Winchester

Winchester
Winchester
	; Winchester ceety centre frae St Giles's Hill
	Winchester Location within Hampshire
Population	44,714
OS grid reference	SU485295
• Lunnon	68 mile (109 km)
Destrict	Winchester;
Shire coonty	Hampshire;
Region	Sooth East;
Kintra	Ingland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	WINCHESTER
Postcode destrict	SO22, SO23
Diallin code	01962
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Hampshire
Ambulance	Sooth Central
EU Pairlament	Sooth East Ingland
UK Pairlament	Winchester;
	Leet o places UK Ingland Hampshire 51°03′48″N 1°18′29″W / 51.0632°N 1.308°WCoordinates: 51°03′48″N 1°18′29″W / 51.0632°N 1.308°W

Winchester (archaically kent as Winton an Wintonceastre) is a historic cathedral ceety an the auncient caipital o Wessex an the Kinrick o Ingland. It is the coonty toun o Hampshire, in Sooth East Ingland. It lies at the hert o the wider Ceety o Winchester, a local govrenment destrict, an is locatit at the wastren end o the Sooth Douns, alang the course o the River Itchen.^[2] At the time o the 2001 Census, Winchester haed a population o 41,420.^[3]

Winchester developed frae the Roman toun o Venta Belgarum. Winchester's major landmark is Winchester Cathedral, ane o the lairgest cathedrals in Ingland, wi the distinction o haein the langest nave an owera length o aw Gothic cathedrals in Europe. The toun is an aa hame tae Winchester University an Winchester College - famous Public School. Winchester railway station is served bi trains runnin frae Lunnon Waterloo, Weymouth, Portsmouth, Soothampton an the North. The ceety's architectural an historic interest, an its fast links tae ither touns an ceeties hae led Winchester tae become ane o the maist expensive an desirable auries o the kintra.^[4] A body who is frae or resides in Winchester is locally kent as a Wintonian.

References

↑ "2001 vs 2011 Census - Population and Age". ONS. Archived frae the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
↑ Landranger 185: Winchester & Basingstoke. Ordnance Survey. 2005. ISBN 9780319228845.
↑ "KS01 Usual resident population: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas". National Statistics. Retrieved 23 Apryle 2009. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
↑ "Winchester: Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK 2006 from channel4.com/4homes". Channel4.com. Archived frae the original on 12 Februar 2008. Retrieved 6 Mey 2009.

Freemit airtins

Travel guide tae Winchester frae Wikivoyage
Winchester City Council
www.geograph.co.uk : photos o Winchester an surroondin aurie

[ONS_2011_Census_map_with_populations-1] "2001 vs 2011 Census - Population and Age". ONS. Archived frae the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2012.

[OS-2] Landranger 185: Winchester & Basingstoke. Ordnance Survey. 2005. ISBN 9780319228845.

[2001urbanarea-3] "KS01 Usual resident population: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas". National Statistics. Retrieved 23 Apryle 2009. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] "Winchester: Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK 2006 from channel4.com/4homes". Channel4.com. Archived frae the original on 12 Februar 2008. Retrieved 6 Mey 2009.

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