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This is a large and exciting church founded, like Sherborne in 705; a nunnery here was dissolved in the 11th century and a college of canons served the parish until the Dissolution.

St Giles church stands beside picturesque almshouse and near to the great house of the Ashley Coopers, Earls of Shaftesbury.

13th century Cistercian abbey.

St Peter's is a beautiful Grade I listed church which dates back to the 15th century and it contains many ancient artifacts which are on display including a particularly fine piece of stained glass in its east window.

Winchelsea was built as a new, planned, town in 1288 after the old town was destroyed by the sea and the church was given a large and prestigious plot within a very large churchyard.

Fifteen centuries of English history lie behind the massive Cathedral you see today. It stands at the heart of historic Winchester, once the seat of Anglo-Saxon and Norman royal power, on the site of an early Christian church. It’s been a place of worship ever since.

The chapel was built between the years 1387 and 1395 to designs by William Wynford, with Hugh Herland responsible for the traceried wooden ceiling and Thomas of Oxford for the glazing.

Cited as 'a Norman cathedral in miniature’ by Simon Jenkins, this fine Norman church is all that remains of the original 12th century Hospital.

The church was originally built in 1647 but virtually rebuilt in 1882 by the architect Edward Witts.

We are pleased to welcome you to this Grade II listed chapel only five minutes walk from the site of the Ironage Hillfort on Wincobank Hill.