Historic & Picturesque Winchester an English Cathedral City

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It is 6:00 in the morning, today we are walking around Winchester. Winchester is a cathedral city in the county of Hampshire on the edge of the South Downs National Park in the south of England. Today we start our walk next to the River Itchen. In a couple of minutes we see the fast water flowing under a restored 18th century mill. Winchester is full of history, we walk past lots of interesting places and finish our walk around the cathedral, it's grounds and surrounding buildings. First though let's have a little walk around the city. Soon we will see the striking statue of King Alfred the Great. In the 9th century King Alfred changed the Roman street structure of Winchester establishing a new grid system to provide defence against invading Vikings. We then have a wander in the Abbey Gardens park, where St Mary’s Abbey once stood it was the largest religious house in England before being demolished by order of King Henry VIII. The Abbey Gardens are now a relaxing public park area with benches to sit on, a play area and cafe. At about halfway into our walk we get our first glimpse of the cathedral. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building, which means it is a building of exceptional interest. The cathedral has stunning gothic architecture and is one of the largest cathedrals in Europe. The original cathedral was founded in 642, surviving several viking attacks. In the year 901 the second cathedral church is completed. Building of a new Norman style cathedral starts in 1079 and is completed in 1093. In the 14th century elements of the building are reworked into a more impressive gothic style. In 1640 during the English Civil War the building is trashed by soldiers. In 1817 Jane Austen, aged 41, dies in Winchester and is buried in the cathedral originally her gravestone had no mention of being a writer over the years extra memorials are added to celebrate her work. At the beginning of the 19th century the cathedral walls are breaking apart. In 1906 a deep sea diver called William Walker starts work to save the building working for 6 hours a day, for 6 years in the pitch dark he stops the water flooding the building to pump it dry so the foundations can be rebuilt. The cathedral has a fascinating history, these days it is a popular tourist destination. It has also been used as a filming location for Netflix's The Crown, Dan Brown’s mystery thriller The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks, the acclaimed BBC miniseries adaption of Wolf Hall and an episode of The Ruth Rendell Mysteries. Please do leave a comment, or like the video, it is lovely to hear from people all over the world. If you have never been to Winchester I hope this video helps you feel a little closer to it. If you have then I hope you enjoyed reminiscing as we walked around. It gives me great pleasure to make places like this accessible to people.