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Winchester Castle and Great Hall


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 18 attractions in Winchester
Traveler Description:
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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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

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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

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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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Winchester Castle and Great Hall Address

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