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Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral

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Winchester Cathedral

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Location: Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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1. A loop of the Churches & Cathedrals around Winchester

47.6km

02:10

540m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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2. Winchester & Avington Park loop from Eastleigh

90.4km

04:00

720m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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3. Kings Somborne Flat – Crawley Duck Pond loop from Winchester

32.0km

01:25

310m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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A Cycling Journey

December 7, 2020

Today’s Cathedral has its roots in the seventh century, when England’s pagan monarchy first became Christians.

In 635, Cynegils, king of the West Saxons, was baptised. Just over a decade later, his son Cenwalh built the first Christian church in Winchester, the heart of Anglo-Saxon Wessex.

This small, cross-shaped church became known as Old Minster. You can still see where it stood, its outline traced in red brick, just north of the present building.

Soon, Old Minster became a cathedral, housing the throne (cathedra) of a bishop who held sway over a huge diocese that stretched from the English Channel to the river Thames.

This was now the most important royal church in Anglo-Saxon England. It was the burial place for some of the earliest kings of Wessex, including King Alfred the Great.

Here too King Cnut, who ruled England and Denmark in the early 11th century, chose to be buried, and was joined by his wife Queen Emma on her death in 1052.

See winchester-cathedral.org.uk/our-heritage/our-history for the history of Winchester Cathedral over the last 1000 years and also see, attached to this highlight, the pictures of the 4 illustrative panels exposed just outside the Cathedral describing its history from the beginnings of "Old Minster" until the Norman Cathedral was established.

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June 27, 2022

The Refectory café in the cathedral gardens is a nice walled spot for a coffee and cake or lunch.

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Location: Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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Winchester Cathedral

1. A loop of the Churches & Cathedrals around Winchester

2. Winchester & Avington Park loop from Eastleigh

3. Kings Somborne Flat – Crawley Duck Pond loop from Winchester

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