Wander through the winding streets of Winchester and you will find a retail offering that boasts independent and big name stores, chic boutiques and designer treasure troves alongside exclusive cafes, established restaurants and vibrant galleries.
Popular for its bustling shopping streets, its floral summer season and quirky open air events, Winchester is most well-known for its eleventh century Cathedral and for the Great Hall which for over 700 years has housed the mysterious King Athur's Round Table.
Winchester is home to a world-famous Cathedral, with the longest medieval nave in Europe, and containing numerous ancient monarchs of Wessex and Winchester. Behind the cathedral, you will find Winchester College – one of the oldest continuously-running schools in the country founded by Bishop William of Wykeham.
What is the best thing about living in Winchester?
With its lush, leafy surrounds, foodie hot spots and historic attractions at every turn, you can see why this is the perfect stepping stone for city mice. The nightlife may leave something to be desired but the luxe mix of boutiques, eateries and top-rated schools make a desirable prospect for families of all ages.
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Is Winchester a cheap place to live?
Winchester has leapfrogged Oxford as the least affordable city in the annual survey, while Londonderry is the most affordable for the third year in a row. In the Northern Ireland city, a home will cost 4.7 times average earnings.
A total of 8,356 incident were recorded over the 12-month period, equivalent to a crime rate of 66.9 offences per 1,000 people in the city – the third lowest of the 14 policing areas of mainland Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Although Winchester has a low crime rate and is one of the safest places to live in the country, we wanted to share some tips on keeping yourself safe and how you can report concerns. - If you're walking home in the dark, we would encourage you to stick to well-lit areas, even if this means not using a shortcut.
Brooks Shopping Centre is a retail complex in the centre of Winchester where you'll find popular brands as well as independent shops. You can find bargains here at Primark and TK Maxx and something to please the kids at The Entertainer Toy Shop, The Works, and CGC Emporium, full of games and graphic novels.
With its rich heritage, green surroundings and thriving local economy it comes as no surprise that property in Winchester is in huge demand. Plus, it has just been named by the Sunday Times as one of the best places to live. Few cities outside London have such a great mass of historic properties.
Wander through the winding streets of Winchester and you will find a retail offering that boasts independent and big name stores, chic boutiques and designer treasure troves alongside exclusive cafes, established restaurants and vibrant galleries.
Winchester now has the highest average house prices of any UK city, ahead of St Albans (£604,423) and London (£564,695). The least expensive average house prices among cities are found in Londonderry (£155,917) and Hull (£156,924).
It is 60 miles (97 km) south-west of London and 14 miles (23 km) from Southampton, its nearest city. At the 2021 census, Winchester had a population of 127,439. The wider City of Winchester district includes towns such as Alresford and Bishop's Waltham.
Avoid Highcliffe and Winnall - basically the council estates have been listed! But as council estates go, they are fine really - most council estates in larger cities are far worse. The other ones are Harestock and Weeke. Olivers Battery and Badger Farm are okay if you like bog-standard modernish housing estates.
The charity estimates that 58 people were homeless in Winchester on any given night in 2022 – including 16 children. This was equivalent to one in every 2,198 people in the area, Shelter said. All of the homeless people in Winchester were in temporary accommodation.
According to a 2017 projection the Muslim population in the UK in the year 2050 is likely to number around 13 million. The top 20 local authorities in England and Wales with the highest percentage of Muslims in 2021 were: London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 39.9% (123,912) Blackburn with Darwen: 35.0% (54,146)
Famous People in Winchester - King Alfred, William Walker and Jane Austen. In Winchester a famous statue pays tribute to King Alfred, who fought off the Vikings and was the founder of a unified Anglo-Saxon England.
Winchester (/ˈwɪntʃɪstər/), or the City of Winchester, is a local government district with city status in Hampshire, England. The district is named after its main settlement of Winchester, which is where the council is based and is also the county town of Hampshire.
CrimeRate says: "The overall crime rate in Totton and Eling in 2022 was 78 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Hampshire's overall crime rate, coming in eight per cent lower. Fareham is rated the safest town in Hampshire, despite seeing 6,701 crimes in 2022 (Image: Newsquest.)
Winchester city walls are a series of defensive walls in central Winchester, originally built during the Roman settlement of southern Britain, in what was then the settlement of Venta Belgarum.
Memphis, Tennessee; Detroit, Michigan; and Little Rock, Arkansas all saw more violent crimes per capita. Memphis, along with Tacoma, Washington, and St. Louis, Missouri, had the highest property crime rates.
