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Winchester Castle and Great Hall
Castle Ave
Winchester SO23 8PJ
England
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Premier Inn Portsmouth (Port Solent East) €70 2.4 mi 3.8 km 4 of 5 stars
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Marriott Portsmouth €146 2.4 mi 3.9 km 3.5 of 5 stars
Travelodge London Fulham N/A 4.4 mi 7.1 km 3.5 of 5 stars
Lysses House Hotel €81 4.6 mi 7.4 km 3.5 of 5 stars
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Sealevel Restaurant and Lounge 2.3 mi 3.7 km 4 of 5 stars
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La Orient Restaurant 2.5 mi 4.0 km 4 of 5 stars
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Portchester Castle 3.6 mi 5.8 km 4 of 5 stars
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“Castle Great Hall” Frommer's
“Winchester Castle Great Hall” Wcities.com
“Winchester: A Walk Back in Time” Go World Travel Magazine
“God Save the Queen” TravelLady
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 18 attractions in Winchester
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Said to contain King Arthur's Round Table, this historic castle (circa 1067) is where visitors can learn how many battles through the generations...... more » Said to contain King Arthur's Round Table, this historic castle (circa 1067) is where visitors can learn how many battles through the generations helped to carve this dramatic stronghold. « less
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Attraction type: Historic site, Castle
Address: Castle Ave Winchester SO23 8PJ
England
Tel: 44 1962 846476

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“Don't forget the museum upstairs....”
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4 of 5 stars
kt_winchester   4 contributions
Winchester, Hampshire, UK
May 25, 2009

You'll be here a lot longer than 10 minutes if you turn right as you enter the Great Hall and go upstairs into Queen Eleanor's private rooms (Henry II's wife). Here you'll find a small museum describing the history of Winchester Castle, the Great Hall itself and the Peninsular Barracks which back onto the Hall. The hall itself is certainly... more

“Worth a look”
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5 of 5 stars
sf_traveler   178 contributions
California
Aug 19, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

All that remains of Winchester Castle is the Great Hall, a perfect example of 13th century Early Gothic architecture. This large hall is authentically devoid of furnishings and contains only a handful of objects to view. Most famously, the fraudulent and enormous Round Table of King Arthur hangs on the wall. Considering how wide it is, conversation must have been... more

“Winchester, September 2005”
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4 of 5 stars
mtillema74   9 contributions
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Apr 1, 2007
3/4 found this review helpful

Nice town, never new it once was the capitol of England. more

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Castle Ave, Winchester SO23 8PJ, England
Tel: 44 1962 846476