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
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 Chilcomb.
Winchester
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.
Easton
Village
Photo: Peter Facey, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easton is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Itchen Valley, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England, situated on the River Itchen, 2¾ miles north east of Winchester.
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″ northLongitude
-1.2799° or 1° 16′ 48″ westOperator
Butterfly ConservationOpen location code
9C3W3P5C+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 102571368OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q113532236
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