Castle · Winchester · Hampshire

Winchester Castle

Winchester Castle is a grade I listed castle in Winchester. A short trip away is Winchester Cathedral, 500 m off, the first of 35 within 15 km. Wikipedia covers it in 22 languages.

Photo: Winchester Castle, Martin Kraft (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In Winchester

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 3%

#177 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Castle in Winchester

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#177 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (22 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Winchester

Winchester Castle is inside Winchester’s built-up area, with 18 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Winchester has 488 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

From May to September, Winchester sees highs of 18–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°99 mm

Feb9° / 2°67 mm

Mar12° / 3°62 mm

Apr15° / 5°63 mm

May18° / 8°52 mm

Jun21° / 11°55 mm

Jul23° / 13°52 mm

Aug23° / 13°63 mm

Sep20° / 10°65 mm

Oct16° / 8°97 mm

Nov12° / 5°105 mm

Dec9° / 2°89 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Winchester, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Winchester. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Winchester’s full climate →

About

Winchester Castle

Grade I listed castle in Winchester, United Kingdom.

In Winchester, inside the town’s built-up area.

Winchester’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 22 languages
Town: in Winchester
Official site: hants.gov.uk/thingstodo/greathall

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Winchester Castle and what surrounds it

Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Winchester Castle is the orange one.

Towns near it

Towns around Winchester Castle, by distance

Of the 8, Winchester is the largest, at 48,486 people. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Winchester

48,486 people · 24 places to visit

2 · 2.3 km north of it

Kings Worthy

4,631 people · 20 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km northwest of it

Littleton

1,506 people · 18 places to visit

4 · 3.1 km south of it

Shawford

416 people · 17 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Winchester Castle is	People	Places to visit
Winchester	It’s in town	48,486	24
Kings Worthy	2.3 km north of it	4,631	20
Littleton	2.8 km northwest of it	1,506	18
Shawford	3.1 km south of it	416	17
Twyford	3.6 km south of it	1,482	19
Sparsholt	4.3 km west of it	434	16
Compton	4.3 km south of it	1,307	20
Westley	5.5 km northwest of it	281	2

Make a day of it

Also within reach

Nearby, 35 places within 15 km include 5 museums, a cathedral and a castle.

CathedralWinchester Cathedral500 m away 2

Castle · English HeritageWolvesey Castle800 m away 3ChurchChurchOld Minster400 m away 4

MuseumGurkha Museum100 m away 5

MuseumRoyal Green Jackets Museum100 m away 6

MuseumMuseum of the Adjutant General's Corps100 m away 7

MuseumSerle's House200 m away 8

MuseumKing's Royal Hussars Museum100 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Know before you visit Winchester Castle

Where is Winchester Castle?

Winchester Castle is in Winchester, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Winchester Castle?

Grade I listed castle in Winchester, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Winchester Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Winchester, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Winchester Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Winchester Castle?

Within 15 km: Winchester Cathedral (500 m), Wolvesey Castle (800 m), Old Minster (400 m) and Gurkha Museum (100 m).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Winchester Castle: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Winchester Cathedral: http://www.wyrdlight.com Author: Antony McCallum, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wolvesey Castle: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Gurkha Museum: Anwpwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Royal Green Jackets Museum: Major J Pearson - museum photographer., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Museum of the Adjutant General's Corps: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Serle's House: Chris Talbot, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
King's Royal Hussars Museum: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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