Guides and planning help for Winchester, written from what we found on the ground.
St Giles Hill: The Cathedral View Everyone Photographs St Giles Hill above Winchester — the public park east of the Broadway, the panorama of the cathedral and the… Read more → 
The Itchen Through Winchester: Chalk Stream, Mill and Meadows The River Itchen as a place — a rare chalk stream through a cathedral city, the National Trust mill, otters… Read more → 
When to Visit Winchester: Seasons, Term Time and the Cathedral Calendar The best time to come to Winchester — May and September without the crush, Hat Fair in early July, Keats on… Read more → 
Parking in Winchester: Park and Ride, and Where Not to Circle Where to leave the car in Winchester — park and ride at five edge sites, park-and-walk on the rim, the Zone 1… Read more → 
Winchester Cathedral: A Visitor's Guide What to see in Winchester Cathedral — the nave, the flooded crypt, the Winchester Bible, the medieval tiles… Read more → 
Day Trips From Winchester: Hampshire and the South Where to go from Winchester — the Watercress Line and Alresford, the New Forest, Portsmouth's dockyard… Read more → 
Where to Eat and Drink in Winchester Eating in Winchester — the Wykeham Arms, the city's independent restaurants, one of Britain's biggest… Read more → King Alfred's Winchester, the Great Hall and the Round Table Winchester as the capital of England — Alfred the Great, the Anglo-Saxon minsters, Hyde Abbey, the Great Hall… Read more →