AudaTours Winchester Audio Tour: Everyday Histories
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9LS
This self-guided audio walk starts at Winchester Cathedral and follows 14 stops through the city at your own pace, with around 1 hour of audio and about 2 hours in total including walking.
Use headphones and follow the route in the app as you move from the cathedral and College Street to the Wykeham Arms, Kingsgate, Winchester College, Wolvesey Castle, the City Mill, Pilgrims’ Hall, the Buttercross, the Great Hall, Westgate and Hyde Abbey. Each stop picks up a different strand of Winchester’s everyday life: the mason working on waterlogged foundations, William Walker’s underwater repairs, the college manciple and scholars’ cooks, the tanner who rebuilt the mill, the butter- and cheese-sellers at the Buttercross, the coaching-inn landlord, and the unnamed abbey workers whose labour rarely appears on plaques. This Winchester version of Heritage Open Days’ Everyday Histories theme keeps its focus on the people who built, fed, served and maintained the city while bishops, kings and grand buildings took the credit.
Timings
Available anytime
Location & directions
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9LS
- Directions:
- Starts at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, visits 14 stops, and finishes at Hyde Abbey.
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Book on day
- Booking conditions:
- Visit the booking link and click the "Get Tour" button to receive a redemption code. Follow the link to download the AudaTours app, enter your redemption code, and you're ready to go.
- Booking email:
- [email protected]
- Booking website:
- https://audatours.com/tour/united-kingdom/winchester/p-15128-at-work
Accessibility details
This is an outdoor, self-guided audio walking tour. The route follows public streets and pavements and does not include access to the interior of any of the sites — they are to be admired from the outside. Please wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather.
Additional information
You can start the tour whenever suits you during the festival and pause, resume or revisit it at any point — the route plays at your own pace from your phone. Once redeemed, the tour stays in your AudaTours library so you can come back to it any time. Headphones (or one earbud if walking with a companion) are recommended, and the tour works best in daylight hours.
- Estimated duration:
- 2 hour(s)
