Winchester Guildhall

Winchester Guildhall is a municipal building in the High Street, Winchester, Hampshire. It is a Grade II listed building.

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Type: Town hall
Description: conference and live venue in Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Guildhall”, “Guildhall, Winchester”, “King Alfred Hall”, and “The Guildhall”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Winchester Cathedral and St Mary’s Abbey, Winchester.

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 Cathedral is situated 670 feet west of Winchester Guildhall.

St Mary’s Abbey, Winchester

Archaeological site

St. Mary's Abbey, also known as the Nunnaminster, was a Benedictine nunnery in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded between 899 and 902 by Alfred the Great's widow Ealhswith, who was described as the 'builder' of the Nunnaminster in the New Minster Liber Vitae.

Wolvesey Castle

Castle

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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. Wolvesey Castle is situated 820 feet south of Winchester Guildhall.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winchester and Bar End.

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.

Bar End

Suburb

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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.