Historic & Picturesque Winchester an English Cathedral City

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