Journey Through Winchester's Past: A Historical and Literary Walking Tour

Embark on a captivating historical and literary walking tour through Winchester. Follow in the footsteps of iconic figures like Alfred the Great, Jane Austen, and Sherlock Holmes. Limited group size of 10.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Westgate Museum - Medieval gates front this ancient Tudor & Stuart building with exhibits in a former debtor’s prison.
What's Included
  • 20% discount at The Wykeham Arms (reservation needed)
  • Photography included
Additional Information

Experience the story of Winchester’s history through the lives of figures like the Romans, Alfred the Great, William the Conqueror, Oliver Cromwell, and King Arthur.
Revive the iconic literary characters of Winchester, such as Jane Austen, John Keats, Thomas Hardy, Sherlock Holmes, and King Arthur as you walk around the city.
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Location
SO23 8UH
In front of the Westgate, the medieval entrance to Winchester.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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586franh
Mar 23, 2025
Interesting tour - Very informative tour. We had never been to Winchester so it was good to hear all the history. Byran was very knowledgeable .
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Ianandlizzie
Mar 19, 2025
Very interesting and knowledgeable Winchester tour. - Excellent tour carried out by an enthusiastic and extremely knowledgeable tour guide. We learnt some amazing things about Winchesters history and very much enjoyed our tour.
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979sharonmarie
Mar 15, 2025
Interesting and Enjoyable tour - The tour was very interesting with lots of historical facts given throughout the lovely 2 hour walk with a jovial twist by our excellent tour guide Bryan
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Southcentralpa
Mar 13, 2025
Great Introduction to Winchester! - Tour guide well informed and engaging. Great way to be introduced to the city and more importantly, where the highlights are.
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Angela_h
Mar 10, 2025
Winchester walking tour - We were so lucky with the weather having a lovely walk in the sunshine and learnt lots if interesting facts about Winchester. It also meant we walked to areas that we hadn’t previously visited. Down by the river where it was so pretty was one of them.
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Monkersmoore
Feb 9, 2025
Great tour of lovely city! - Really great tour, loads of interesting information about this beautiful city. Brian is a very good storyteller and singer, and there were only 2 of us still did tour. Have had bookings cancelled before when only 2 people. Thoroughly recommend. Thanks
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Leight789
Jan 30, 2025
Brilliant Winchester Walking Tour - Absolutely loved our walking tour with Brian. And he should really have cancelled as only myself and my wife were booked in but were so grateful that Brian showed us around despite this. The city is very beautiful and Brian added greatly to this with his very engaging and informative narrative. We absolutely 100% recommend this walk with Brian…..
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Catherinel452
Jan 27, 2025
Winchester Revealed - We went on this tour when the weather was absolutely atrocious ! Despite this it was a thoroughly enjoyable and informative experience due to Bryan’s depth of knowledge and his humorous enthusiasm for all things Winchester . Top notch and well worth going on .
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N4468rgsaraw
Jan 26, 2025
History tour of winchester - This was a very enjoyable trip. Bryan was very interesting, knowledgeable and entertaining. I would recommend this tour.
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Jason_o
Jan 5, 2025
Great value tour - Guide was very knowledgeable on the history and dates and added some appropriate humour to our tour; alas it was only my wife and I on the tour, therefore with less participant questions it was over a little earlier than expected, but everything and more was covered in the experience.
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