Winchester
Population 35,200 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 24 of daylight
- February: 10 h 01 of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 49 of daylight
- May: 15 h 32 of daylight
- June: 16 h 31 of daylight
- July: 16 h 07 of daylight
- August: 14 h 36 of daylight
- September: 12 h 41 of daylight
- October: 10 h 46 of daylight
- November: 8 h 57 of daylight
- December: 7 h 56 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Winchester
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Winchester's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 4
1 to 2 hours· 11
- Guildford1h 05
- Portsmouth1h 10
- Bournemouth1h 15
- Oxford1h 15
- Salisbury1h 17
- London1h 18
- Swindon1h 25
- Windsor and Eton1h 38
- Warminster1h 45
- Bath1h 51
1 moreFewer
2 to 3 hours· 21
3 to 5 hours· 39
- Folkestone3h 01
- Worcester3h 01
- Ely3h 05
- Ipswich3h 07
- Leicester3h 07
- Stamford3h 08
- Exeter3h 15
- Doncaster3h 19
- Canterbury3h 21
- Shrewsbury3h 21
29 moreFewer
- Hastings3h 22
- Nottingham3h 24
- Sheffield3h 30
- Swansea3h 32
- Wakefield3h 36
- Stockport3h 37
- Manchester3h 46
- Chester3h 46
- Runcorn3h 46
- Norwich3h 49
- Leeds3h 51
- York3h 52
- Salford3h 57
- Lincoln3h 59
- Wrexham4h 02
- Liverpool4h 06
- Ludlow4h 15
- Torquay4h 15
- Plymouth4h 16
- Warrington4h 16
- Kingston upon Hull4h 18
- Huddersfield4h 20
- Bolton4h 23
- Wigan4h 26
- Lille4h 28
- Altrincham4h 35
- Preston4h 40
- Llandudno4h 55
- Cleethorpes4h 55
5 hours or more· 85
- Paris5h 01
- Newcastle upon Tyne5h 02
- Scarborough5h 02
- Burnley5h 04
- Blackpool5h 06
- Brussels5h 07
- Durham5h 08
- Accrington5h 13
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll5h 19
- Aberystwyth5h 24
75 moreFewer
- Tywyn5h 24
- Sunderland5h 26
- Cromer5h 27
- Saint-Cloud5h 29
- Middlesbrough5h 30
- Kraainem5h 36
- Tenby5h 37
- Versailles5h 41
- Leuven5h 44
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 47
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Disneyland Paris5h 56
- Fontainebleau5h 58
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Antwerp6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Penzance6h 14
- Calais6h 19
- Lier6h 25
- Nelson6h 27
- Edinburgh6h 29
- Ath6h 30
- Annan6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Rouen6h 42
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Ostend6h 56
- The Hague7h 02
- Glasgow7h 03
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Chartres7h 10
- North Berwick7h 13
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Leiden7h 17
- Kirkcaldy7h 21
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Lyon7h 24
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Rennes7h 27
- Stirling7h 28
- Gouda7h 28
- Dijon7h 33
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Greenock7h 36
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Lanark7h 38
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Utrecht7h 48
- Almere7h 49
- Eindhoven7h 49
- Bussum7h 49
- Le Havre7h 50
- Metz7h 50
- Amersfoort7h 50
- 's-Hertogenbosch7h 52
- Nantes7h 55
- Dieppe7h 56
- Caen7h 58
From Winchester's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 2
1 to 2 hours· 11
- Bournemouth1h 01
- Farnborough1h 01
- Guildford1h 05
- Reading1h 11
- Salisbury1h 13
- Portsmouth1h 17
- London1h 21
- Warminster1h 34
- Oxford1h 42
- Windsor and Eton1h 48
1 moreFewer
2 to 3 hours· 20
3 to 5 hours· 52
- Ipswich3h 08
- Canterbury3h 08
- Cardiff3h 09
- Ely3h 10
- Leicester3h 12
- Derby3h 13
- Folkestone3h 20
- Hastings3h 21
- Doncaster3h 23
- Lille3h 28
42 moreFewer
- Exeter3h 34
- Worcester3h 34
- Runcorn3h 36
- Wakefield3h 40
- Stockport3h 41
- Nottingham3h 46
- Warrington3h 46
- York3h 46
- Norwich3h 50
- Manchester3h 51
- Sheffield3h 51
- Shrewsbury3h 53
- Liverpool3h 55
- Wigan3h 57
- Leeds3h 59
- Swansea4h 03
- Altrincham4h 05
- Chester4h 06
- Brussels4h 07
- Lincoln4h 10
- Salford4h 11
- Preston4h 11
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Ludlow4h 14
- Kortrijk4h 17
- Bolton4h 24
- Torquay4h 26
- Kraainem4h 32
- Durham4h 37
- Wrexham4h 37
- Huddersfield4h 38
- Aalst4h 40
- Accrington4h 42
- Plymouth4h 42
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 43
- Kingston upon Hull4h 45
- Blackpool4h 47
- Burnley4h 52
- Mechelen4h 53
- Ghent4h 54
- Leuven4h 58
- Stratford-upon-Avon4h 59
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- City Mill Museum · 230 m
- The Westgate City gate · 780 m
- Royal Green Jackets Museum Museum · 920 m
- Winchester College Attraction · 960 m
- Nunnaminster Archaeological site · 310 m
- King's Gate City gate · 630 m
- Winchester Castle Attraction · 810 m
- Gurkha Museum Museum · 850 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Winchester Chamber Music Festival
April – May
A festival of chamber music and song which takes place at the Discovery Centre every year at the end of April or beginning of May.
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Winchester Cycle Fair
June
Held in June every year - times vary - that celebrates all things cycling, including a short gentle bike ride around historic points of interest
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3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Winchester); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Eating nearby
All 23 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.