LEGENDS

In a city that’s stood for as long as Winchester has, there’s lots of legends and history to explore. Perhaps the most famous of the legends is that of King Arthur, it’s claimed his court was based in Winchester and there is a copy of his mythical round table hanging in the Great Hall.

Another famous king, Alfred the Great, made Winchester the capital of his kingdom and he’s still present in statue-form overlooking the Broadway, in the east of the city. Of course, we have a King Alfred pub too, with a fab garden in leafy Hyde.

And don’t forget William Walker (also a pub!), the diver who saved the Cathedral, which was sinking, by spending 6 years working in pitch black conditions shoring up the rapidly disappearing foundations of the cathedral. You’ll find statues and nods to him around the city, or a local who’s happy to tell you the story.

Lastly, Jane Austen is buried in the Cathedral and in nearby College Street you can see the house where she spent the last few months of her life.