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Winchester Visitor Information Centre

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👍👍 An excellent facility centrally located with treasure of information and very helpful staffs. Together with the reading material and maps there are other local souvenirs on sale in the shop. The place is with very neat and clean look and very inviting indeed. People often mention tour, Winchester, walking, staff, helpful,


Address

Winchester Guildhall, High Street, Winchester SO23 9GH, United Kingdom

Website

www.visitwinchester.co.uk

Contact

+44 1962 840500

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (118 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Tuesday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Wednesday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Thursday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Friday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Saturday: 10 am to 5 pm
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 10 am to 5 pm

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  • 5/5 Mas H. 2 years ago on Google
    An excellent facility centrally located with treasure of information and very helpful staffs. Together with the reading material and maps there are other local souvenirs on sale in the shop. The place is with very neat and clean look and very inviting indeed.
    7 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 lindsay w. 7 months ago on Google
    Excellent experience yesterday when we took the Historical Winchester walking tour - the guide was very knowledgeable, personable and engaging, which made for a very successful and interesting tour. Highly recommended.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 E B. 4 years ago on Google
    Took the Upper Winchester tour on a very cold, damp day which made walking outside for 90 minutes a bit unpleasant so I’d recommend that if you have a choice, go when it’s nicer weather. The tour guide was informative, funny and easy to understand. The Great Hall was very cold and a bit underwhelming but we enjoyed the rest of the tour. The Tourist Information store itself is filled with interesting items including local gin, books on the Royals, walking trails for dogs, and maps. It is inside the Guildhall which is a beautiful building and worth a visit. The staff is helpful but not pushy.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Alice M. 1 year ago on Google
    Helpful and friendly staff, easy to find!

  • 5/5 Emma B. 9 months ago on Google
    Helpful staff, walking tours were informative and recommended .

  • 5/5 Kinlay B. 7 months ago on Google
    Lovely lady couldn't have been more helpful, gave us a map and lots of advice on what to see.

  • 5/5 James L. 8 months ago on Google
    Well worth booking a walking tour. A very enjoyable morning being guided round the upper city.

  • 5/5 Ger R. 10 months ago on Google
    Good to visit when staying long/short in Winchester. Located in beautiful building.

  • 5/5 Bertie 9 months ago on Google
    Very welcoming and friendly staff. Went on a walking tour of the lower part of town with Diane and it was an absolute wonder. Not only did she explain the greatest hits of the history of Winchester (in 90 minutes!! omg!), she was also very nice and lovely with the group, and an excellent guide. Definitely worth your time and money if you want to learn about this lovely city.

  • 5/5 Cheryll J. 4 years ago on Google
    We had a very enjoyable walking tour of Upper Winchester on 15th July 2019, our guide was called Patrick & he was very knowledgable of the area & of the history. He made the tour very personal, interesting & worthwhile. We're so glad we did it. The staff in the centre were very helpful too. Thank you.. Tim & Cheryll Jones Tunbridge Wells.

  • 5/5 Richie 4 years ago on Google
    Walking tour was excellent, very informative and engaging. Would highly recommend this if you want to learn all about the history of Winchester and see some sites that you might normally walk straight past.

  • 5/5 Rosemary K. 1 year ago on Google
    Met up with our excellent guide for the walking tour.

  • 4/5 Richard V. 1 year ago on Google
    I highly recommend the walking tour of Winchester. Our tour was lead by a very knowledgable lady. It lasted about two hours and finished in the great Hall.

  • 5/5 elaine c. 1 year ago on Google
    Really helpful staff, thank you

  • 5/5 Natalie W. 5 years ago on Google
    A great place to fibd out what is what in Winchester. I highly recommend visiting 1 Independent Street which is in the TIC and doing the #IndieWinchTrail.

  • 5/5 Lewis S. 2 years ago on Google
    Absolutely worth a visit. A fantastic selection of free guides and maps, as well as some more detailed guides to purchase - and some great souveneirs. Sue was extremely helpful with recommendations for things to do, restaurants, bars & pubs, walks, etc. Fantastic recommendations too, we tried every one and found them all to be superb.

  • 5/5 Chrissy R. 2 years ago on Google
    Great service and information. Welcoming staff.

  • 5/5 Kol-C B. 2 years ago on Google
    My first destination after the National Express coach station is the spot for Tourist Information. To get to this place is another matter altogether, so let's begin with where passengers are dropped off, which is Winchester Park & Ride East (St Catherine's), and that's not all as it is, Not even close to the high street, So be prepared to have some change in your pocket, £2 at least, Or contactless if you don't like the sound of jingling jangling coins, Gathering momentum as you figure out the best way to get going and in sound mind, dissipating being forlorn. For time is not on your side. when you have to plan out the day before your return ticket gets lost and you can't decide whether Jane Austen's house in Chawton should be part of the trip's itinerary. For all it's worth, you may not be familiar with the transport route, so take heed, be cautionary. The last coach to London won't wait if you lose track of time and pay caution to the wind, voluntarily. Kol-C, poet reviewer

  • 5/5 Valerie H. 2 years ago on Google
    I strongly recommend calling in here before exploring Winchester. The staff were very pleasant and helpful and I found a lot of useful free info and OS maps as well as a free tear-off map of the city. There's a wide selection of gifts/souvenirs that include pictures of Winchester and more unusual items such as goat's milk soap, silver clay jewellery and local glazed pottery as well as postcards and some interesting books. Well located in the magnificent Guildhall close to the King Alfred Statue.


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