itchen with the playing fields of Winchester College on one side of us. Crossing the road, with views of St Catherine's Hill on the other side, the walk finished at the Hospital of St Cross and its Almhouse - the oldest in the UK.

A great place.Read more
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- Apr 27, 2017
- ⛅ 50 °F
- Altitude: 174 ft
- England Winchester 51.064855, -1.31161151°3’53” N 1°18’42” W
Day 13
Winchester
April 27, 2017 in England ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
This morning we went to Winchester to view the cathedral and the remains of the medieval town. Winchester was the capital of Wessex before the English capital moved to London. A large statue of Alfred the Great is in the town square. We got to see the boxes containing the bones of the early English Kings such as Ethelbert Ethelred and Knute. We came back to the ship and I had a Pancho Villa burger. In the evening we went to a musical presentation called the Rat Pack, featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Junior. Afterwards we went to a presentation given in tribute to Edith Piaf.Read more
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- May 11, 2018, 10:46am
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 50 m
- England Winchester 51.06444, -1.3129451°3’52” N 1°18’47” W
Day 33
Winchester
May 11, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We woke to a clear but cold day in Winchester. After a juice to get us going in the morning we took off for a walk out through the water meadows to the St John's Cross Hospital about a mile away. A nice walk.
The hospital is an alms house for old men and has been in use for 600 years. On the way there we left Winchester via an old city gate and above the gate they had built a chapel called St Swithuns (patron saint of Winchester and tutor to King Alfred) It was amazing, so peaceful,tiny and ancient. Lovely memorial plaque written about a local doctor attached. It made us laugh.
On the way back to Town we had a look at the ruins of Wolvesly Castle. Walked back home to get ready to go to Evensong at Winchester Cathedral. Arrived about 4:45 which meant we got free entry. Enjoyed evensong and it was nice to revisit the cathedral again since our 2012 visit. It is still a fascinating and beautiful place. Had forgotten that the huge west windows had been smashed by Cromwells men around 1650 and the people of Winchester had collected all the stained glass and reassembled the pieces in an abstract way which looks like a contemporary window that could have been done this century not in 1660! Back into town for dinner at the William Walker pub. William Walker was the diver who saved the cathedral by renewing the crumbling foundations around the turn of the century. He had to work in deep water to access the foundations and it took two years. The town is a very easy place to be and it's history spans 1000 years.Read more
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Traveler Hampshire
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- Sep 11, 2020, 11:00am
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 74 m
- England Winchester Roman wall 51.06326, -1.3197851°3’48” N 1°19’11” W
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Winchester, part 1
September 11, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
For this staycation we travel to a part of the country that neither Helen nor I know well - Hampshire. En route to our apartment in Gosport, we stop off for the day in the cathedral city of Winchester. It is steeped in history, being the start of the Pilgrim's Way to Canterbury, and well worthy of a longer stay in the future.

We start at the Statue of King Alfred the Great and proceed along the High Street past the Guildhall (1871 and built in the Gothic Revival Style) to the 15th century Buttercross Monument. There are many beautiful old buildings around us we continue up to Westgate and the medieval Winchester Castle - only the Great Hall (13th century) remains now. It houses the "Winchester Round Table" as well as a statue of Queen Victoria and has a lovely medieval style garden next to it.Read more
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Traveler Südengland 2022
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- Oct 23, 2022, 1:39pm
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 76 m
- England Winchester Roman wall 51.063083, -1.32007351°3’47” N 1°19’12” W
Day 4
Great Hall Winchester
October 23, 2022 in England ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
In Winchester haben wir uns die Große Halle angeschaut in der König Arthur seine Tafelrunde hat (:
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Traveler Panke Sprachreisen 8-1
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- Aug 16, 2023, 2:00pm
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 47 m
- England Winchester Winchester Cathedral 51.061277, -1.31316951°3’41” N 1°18’47” W
Day 5
Westminster
August 16, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Lovely Winchester
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Traveler SICILY/UK/FRANCE 2023
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- Jun 15, 2023, 10:10am
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 49 m
- England Winchester 51.068611, -1.31406751°4’7” N 1°18’51” W
Day 33
Winchester 2 photos
June 15, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Great day tonight we had dinner at the brasserie blanc which included cheese soufflé and very nice lamb and beans.
Traveler Like the look o& that soufflé!
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Traveler Mark out of /10 food in uk?
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