Magdalen Hill Down

Magdalen Hill Down is a chalk downland hill, situated 1.5 miles to the east of the centre of the city of Winchester in the English county of Hampshire.

Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Winchester Cathedral and Winchester Castle.

Winchester Cathedral

Church

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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 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.

Wolvesey Castle

Castle

Photo: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wolvesey Castle, in Winchester, Hampshire, England, was the main residence of the Bishop of Winchester in the Middle Ages. The castle, mostly built by Henry of Blois in the 12th century, is now a ruin, except for its fifteenth-century chapel, which is now part of the bishop's current residence, Wolvesey Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winchester and Headbourne Worthy.

Winchester

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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.

Headbourne Worthy

Hamlet

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Headbourne Worthy is a village and former manor within the City of Winchester district of Hampshire, England. The parish also includes the former manor of Worthy Pauncefoot.

Chilcomb

Village

Photo: David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chilcomb is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire 3 miles east of Winchester and includes the South Downs Way long-distance footpath.

Magdalen Hill Down

Type: Nature reserve
Description: downland that spans the border between the unparished area of Winchester and the civil parish of Chilcomb, both in Hampshire, UK
Categories: downland and recreation area
Location: Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.0598° or 51° 3′ 35″ north

Longitude

-1.2799° or 1° 16′ 48″ west

Operator

Butterfly Conservation

Open location code

9C3W3P5C+W2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 102571368

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

Wikidata ID

Q113532236

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