The Great Hall
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Overview
The only surviving part of Winchester Castle, once home to the Domesday Book, this 13th-century hall was the centre of court and government life. Built between 1222-1235, during the reign of Henry III, it is one of the largest and finest five bay halls in England to have survived to the present day. The Round Table based on the Arthurian Legend and built in the late 13th century hangs in the hall. Queen Eleanor's Garden is a re-creation of a late 13th-century ornamental garden.
Features
- Opening Times
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open all year daily, 10-5. Closed 25-26 Dec & on occasions for functions (see website or call for details)
- Facilities
- Parking nearby
- Children
About the area
Hampshire’s varied landscape of hills and heaths, downlands and forests, valleys and coast are without rival in southern England. Hike across the chalk downland of the north Hampshire ‘highlands’, meander along peaceful paths through unspoilt river valleys of the Test, Itchen, Avon and Meon, or explore the lonely salt marshes and the beautiful medieval forest and heathland of the New Forest.
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