Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Winchester, United Kingdom

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 2.4 km
Ascend 19 m
Descend 42 m

Explore Winchester in United Kingdom with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Winchester

Sight 1: Gurkha Museum

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The Gurkha Museum commemorates the service of Gurkha soldiers to the British Crown, a relationship that has endured since 1815. It is located in Winchester in Hampshire, England and is part of Winchester's Military Museums.

Wikipedia: The Gurkha Museum (EN)

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 2: King's Royal Hussars Museum

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HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars is a military museum in Winchester, Hampshire, that is dedicated to documenting the King's Royal Hussars, a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The museum is one of the founding members of Winchester's Military Museums, a partnership of six museums located in the Peninsula Barracks, Winchester. The museum contains exhibits spanning three centuries of two of the Royal Hussar regiments; the 10th Royal Hussars and the 11th Royal Hussars, as well as the Royal Hussars, which became The King's Royal Hussars in 1992.

Wikipedia: HorsePower: The Museum of the King's Royal Hussars (EN)

94 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Royal Green Jackets Museum

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The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum is situated at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester, England. The museum is one of several regimental museums that form part of Winchester's Military Museums.

Wikipedia: Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum (EN)

46 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps

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The Adjutant General's Corps Museum, also known as The AGC Museum is a visitor attraction at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester. It displays the history of the Adjutant General's Corps and its antecedents through objects, text, photographs, and dioramas.

Wikipedia: Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps (EN)

210 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Winchester Castle

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Winchester Castle is a medieval building in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded in 1067. Only the Great Hall still stands; it houses a museum of the history of Winchester.

Wikipedia: Winchester Castle (EN)

97 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: The Westgate

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The Westgate is one of two surviving fortified gateways in Winchester, England formerly part of Winchester City Walls. The earliest surviving fabric is of Anglo-Saxon character. The gate was rebuilt in the 12th century and modified in the 13th and late 14th centuries, the latter including a portcullis in the western façade and two inverted-keyhole gunports, the earliest in the country. The gate was in use until 1959 when the High Street was routed around it.

Wikipedia: Westgate, Winchester (EN)

323 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: St Lawrence-in-the-Square

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St Lawrence Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Winchester.

Wikipedia: St Lawrence Church, Winchester (EN)

314 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Saint Peter's

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St Peter's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Winchester, England. It was built in 1924 and designed by Frederick Walters in the Gothic revival style. It is situated on Jewry Street, backing onto St Peter's Street, next to Milner Hall, in the centre of Winchester. It is a Grade II listed building.

Wikipedia: St Peter's Church, Winchester (EN)

556 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Holy Trinity Church

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Holy Trinity Church Chris Talbot / CC BY-SA 2.0

Holy Trinity Church, Winchester is a Church of England parish church in Winchester, England.

Wikipedia: Holy Trinity Church, Winchester (EN)

756 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 10: Saint Bartholomew's

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St Bartholomew's Church, Winchester is a Church of England parish church in Hyde, Winchester, England.

Wikipedia: St Bartholomew's Church, Winchester (EN)

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