Westgate
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Building
- Description: one of two surviving fortified gateways in Winchester, England
- Also known as: “The West Gate”, “Westgate House”, and “Westgate, Winchester”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Winchester Castle and Winchester Cathedral.
Winchester Castle
Photo: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Winchester Castle was a royal residence in Winchester, Hampshire, England, founded in 1067 by William the Conqueror. It served as a seat of royal power in the medieval period. Winchester Castle is situated 340 feet west of Westgate.
Winchester Cathedral
Church
Winchester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity and of Saint Peter and Saint Paul and of Saint Swithun in Winchester, is the cathedral of the city of Winchester, England, and is among the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. Winchester Cathedral is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Westgate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winchester and Bar End.
Winchester
Winchester is an historic cathedral city in the county of Hampshire, South East England. Erstwhile capital of the country, it was from here that Alfred the Great governed much of unified England.
Bar End
Suburb
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bar End is an area of Winchester, Hampshire, England. It lies on the east bank of the River Itchen to the north of St. Catherine's Hill and is the location of a park and ride car park serving the city centre.
Winnall
Suburb
Winnall is a northern suburb of Winchester, Hampshire, England, on the east bank of the River Itchen. It is the location of the Winnall Moors nature reserve on the flood-plain of the Itchen and the University of Southampton's Erasmus Park hall of residence.
Westgate
- Category: fortified gateway
- Location: Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.06301° or 51° 3′ 47″ northLongitude
-1.31802° or 1° 19′ 5″ westElevation
203 feet (62 metres)Open location code
9C3W3M7J+6QOpenStreetMap ID
way 693107772OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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