Welcome to My Home Town
My name is Robin O'Brien and I'm fortunate to live in the historic and beautiful cathedral city of Winchester. As well as offering tourist information on the more famous attractions of the City, this web site will also offer advice on lesser, well-known things to do and see.
Winchester is situated in the beautiful and soft landscape in the county of Hampshire. It was the ancient capital of England and, despite being a city, retains much of the old-world-charm of a country town. It is, in many ways, the quintessential English town.
The city has a rich and glorious past and associations with many famous people: King Alfred (Alfred the Great); the writer Jane Austen; the poet John Keats; Florence Nightingale, to name but a few. But Winchester is not a museum piece and it serves as the administrative centre of the county of Hampshire. With London, just over an hour away, the town is just far enough away to be a vibrant but gentle place to live.
The city is close by to many other places of interest, such as, the Isle of Wight, the New Forest, the Tudor Rose and Stonehenge. All of these are within an hour of the city by car.
Home of good food, birthplace of cricket, resting place of Kings of England and author Jane Austen and inspiration to the many craft-makers and artists who live here, Winchester is truly a destination for all seasons.
Before you visit, make sure you're prepared!
Whether you're planning to spend a long holiday or a day-trip to Winchester, I would always advise a little bit of preparation in advance. 
It's always a good idea to read a book or two about somewhere you're planning to visit, so that when you arrive, you already know the places and things you want to visit. Otherwise, you can waste a lot of time in finding things of interest and you'll not appreciate everything the place has to offer the visitor. Personally, I never go somewhere new without an Ordnance Survey Map
And before you leave Winchester...
Please make a purchase or two from one of Winchester's fine shops; or enjoy a meal in one of its superb restaurants or pubs; or simply give generously to the talented buskers you pass in the High Street. Tourism plays a major part in the economy of the city. But surprisingly - to many visitors - there isn't very much in the way of 'tourist'souvenirs to be bought in Winchester; the city is far too 'cultured', shall we say, to lower itself to that!
I hope you find this web site a valuable guide to Winchester. I have developed this site in my spare time (not that I have much of that!) and will continue to update it in the future. If the site has been of help to you, please consider leaving a donation no matter how small.
I hope you visit soon and appreciate, as much as I do, what a rare and beautiful place I call home.