Osborne School is a state-funded special school for pupils aged 11 to 19 which is located in Winchester. Shepherds Down Special School is a state funded special school for pupils aged 4 to 11, located just outside of the city in the boundaries of Compton. a b "Winchester hits top ten list of places to live in the UK". Hampshire Chronicle. 26 December 2013 . Retrieved 18 June 2014. The city's major landmark is Winchester Cathedral. The city is also home to the University of Winchester and Winchester College, the oldest public school in the United Kingdom still using its original buildings. The cathedral and surrounding area have been used multiple times as a filming location for The Crown, a popular Netflix historical drama series based on the monarchy during the time of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. The interior has been used as a substitute for both Westminster Abbey (for the funeral of Lord Louis Mountbatten in Season 4) and St Paul's Cathedral (for Sir Winston Churchill's funeral in Season 3, and for Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding rehearsals and subsequent wedding in Season 4). [84] [85] [86]

It was modified in 1897 and 1905, and completely rebuilt by Harrison & Harrison in 1937 and again in 1986–88. Organists at Winchester have included composer Richard Browne (1627–1629); [57] Christopher Gibbons whose patronage aided the revival of church music after the Interregnum, Samuel Sebastian Wesley, the composer of sacred music [58] and Martin Neary, who arranged the music for the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales at Westminster Abbey. The cathedral also has a very large number of ancient mortuary chests, including those of Alfred the Great, King Canute and his wife Queen Emma, William Rufus and King Egbert. [49] The remains of these individuals were originally interred in the Old Minster, chief burial place of the Wessex ruling dynasty, but they are believed to have been transferred to Winchester's Norman cathedral after the minster was demolished in 1093 to make way for the new construction. Their bones were placed in chests, but these were heavily disturbed during the English Civil War, and the remains are today commingled, with several individuals found within each chest, and some individuals spread over multiple boxes. [49] Winchester's many bars, traditional pubs and restaurants make eating out a pleasure, and there are pretty riverside walks past tranquil water meadows. The city sits on the edge of the South Downs National Park and is the start place for the famous South Downs Way. For fabulous views of the city and the surrounding area, take a stroll up to St Catherine's Hill.

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The crypt". Winchester Cathedral. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021 . Retrieved 16 September 2021. Surrounding Winchester are a number oftowns and village all offering excellent events throughout the year. The Watercress Festival in Alresford, Boomtown music festival and CarFest South are to name a few.

a b c d e f "The architecture of Winchester Cathedral". Astoft. 2001 . Retrieved 16 September 2021.The cathedral has several choirs. Its main choir is internationally recognised and currently consists of 22 boy choristers between the ages of 8 and 13, in addition to 12 adults, known as Lay Clerks. This choir sings six services per week during term time, and all the boys are educated at The Pilgrim School, located in the Cathedral Close. [59] William Walker: The diver who saved the Cathedral". Winchester Cathedral. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020 . Retrieved 15 September 2021. a b Historic England. "Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity (1095509)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2014. Nelson, Janet (2000). "Power and authority at the Court of Alfred". In Roberts, and; Nelson, Janet (eds.). Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Related Themes in Memory of Lynne Grundy. London: King's College London Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies. pp.327–28. ISBN 978-0-9522119-9-0.

Bishop Tim Dakin's sermon notes from the Installation service of Canon Andy Trenier". 15 September 2019. Naismith, Rory (2019). Citadel of the Saxons: The Rise of Early London. London, UK: I. B. Tauris. p.11. ISBN 978-1-3501-3568-0. A major tourist attraction, the cathedral attracted 365,000 visitors in 2019, an increase of 12,000 from 2018. [6] History [ edit ] Earlier buildings [ edit ]Winchester railway station is served by South Western Railway trains from London Waterloo, Weymouth, Portsmouth and Southampton, as well as by CrossCountry between Bournemouth, and either Manchester or Newcastle via Birmingham. Historically it was also served by a line to London via Alton, which partially survives as the Watercress Line. The closure of this line removed an alternative route between London and Winchester when, due to engineering works or other reasons, the main line was temporarily unusable. There was a second station called Winchester Chesil served by the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway; this closed in the 1960s. [80] This line provided a link to the Midlands and the North, bypassing the present longer route through Reading. An unspoilt cathedral city on the edge of the rolling South Downs National Park, Winchester is England's ancient capital and former seat of King Alfred the Great.Today, Winchester combines the best of city life with the freshness of the surrounding countryside. One hour from London, this is England as it ought to be. Webb, Stanley (1988). "The Organs of Winchester Cathedral". The Musical Times. Vol.129. Musical Times Publications. pp.369–372. doi: 10.2307/964769. JSTOR 964769– via JSTOR. The Crown filming locations: Winchester Cathedral stars in Netflix series". Hampshire Chronicle. 17 November 2020 . Retrieved 30 December 2020. After the Roman conquest of Britain, the settlement served as the capital ( Latin: civitas) of the Belgae and was distinguished as Venta Belgarum, "Venta of the Belgae". Although in the early years of the Roman province it was of subsidiary importance to Silchester and Chichester, Venta eclipsed them both by the latter half of the second century. [11] At the beginning of the third century, Winchester was given protective stone walls. [12] At around this time the city covered an area of 144 acres (58ha), making it among the largest towns in Roman Britain by surface area. [13] There was a limited suburban area outside the walls. [14] Like many other Roman towns however, Winchester began to decline in the later fourth century. [13] [15] Statue of Alfred the Great by Hamo Thornycroft in Winchester Medieval period [ edit ] Post-Roman Winchester [ edit ]