Winchester Tour
Royal Winchester
Runs: Saturday, July 6 and Monday, September 23
at 9.30 am from Waterloo Railway Station
 
Meet Hilary at 9.30 am by the main ticket office of 
Waterloo  Railway Station
(the main ticket office is opposite Platform 16)

In Winchester the whole tapestry of English history unfurls before us. It's the city of King Alfred the Great, quondam capital of England, perhaps even the Camelot of Arthur. It's Winchester College, founded in 1382 and the very pattern of the English public school. It's the Great Hall of the Norman castle. It's the mediaeval Westgate. It's – glory of glories – the Cathedral. (Words can't begin to do justice to the astonishing vista of its seemingly endless interior – it's the longest cathedral in Europe.)

It's the Round Table of King Arthur. It's Jane Austen country and the muted voices of grazing sheep and the merry click of bat upon ball and the lush green fields of England. Cue the little photo-essay.

In the Summer 2013 London Walks programme –
which kicks in on May 1st and runs through October 31st –
we go to Royal Winchester on:

Saturday, July 6 (Hat Fair Day – timing's everything!)

Monday, September 23

Meet Hilary at 9.30 am by the main ticket office
(it's opposite Platform 16)
of Waterloo Railway Station.

c. £32

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