Winchester Buttercross
Winchester Buttercross is a monument in Winchester District, Hampshire, England. Winchester Buttercross is situated nearby to St Lawrence Church, Winchester, as well as near Winchester Post Office.Photo: Jhabib, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: buttercross in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Butter Cross”, “Buttercross”, “City Cross”, and “City Cross or ‘Butter Cross’”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Winchester Cathedral and Winchester Castle.
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 800 feet southeast of Winchester Buttercross.
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 1,100 feet west of Winchester Buttercross.
St Lawrence Church, Winchester
Church
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Lawrence Church is a parish church in the Church of England in Winchester.
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.
Winchester Buttercross
- Categories: stone cross, buttercross, and historic site
- Location: Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.06263° or 51° 3′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.31496° or 1° 18′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C3W3M7P+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 706635159OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q17646373
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Highlights include The Eclipse Inn and Winchester Post Office.
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