Wonderful experience in this historic beautiful Cathedral. Well worth the entrance fee…read more-experienced, knowledgeable pleasant volunteer guides lead you through the huge complex.

It's a very long church. Some of the kings buried here reigned 1400 years ago. Kings had very…read moredifferent names back then. Many different rooms to go into. You can spend a long time in here looking at all the details. There is an entrance fee. You can go in for free if you are there to pray. There was a choir practicing when I was there. This is the big attraction of Winchester, it's located just behind the high street and there is a big park next to it.

Unbelievably gorgeous cathedral, housing the earthly remains of some of Britain's most eminent…read moreindividuals, including the incomparable author, Jane Austen. Walk its cavernous, echoing nave, its vaunted halls, and its (potentially) flooded catacombs (at the time of my visit, it was, anyway). Admission is £5 or £6, and the grounds include a gift shop and cafe, although we all know why you're here. Spend some money and keep this place alive, will ya?

History. Beauty. A true experience…read more The church contains a beautiful patio alongside their cafe, a nice gift shop, and of course lovely services.

A lovely twenty minute walk along the water meadows by the River Itchen, going south from the…read morecentre of Winchester, brings you to the Almshouse and church of Saint Cross. The Almshouse, founded in 1132, is the oldest and best preserved in Britain, and is England's oldest charitable institution. Founded to take care of thirteen frail men and to feed a hundred poor men a day, it was extended in the fifteenth century. To-day it includes twenty five brothers, all pensioners (although they are not actually monks - they're all lay brothers). They wear the mediaeval style of robes of two orders which date to the founding in 1132 or the extension of 1445. The Almshouse still provides the 'Wayfarer's Dole' to visitors, if you ask for it: a horn of beer and a morsel of bread. As well as the Almshouse itself, the adjacent church is a magnificent example of late Norman romanesque, on a grand scale, with later gothic additions. The Almshouse also has a lovely garden, open to visitors.

I love this place. i got married in the chapel of the Hospital back in March 1999. It has awesome…read morememories. A beautifu area, where you can still get the wayfarers dole if you are travelling. THere is great history surrounding the place. Well worth a vist - will bring a tranquil part of your day.